1August, 1996, Taizhou turned a new page in its development history. With the approval of the State Council, Taizhou, a prefecture-level city, was established, which governs Jingjiang, Taixing, Jiangyan, Xinghua, Hailing and Gaogang, with an area of 5,793 square kilometers and a population of 5.04 million. At the end of 200 1 Taizhou has two administrative divisions, Hailing and Gaogang, and four county-level cities, Xinghua, Jingjiang, Taixing and Jiangyan. * * * There are 9 1 town, 8 townships, 6 sub-district offices, 338 residents' committees and 1578 villagers' committees, including Hailing District and gaogang district Xia. As a regional central city, Taizhou's functions are becoming more and more perfect, and its role in promoting regional industrialization is becoming more and more obvious.
Taizhou, as one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta 16, stands at a new starting point of pioneering, scientific and harmonious development. Taizhou has a solid industrial economic foundation, with more than 34,000 industrial enterprises, including 1083 enterprises above designated size, forming a pillar industry with electromechanical, chemical, textile, food, light industry, medicine and building materials as the main body. The production scale and market share of nearly 100 products in the city rank among the best in China, among which 56 products rank among the top three in China, and 17 products become "individual champions", and a number of breakthrough sales enterprises such as Chunlan Group, Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group, Lingguang Group, Zhong Dan Group, Daxing Steel Cord and New Century Shipbuilding have emerged. Among them, Chunlan (Group) Co., Ltd. is one of the top 50 enterprise groups in China, and Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group ranks first among its peers in the province for seven consecutive years since 1996. In the past 20 years, the average annual economic growth rate has remained above 10%, and the five cities and districts under its jurisdiction have successively entered the ranks of the top 100 counties (cities, districts) with comprehensive strength in China. In 2003, the city achieved a GDP of 58 billion yuan, fiscal revenue of 6.63 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of urban residents of 8,500 yuan, per capita net income of farmers of 4,065 yuan, and the balance of various deposits at the end of the year was 60.8 billion yuan. In 2005, Taizhou ranked 57th in China's comprehensive competitiveness. In 2006, the city's GDP exceeded 654.38 billion yuan, and its fiscal revenue exceeded 654.38 billion yuan. Taizhou ranks 47th among the top 50 cities with comprehensive strength.
Taizhou is the largest pharmaceutical production and scientific research base in China, with the total amount of pharmaceutical economy ranking first in China for four consecutive years and the economic benefit ranking first in China for eight consecutive years. Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group is the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in China, ranking first in sales revenue, profits and taxes and comprehensive competitiveness in 2005.
From June 5438, 2006 to October, 2006, Taizhou Pharmaceutical High-tech Industrial Park, which covers an area of 20 square kilometers, was formally established. A number of world-leading, world-first and world-only high-tech medical science and technology projects have successively settled in the park, marking the addition of "nuclear power" to Taizhou's "medical aircraft carrier".
Taizhou is rich in agricultural resources, known as "land of plenty", "land of ginkgo biloba" and "land of aquatic products". It is an important national commodity grain production base, high-quality cotton, lean pigs, fresh water products, high-quality ginkgo and vegetables production and processing export base. Xinghua city was recognized as a national ecological demonstration zone by the State Environmental Protection Bureau, Jiangyan was recognized as a provincial ecological agriculture pilot county (city) by Jiangsu Province, and Jiangyan heheng village was awarded the title of "Top 500 Global Environment" by the United Nations Environment Programme.
Taizhou's construction industry has developed rapidly. At present, there are 2 enterprises with special qualifications for general contracting of housing construction, 3 enterprises with first-class qualifications and 59 enterprises with second-class qualifications, and they have won the Luban Award, the highest quality award for construction projects in China, and won the titles of "Magic Soldier" and "Iron Army" in the domestic and foreign construction markets.
Taizhou's service industry has developed rapidly. There are 360 various markets in the city, including 25 markets with over 100 million yuan. Traditional industries such as commerce and catering continued to grow, basic industries such as transportation, post and telecommunications and municipal services developed rapidly, and industries such as finance and insurance, information consultation, community service and real estate rose rapidly. Taizhou is a civilized city with all-round development of social undertakings.
Taizhou is known as the "hometown of education". There are 1 134 schools in the city, including more than 20 national and provincial key high schools and 5 colleges and universities. Taizhou Institute of Science and Technology of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Taizhou College of Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Vocational and Technical College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou Normal University and Taizhou Radio and TV University have continued to grow and develop.
Remarkable scientific and technological achievements have been made, and Taizhou has been listed as a national pilot city for scientific and technological innovation. By the end of 2003, there were more than 200,000 scientific and technological talents in the city, and there were 105 research and development institutions above the municipal level, including 9 postdoctoral workstations. There are 65,438 provincial high-tech enterprises +0 18, 448 high-tech products and 9 national high-tech enterprises 19.
Taizhou's cultural, health and sports undertakings have developed rapidly, and three provincial-level advanced cities in culture, four provincial-level advanced cities in health care, three advanced cities in family planning and 1 family planning model cities have been built. There are 280 health institutions in the city, with 6,543,800 hospital beds and 6,543,800 health technicians. Municipal People's Hospital and Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine rank among tertiary hospitals. Since the founding of the city, athletes in the city have won 85 gold medals, 66 silver medals and 65 bronze medals in competitions above the provincial level. Social security has developed rapidly. The insurance benefits for retirees and unemployed people are paid in a timely, full and socialized manner, the urban and rural minimum living security system is fully established, the coverage of medical insurance is constantly expanding, and social security undertakings such as social disaster relief, relief, mutual assistance and welfare continue to develop.
Taizhou is a riverside city with an accelerated pace of development and opening up. As of September 2004, merchants from more than 40 countries and regions have come to Taizhou to invest and start businesses, and more than 65,438 foreign-funded enterprises have been established, with the actual utilization of foreign capital of US$ 6,543.8 billion. Mitsui & Co., Yamaha, Kubota, LG, Weidemann, GMT, Aksu and other world-renowned multinational companies have settled in Taizhou. Import and export trade grew strongly. There are 256 self-operated import and export authorized enterprises in the city, and the export market has developed to 137 countries and regions. Foreign economic cooperation has been further expanded. The city's labor export covers 34 countries and regions including Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, and has successively established sister city relations with four cities including newport news, latrobe, Yin Cheng County and kotka, Finland. The coastline of Taizhou Yangtze River is nearly 100 kilometers, including 60 kilometers of relatively stable deep-water coastline above-10 meter, which is becoming an important plate for open development along the Yangtze River.
At present, the overall planning of development along the Yangtze River has been completed. Key industrial projects such as Yangwan Conch and Lingguang Jiaojiao Asphalt Fuel Oil have settled along the Yangtze River. Key infrastructure projects such as high-grade highways along the Yangtze River and Taizhou Power Plant are progressing smoothly. Key parks such as Sinopec (Taizhou) Development Park, China Fine Chemical Industry (Taixing) Park and Jiangyin Development Zone Jingjiang Park are developing well. Taizhou is a beautiful city with excellent investment environment. Taizhou has convenient land and water transportation and obvious location advantages. Five important waterways going out to sea in central Jiangsu meet here, which is the intersection of the coastal and Yangtze River "T" industrial belt. The inland river port group with Taizhou Port as the main body has begun to take shape, with 5 berths above 10,000 tons, and the annual throughput of Taizhou Port container terminal reaches 654.38+10,000 tons TEU.
The water diversion of Taizhou River integrates the functions of diversion, drainage and navigation, and is known as "Rhine River in China". Jiangyin Bridge turns the Yangtze River natural moat into a thoroughfare, which is a fast passage between Taizhou, Shanghai and southern Jiangsu. National Highway 328, Tong Ning Expressway, Jingguang Expressway, Ningjingyan Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Xinchang (Xinyi-Changxing) Railway and Ningqi (Nanjing-Qidong) Railway crisscross. Taizhou is changing with each passing day. The ancient Taizhou city is closely connected with water, with dense water networks inside and outside the city and dependent streets and canals, forming an urban pattern with Daohe as the north-south long axis, the two cities as the two wings, the outer city river criss-crossing with the jade belt river in the city, the water around the city, the city holding water, the streets and rivers parallel, and the water city integrated. Taizhou is also called Phoenix because of its shape like a phoenix. Taizhou has a good social living environment. Simple folk customs, hardworking and kind, law-abiding. In recent years, mass activities to create spiritual civilization have flourished, and Taizhou has been rated as a civilized city in Jiangsu Province. Integrity Taizhou has been solidly promoted, and the corporate integrity platform is being established. The construction of safe Taizhou has been carried out in depth and the social order has remained stable. Jingjiang City and gaogang district City were rated as provincial safe cities. Governments at all levels in Taizhou provide fast and efficient services. Since the establishment of Taizhou, a prefecture-level city, with its efficient operation mechanism, authoritative regulation mechanism and strict supervision mechanism, it has gradually formed a government work model that has changed from management to service. Taizhou took the lead in carrying out the reform of administrative examination and approval system in the province, streamlining 426 administrative examination and approval items, setting up a municipal administrative service center, setting up a "convenience service hall" for 19 departments, and publicly promising to optimize services for 39 departments and units. Open and enlightened policy environment, high-quality and efficient service environment, strict and standardized legal environment and healthy and civilized humanistic environment make foreign investors feel at home.
As a new city in China, Taizhou is bound to have a great impact on the social and economic development of Taizhou and even the central Jiangsu region.