Leiyang city belongs to Hengyang City. Leiyang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province and managed by Hengyang City. It is located in the south of Hengyang City, north of Wuling Mountain Range, adjacent to Anren County in the northeast, Yongxing County in the southeast and south, Guiyang County in the southwest corner, Tongling City in the west and Hengnan County across the river in the north. 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.

cultural undertakings

In 2020, there will be 56 intangible cultural heritage project resources, cultural centers 1, intangible cultural heritage exhibition halls 1, 4 public libraries, 3 natural history museums, 30 cultural stations, 32 village activity centers1and 622 farmer's bookstores. The per capita area of public cultural and sports facilities is 2.99 square meters. The production technique of "Gong under the altar" was selected as the fifth batch of national intangible representative projects; Thirty national fitness programs were implemented, and the number of people participating in the national fitness campaign reached 6.5438+0.2 million. Train social sports instructors 15 people throughout the year. By the end of the year, there were about 4000 social sports instructors at all levels. There are 23 public sports venues in the city, including gymnasium 1, sports ground 1, swimming pool 13 and 3 training rooms. There are/kloc-0 radio stations in the city, and the broadcasting population coverage rate is 1 00%. With 1 TV station and 69,000 cable TV users (58,000 in cities, 9,000 in rural areas and 2,000 in Baisha Coal and Electricity Group), it won the title of advanced unit in Hunan Province's 2020 direct satellite home communication project.

hygiene

By the end of 20 18, there were 520 health institutions in leiyang city, including 26 hospitals (3 secondary hospitals, 20 first-class hospitals, and 8 specialized hospitals 18), 44 health centers (branches), 0 CDC 1, 5 community health service centers and 440 village clinics. There are 54 health technicians11person, including 1548 medical practitioners, 697 assistant medical practitioners, 2,367 registered nurses and 400 other professional technicians. The beds in hospitals and health centers are 540 1 bed.

transport

Leiyang city is an important transportation hub, located in the "One Point One Line" area. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, 107 National Highway and 320 Provincial Highway are intertwined in the territory. Leishui and Fuling River are open to traffic all the year round, and it takes only 100 minutes to go south to Guangzhou and only 8 hours to go north to the capital, which is far from South Guangdong. Air transport forms a network. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, National Highway 107, leishui, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macao and expressway run through the north and south, and Provincial Highway 320 runs through the east and west and meets in leiyang city. Thunder water and Fuling water are open to traffic all year round, and remote field airports can be a boon. Leiyang has convenient waterway transportation. You can take a boat from Leishui to Yongxing and Zixing in the south, enter Xiangjiang River to Hengyang and Changsha in the north, and cross Dongting Lake to reach the Yangtze River.