Leiyang is the hometown of Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking, the first of the four great inventions in China. It has a history of more than 2200 years, and it is named because it is located on the north bank of Leishui. At the same time, leiyang city is also the famous hometown of Camellia oleifera in China. From 2065438 to September, 2005, leiyang city became a pilot county (city) for economic system reform in Hunan Province. 2065438+March 6, 2009 was included in the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties. In June, 2020, 1 1 was awarded as the 10th model county (city) in Hunan Province to support the army, support the government and love the people. 202 1 1 29 was selected into the list of regions with remarkable achievements in 2020 announced by the Hunan Provincial People's Government.
Human population
By the end of 20 18, the total registered population in leiyang city was 142 17000, the total resident population was 343200, and the total population was 1 127900. Among them, there are 596,700 males and 5310.2 million females; The rural population is 555,900 and the urban population is 572,000; The urbanization rate reached 50.7 1%. The annual birth population is 1.560 and the birth rate is 1.4‰. The mortality rate is 4.3 ‰; The natural population growth rate is 6.1‰; The sex ratio at birth is 1 10.64. There are Han, Miao, Dong, Mongolian, Zhuang, Tujia, Korean, Hui, Manchu, Yao, Yi, Tibetan, Buyi, Uygur, Naxi, Bai, Wa, Gelao, Gaoshan, She, Hawa, Tajik, tatar people and Dulong in leiyang city, among which Han is the majority.
science and technology
In 2020, there were 99 high-tech enterprises in the city, and 29 were recognized as high-tech enterprises, achieving an added value of 3.84 billion yuan, an increase of 8. 1%, accounting for 9.7% of the city's GDP. In 2020, * * * applied for 425 invention patents and obtained 33 authorizations; 82 utility model patents were applied, and 173 were authorized; 245 appearance patents were applied and 373 were authorized.