Zhongshan, known as Xiangshan in ancient times, is named after the exotic flowers and grasses in Wugui Mountain and the fragrance of the four seasons. In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 152), Xiangshan County was established. 1866165438+1October 12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen was born in Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County. 1 March, 925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen passed away, and in April of the same year 15, Xiangshan County was renamed Zhongshan County in memory of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, 1983, 65438+February, and Zhongshan was withdrawn from the county to set up a city, 1988,1. Therefore, Zhongshan has become the only city in China named after a great man.
Since the reform and opening up, Zhongshan's economy has achieved rapid development, the people have received more benefits, the city's comprehensive competitiveness has been increasingly enhanced, the level of modernization has been continuously improved, all undertakings have developed in an all-round way, and new progress has been made in socialist spiritual civilization and political civilization. In 2003, the city achieved a GDP of 497 1 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7%, and a total industrial output value of 1.70 billion yuan (at constant prices), an increase of 3 1.3%. The general budget revenue was 3.66 billion yuan, up by 19.9%. In 2003, China Academy of Social Sciences and other units jointly evaluated the competitiveness of 200 major cities in China, and Zhongshan ranked 20th and 4th in the province.
The agricultural structure was further adjusted and the rural economy developed in an all-round way. Zhongshan City attaches great importance to the basic position of agriculture, insists on "giving more, taking less and letting loose", and focuses on increasing farmers' income and improving the overall quality of agriculture, introducing, cultivating and developing famous, excellent, rare, special and new products. The coverage rate of main crop varieties reached over 90%, and the benefits increased steadily. Accelerate the process of agricultural industrialization, vigorously support leading agricultural enterprises, and establish municipal agricultural standardization demonstration bases 10. In 2003, the city's agricultural output value was 3.41100 million yuan. At the same time, basically complete and carry out a new round of "one area and three lines" forest transformation, agricultural bridge and road construction, low-yield fish pond transformation, "surrounding greening", gentle slope fruit planting and inland river regulation, and strengthen the construction of water conservancy facilities and agricultural modernization demonstration zones. Strive to increase farmers' income and reduce farmers' burden. Cancel the rural electricity charging, and realize the same price between urban and rural areas. We will promote the reform of taxes and fees in rural areas and implement the "one-fee system" for education fees, so that farmers can reduce their burdens by 76%. Strengthen the construction of rural grass-roots political power; Carry out the reform of rural joint-stock cooperative system; Accelerate the transfer of rural surplus labor force; Gradually establish a rural social security system; We will continue to implement computerized accounting and accountant appointment system in rural areas, and improve various management systems such as making village affairs public.
The industrial advantages are increasingly prominent and the industrial development momentum is strong. In recent years, Zhongshan has adhered to the strategy of "building a city through industry", "strengthening the city through industry" and "strengthening the city through industry", accelerated the pace of industrial park construction, adjusted and optimized the industrial structure, paid attention to brand-name strategy and scientific and technological innovation, and maintained a rapid and healthy growth momentum in industrial production, ranking first in the Pearl River Delta for three consecutive years. The industrial structure has been further optimized, basically forming the layout of high-tech industries in the east, traditional industries with advantages or characteristics in the north and export processing industries in the south. It has three national industrial production bases: National High-tech Industrial Base, National Health Science and Technology Industrial Base, National Fine Chemical Production Base, China High-tech Product Export Base, China Packaging and Printing Production Base, China Hardware Product Industrial Base, China Lighting Capital, China Leisure Clothing Town, China Mahogany Furniture Production Professional Town, China Electronics (Zhongshan) Base, China Electronic Audio Industrial Base, China Textile Industry Base City and China Jeans Clothing Town. Actively support the development of regional characteristic industries, further expand the scale of characteristic industries, continuously improve product quality and continuously enhance competitive advantage. Exhibition has become a "booster" for urban economic development. In 2003, a series of exhibition activities such as "March 28th Investment Promotion Fair", "Shaxi International Leisure Clothing Festival" and "Zhongshan International Electronic Information Technology and Products Expo" were successfully held. Pillar industries have been further strengthened. In 2003, the output value of pillar industries (above designated size) accounted for 54.7% of the city's total industrial output value. The establishment of the demonstration park has further improved the level of industrial intensification. There are 40 industrial parks with a planned area of 220,000 mu and 3092 imported enterprises. Carry out the activities of striving for strong industrial towns (districts), and there are 1 1 towns with an annual total industrial output value exceeding 5 billion yuan. Top ten famous brand products selection activities in Zhongshan started. There are 6 famous brands in China, well-known trademarks 1 each, national quality inspection-free products 17, provincial famous brand products1each and 37 famous trademarks.
Foreign trade has developed rapidly and the level of openness has been continuously improved. Insist on making good use of "two resources" and open up "two markets". Strengthen cooperation in GATT, customs inspection, tax trade and banking trade, and improve the level of "great customs clearance". We will intensify the development of the international market, promote the strategy of rejuvenating trade through quality and science and technology, and further improve the quality of foreign capital utilization. In 2003, the city's foreign trade exports reached 8.25 billion US dollars, an increase of 44.2%; The actual utilization of foreign capital was 950 million US dollars, an increase of 23.8%. By the end of 2003, there were more than 3,500 foreign-invested enterprises in the city, more than 20 Fortune 500 enterprises set up factories in Zhongshan, and large domestic enterprises such as Changhong, TCL, Xiaoya, Galanz and Midea also invested in Zhongshan. The restrictions on private capital access have been relaxed, private investment has been activated, and the innovation ability of private enterprises has been continuously enhanced. There are 654.38+households of individual industrial and commercial households and private enterprises in the city.
The development level of the tertiary industry has been comprehensively improved, and the consumption level of citizens has been continuously improved. Gradually improve the policy system for the development of the tertiary industry and assess the responsibility for development goals. Preferential policies are implemented for private capital to engage in the tertiary industry, and the policy pulling effect is obvious. Encourage the development of modern circulation industry and tourism, make a breakthrough in trade logistics industry, and successfully launch three major logistics parks: Torch Trade Logistics Park, Northwest Industrial Cluster Industrial Logistics Park and Urban Distribution Logistics Park. Seize the opportunity of CEPA, strengthen external contact and communication, and strive to build Zhongshan into a distribution center for zero-tariff products in Hong Kong and Macao. Tourism has become the pillar of the tertiary industry, and a large number of unique tourist attractions have been built, such as Zhongshan City, Qijiang Park, Sun Xi Pedestrian Street, Lingnan Water Town, Quanlin Mountain Villa and Zhanyuan. "The Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen" has been rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction. In the past five years, private capital has set up 13 tourist attractions with an investment of 200 million yuan, which has promoted the maturity and expansion of the tourism market. The real estate industry has developed healthily, with 20 new residential quarters/kloc-0, with a sales area of 3613,800 square meters and a sales volume of 903 100 million yuan. The consumption level of citizens has been significantly improved, from traditional food and clothing consumption to modern quality consumption, with emerging consumption patterns, and automobile, education, culture, sports, information and other consumption being active. The financial, securities and insurance markets are constantly expanding, and the business is developing rapidly. The catering, leisure and entertainment industries are developed.
Urban functions are constantly improving, and the living environment is increasingly optimized. In recent years, according to the principle of moderate advancement, Zhongshan has vigorously promoted the pace of infrastructure modernization in urban construction, and formed a comprehensive transportation system and a relatively complete infrastructure system focusing on serving the economy and society, improving the quality of life of residents, and coordinating urban and rural areas. Vigorously build good urban facilities and living environment to form a strong urban comprehensive competitiveness. Zhongshan City has always attached importance to the construction of urban infrastructure, paid attention to the introduction of international advanced concepts, improved infrastructure and improved living environment according to international advanced standards, and the urbanization level reached 60.7%. At present, the city's highway mileage1345km, and the highway density is 74.7km/100km2. There are 798,000 installed program-controlled telephones, 6,543,800 mobile phone users, 2,237 picokilometers of optical cables and nearly 300,000 Internet users. Water and electricity facilities are complete and the supply is sufficient. Zhongshan port Wharf has an annual throughput of 4 million tons and more than 400,000 TEUs, ranking among the top ten seaports in China and the top 100 seaports in the world. There are more than 20 three-star hotels in this city, and three five-star hotels are currently under construction. Strengthen environmental management, do a good job in the establishment of a national ecological demonstration zone, enter the discharge of industrial pollution sources, comprehensive improvement of water environment and comprehensive improvement of water, air and noise, and further enhance the ability of sustainable development. The comprehensive quantitative assessment of the environment ranks among the top five in Guangdong Province for five consecutive years, with the green coverage rate reaching 38.3%, and the per capita public green area in urban areas is 10.78 square meters. It has successively won the titles of "National Health City", "National Garden City", "National Advanced City for Prospering the City through Science and Technology", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "China Excellent Tourist City", "National Model City for Smooth Engineering" and "National Advanced City for Prospering the City through Quality". 1997 was awarded the "World Habitat Award" by the United Nations.
Various reforms have been deepened, and new achievements have been made in democracy, the legal system and the government's own construction. In response to China's entry into WTO, more than 1 100 normative documents were cleared. Adhere to the reporting system of major issues to the Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee, and adhere to the discussion system between the leaders of the municipal government and the leaders of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC and the hearing system for major decisions. The Zhongshan Party and Government Information Platform was opened, the mayor's reception day system was adhered to, the mayor's special post and email address were opened, the political commentary newspaper was launched in Zhongshan Daily, and the government press release system was implemented. The openness of government affairs, village affairs and factory affairs continued to deepen and the level of openness was further improved. Carry out comprehensive management of social security, implement the responsibility of letters and visits at all levels, do a good job in safety production, and maintain the overall stability of society. A new round of tough battle focusing on the reform of property rights system of public enterprises has been launched in an all-round way, and more than 95% of public enterprises have been restructured in accordance with the requirements of establishing a modern enterprise system. The supervision, management and operation system of public assets has been continuously improved, and the benefits have been continuously improved. In 2003, the profits of public enterprises included in the evaluation category increased by 3.2%. The reform of the examination and approval system and the distribution system of public institutions has achieved results. Three rounds of examination and approval system reform have been carried out, with more than 75. * *1000 examination and approval items reduced, examination and approval authority delegated, examination and approval links reduced, and "window-style" and "one-stop" office implemented, further reducing administrative costs and improving efficiency.
Science, education, culture and health have made all-round progress, and the development of various undertakings has leapt to a new level. With the implementation of the strategy of "flexible flow of talents", there are abundant reserves of scientific and technological talents and middle and senior skilled workers, and the ability of scientific and technological innovation ranks fifth in Guangdong Province, with 229,900 talents of all kinds. Deepening the reform of science and technology management system, the ability of scientific and technological innovation and technological progress has been significantly improved, with 62 scientific and technological achievements at or above the provincial level and 5 national "863 Plan". All levels attach great importance to the investment in science and technology, and the three funds of science and technology at the city level account for 2.2% of the financial expenditure. Strengthen cooperation with more than 90 R&D institutions in Industry-University-Research. Zhongshan Private Science and Technology Park has been rated as "Top Ten Private Science and Technology Parks in China", and eight towns, Xiaolan, Guzhen, Shaxi, Dayong, Nantou, Huangpu, Min Min and Dongfeng, have become "professional towns for scientific and technological innovation in Guangdong Province". High school education and three-year preschool education have been basically popularized. The enrollment rate of junior middle schools has increased by 9 1.8%, the gross enrollment rate of colleges and universities is 29%, and the level of basic education has steadily improved. There are 26 junior colleges, technical secondary schools, technical secondary schools and vocational high schools in the city. Famous universities such as Chengdu Dianzi University and Guangdong Pharmaceutical University set up schools in Zhongshan. We started the reform of the education and personnel system, adjusted the school layout, and promoted the three major projects of famous teachers, famous schools and famous principals, which significantly improved the comprehensive strength of education. Actively carry out activities to create spiritual civilization and thoroughly implement the "Outline for the Implementation of Citizen Moral Construction". Give full play to the advantages of "hometown of great men", improve the cultural taste of the city, rebuild the memorial hall of Sun Yat-sen's former residence, and build a number of cultural facilities. The national fitness campaign has developed vigorously, and the competitive sports have achieved excellent results. A large number of mass sports activities have been carried out, and the sports population rate has reached 40%. Carry out health reform and medical resources integration, and gradually improve the public health system. The population coverage rate of community health service reached 72.4%, the health level of residents improved steadily, and the average life expectancy reached 74.3 years. The population control index issued by the province has been completed, and the quality of family planning service has reached a new level. The annual birth rate of permanent residents is 10.4‰, and the planned birth rate is 93.5%.
Vigorously develop employment and social security, and people's living standards and quality of life have been greatly improved. In 2003, the annual per capita disposable income of urban residents was 14906 yuan, an increase of 4.9%; The annual per capita net income of farmers was 6520 yuan, an increase of 10.8%. The per capita living area of urban residents is 30 square meters, the per capita living area of rural residents is 34.2 square meters, and nearly 40,000 square meters of housing for poor households have been built, basically solving the housing problem of urban double poor households. Finance at all levels will increase capital investment, raise the minimum living standard and gradually improve the social security system. More than 2.7 million people have participated in various types of insurance, and the minimum living allowance has basically achieved "all insurance should be guaranteed". Social assistance systems such as urban and rural medical assistance, housing assistance, education aid and legal aid were initially established. Attaches great importance to the problem of urban and rural employment, the municipal financial arrangement160000 yuan, the implementation of urban and rural employment training subsidies and other support policies, 53000 new jobs in urban and rural areas, urban registered unemployment rate control within 2.5%. Pay attention to the development of difficult groups and disabled people.
Since the reform and opening up, Zhongshan has made great achievements in the development of various economic and social undertakings. The people of Zhongshan will continue to hold high the great banner of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, fully implement the spirit of the 16th CPC National Congress, the Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 9th CPC Provincial Committee and the Seventh Plenary Session of the 10th CPC Municipal Committee, establish a Scientific Outlook on Development, shift the focus of work to adjust the economic structure, change the growth mode, improve the quality and efficiency of growth, accelerate the transformation from an incremental economy to a benefit-oriented economy, create new advantages in urban economy, and realize accelerated development and take the lead. All-round, coordinated and sustainable development, building a well-off society in an all-round way, speeding up the basic realization of socialist modernization, and striving to build our city into a demonstration city with coordinated economic and social development in Guangdong Province.