Gaoyao County has a long history of development, with fishing and hunting economy 6000 years ago and painted pottery 5000 years ago. Bronzes were first made in the Warring States period. Gaodai in the Western Han Dynasty was one of the 36 salt transportation centers in China. The Eastern Han Dynasty monopolized salt and iron, and mainly levied salt tax. The Song and Ming Dynasties is an important period for the development of Gao Yao. Before the Qing Dynasty, Gao was a military, political, economic and cultural center of Guangdong and Guangxi. However, until the Republic of China, the level of social productivity in Gaoyao County was still very low. The social economy was dominated by agricultural economy, and the industrial base was extremely weak. It could only produce some small wooden farm tools, matches, daily ceramics and other daily necessities. The technical level of agricultural production is low, the ability to resist natural disasters is poor, and the facilities such as transportation and communication are very backward. Coupled with soaring prices in the late Republic of China, people's lives were extremely poor. From the establishment of Nikko Electric Company in the second year of the Republic of China (19 13) to 1949, there were only more than 10 industrial enterprises in the county. The GDP of 1949 is only 21930,000 yuan, the total industrial output value is15.08 million yuan, and the total agricultural output value is 97.76 million yuan (the current price and amount of GDP and social output value are functional currency, and the industrial and agricultural output value is converted into 1990, the same below).

After the founding of New China, the social economy of Gaoyao County began to build and develop on a large scale. Although it has experienced two major twists and turns, it has maintained a relatively fast development speed as a whole. Especially since 1978, a series of reforms have been carried out in the economic system, and a set of flexible management mechanism has been formed to adapt to the situation of Gaoyao county. 1987 to achieve GDP of 100543 million yuan (social and economic figures before 1987 include Guangli, Yong 'an and Shapu, the same below), which is 0/times higher than that of 1655438+0949 (the growth rate is 0/times higher than that of/kloc-0.

20 1 1 year, the city's local GDP reached 26.736 billion yuan, an increase of17.4%; The general budget revenue of local finance was165.3 million yuan, an increase of 26.1%; Total national tax revenue 1 1 billion yuan, total local tax revenue10.3 billion yuan, and tax revenue at the same level 1.0 1 billion yuan; The added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries increased by 2.5%, 29.4% and 9.4% respectively; Investment in fixed assets of the whole society13.727 billion yuan, up by 34.9%; The balance of social deposits1728 million yuan, an increase of10.7%; The total retail sales of social consumer goods was 6010.90 billion yuan, an increase of 20.1%; The per capita GDP was 35,052 yuan, an increase of 14%. Economic and social development has achieved "new achievements in one year": First, there have been new breakthroughs in transformation and upgrading. Implement the "development year" work plan and focus on building a modern industrial system. Adhere to the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries, comprehensively carry out the upgrading and transformation of ceramic enterprises, compile the development plan of Gaoyao hardware industry, start the construction of Jinli Hardware International Mall, and promote the innovation of hardware industry clusters.

Start the planning and construction of new industrial clusters. Major projects such as Datang International, Baffo Fine Chemicals and He Hui Electronics have successively settled down, and the key projects under construction such as Hongtu Technology Phase III, Tianlong Ink Phase II and Huafeng Electronic Aluminum Foil are progressing smoothly. The benefits of key enterprises such as Jinding Gold Company have been continuously improved, and the "Jinding" trademark has become the first national well-known trademark in our city. The process of agricultural modernization has been further accelerated, and it has successively won the titles of "Top Ten Cities of Scientific and Technological Innovation in Fruit and Vegetable Industry in China", "Demonstration City of Fruit and Vegetable Safety Production in China" and "Advanced City of Vegetable Production in Guangdong Province".

Zhaoqing City Economic Work Responsibility Assessment Leading Group announced the assessment results of main economic indicators of 8 counties (cities) in 2007, and 24 municipal key economic construction projects and newly introduced major projects exceeded 654.38 billion yuan. The assessment results show that the comprehensive assessment score of Gaoyao City is 2 15, which is higher than the total assessment score of 10015, ranking first among 8 counties (cities) in Zhaoqing City.

The contents of job responsibility assessment of economic jobs in Zhaoqing City are divided into three categories: main economic indicators, investment attraction, foreign economic work and rural work. Specific indicators include 12, including GDP realization, general budget revenue tax of local finance, comprehensive growth rate, fixed assets investment of the whole society, fixed assets investment of municipal key projects, etc. Many indicators of Gaoyao City exceeded the full mark requirement, including the comprehensive financial growth rate of 65.36%, 42 industrial production projects with an investment of more than 30 million yuan in that year, and the investment of major projects such as Xintianyi Polymer of 65.438+0.25 billion yuan, which became the highlight of this assessment.

Gaoyao City, Zhaoqing, located in the economic zone of western Guangdong and Pearl River Delta, has a long history of hardware products industry, with more than 2,000 hardware production enterprises and more than 50,000 employees. Every year, it pays more than 80 million yuan in taxes for the country, forming a hardware industry scale covering more than 2,000 varieties in seven categories, including automobiles, decoration, furniture, tools, daily use, plumbing and construction, from aircraft parts to door and window handles. Jinli Town is the most important hardware professional town in the city, with10.2 million hardware enterprises, and the sales of hardware industry reaches 2 1 100 million yuan. Gaoyao hardware industry has grown from "shrimp" to "big fish", driving more than 30 thousand families in the city to get rich. China Productivity Promotion Center Association of the Ministry of Science and Technology and China Building Decoration Association of the Ministry of Construction jointly awarded the plaque of "China Building Hardware Industry Base" in Gaoyao City, and awarded the plaque of "China Building Hardware Boutique Production (Procurement) Town" to Jinli Town of this city. In addition, there are 1 1 hardware enterprises designated by China Building Decoration Association as "designated enterprises for the production (procurement) of national famous building hardware brands".

Gaoyao City was selected as one of the "Top 100 Counties (Cities) with Basic Competitiveness of County Economy in China" for five consecutive years, and won the title of Top 100 Small and Medium-sized Cities in China, Top 200 Attractive Cities with China Characteristics, Top 20 Small and Medium-sized Cities with Most Investment Potential in China, Top/0/00 Small and Medium-sized Cities with Most Regional Driving Forces in China and Top/0/0 Small and Medium-sized Cities with Most Regional Driving Forces in China to undertake in China. It has successively won the titles of civilized city, sanitary city, advanced city in culture, model city in double support, advanced city in science and technology, and green city in Guangdong Province, and is the "Experimental Zone of Sustainable Development in Guangdong Province" and "Demonstration County (District) in Industry-University-Research City, Guangdong Province".

In recent years, it has been successively rated as China Die Casting Industry Base, China Building Hardware Industry Base, China Die Casting Industry Cluster Demonstration Base, China Foundry Industry Education and Training Base, China New Building Materials Industry Base, China Tilapia Breeding Base, China Roche Macrobrachium Macrobrachium Breeding Base, China Top Ten Pollution-free Fruit and Vegetable Cities and China Top Ten Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Cities.

Gaoyao is the only county (city, district) in Zhaoqing with two listed companies. The Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government are committed to supporting the excellent and the strong, and promoting enterprises to become bigger and stronger. Following the successful listing of Guangdong Hongtu Technology on February 29th, 2006, Tianlong Group was successfully listed on March 26th, 20 10, becoming the second listed company in Gaoyao. Hetai Gold Mine, Hongtu Technology and Tianlong Ink are among the "Top 500 Enterprises in Guangdong Province". The comprehensive financial growth rate ranked first in the province for two consecutive years (2007 and 2008).

Among the 50 mountainous counties (cities) in Guangdong Province, the first county (city) whose fiscal revenue exceeded 654.38 billion yuan.