Hongzhou Town belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate with four distinct seasons, which is suitable for the all-round development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and by-products. It mainly produces high-quality rice, rape, yellow flowers, Chinese herbal medicines, fruits and bamboo. The town is rich in resources, with large reserves of silicon ore and kaolin, high grade and great development value; Navel orange, small orange, bamboo shoots, poria cocos, turpentine and river fish have long enjoyed a good reputation; Dong people's folk customs are simple, and Hongzhou Pipa is well-known at home and abroad.
Hongzhou Town is a pilot town of "Double Hundred Flowers" construction and comprehensive system reform in Guizhou Province. It is an important industrial town and a demonstration town for small town construction in Liping County. Seven silicon smelting enterprises and 1 industrial oxygen-making enterprises have been introduced successively, and 6,300-8,000 kva silicon smelting furnaces 19 have been built, with an industrial output value of 229.95 million yuan in 2006. The construction of small towns has developed rapidly, the area of urban built-up areas has been further expanded, and the functions have been gradually improved. The first and second phases of Donghuan Road, Immigrant Pedestrian Street, 35KV, 1 10KV substation, gas station, Hongzhou Town administrative complex, office building of farming and animal husbandry station, Hongzhou Hotel, Jialemei Supermarket, bus station and farmers' market have been completed and put into use, and program-controlled telephones and extension lines of farmers' market have been opened one after another. The relocation and housing projects of residential areas and migrants in Donghuan Development Zone are under construction.
Hongzhou Town will continue to seize the opportunity, in accordance with the development idea of "stabilizing the town with agriculture, rejuvenating the town with industry, enriching the people with industry, and enhancing the image of cadres", and make every effort to turn its location advantages and resource advantages into economic advantages to realize the leap-forward development of Hongzhou's economy and society.
Introduction of resources in Hongzhou town
I. Mineral resources
Hongzhou Town is rich in mineral resources, with silica ore and kaolin as the most representative mineral resources. The proven reserves of silicon ore are more than 5.9 million tons (excluding river ore), which can be used for normal production of 20 6300KVA silicon smelting furnaces for 20 years at the same time. The grade is extremely high and the silicon content is above 99.8%. Kaolin reserves exceed one million tons, with an annual output of 400,000 pieces, which can be produced by the ceramic factory 150 years.
Second, forest resources.
Hongzhou Town is rich in forest resources, rich in Chinese fir, pine and bamboo. Rare tree species mainly include Korean pine, cedar, beech and pentagram. The forest area of the town is 310.7 million mu (including 4,766 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens), the forest coverage rate is 65%, the total forest volume is10.05 million cubic meters, and there are 4,380 live bamboos.
Three. tourist resources
1, ethnic customs tourism resources
The Dong culture in Hongzhou Town has a profound accumulation, and the original folk customs, folk customs and ecology remain intact and unique. It mainly includes Pingpipa, Lusheng, Buttered Tea and Long Table Rice, Dong and Miao Marriage, Gu Lou, Fengyuqiao, Zhaimen and so on. Among them, Hongzhou Pipa is the most representative. Pipa music is elegant, crisp and cheerful, and is deeply loved by people from all walks of life. It is known as "Bel Canto Dong Song", "A Unique Skill in Song and Dong Dynasties" and "Wonderful Flower" in Dong people's big songs. It is unique in the field of Dong nationality's big songs and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad for its unique singing form, which has become a highlight of the development of characteristic tourism in our county.
2. Red tourism resources
1934 65438+In February, the main force of the Red Army entered Guizhou through the Hunan Passage, and Hongzhou Town was the first town in the Long March of the Red Army to leave Hunan and enter Guizhou. Red tourism resources are very rich, including Red Army Bridge, Red Army Slogans, Red Army Wells, Red Army Bridge, Red Army Gu Lou, the battlefield of fighting local tyrants, the tomb of Red Army martyrs, stories of Red Army transit characters, transit sites and so on, which are of great protection and development value.
Third, hydropower resources.
Hongzhou Town belongs to Yuanjiang River system, with criss-crossing rivers, large water level difference and rich hydropower resources. Hongzhou River is the main river in the town, with an average annual flow of 15.4 m3/s and a reserve of hydropower resources of about 1 1.000 kW.
Hongzhouzhen specialty
Navel orange, small orange, fungus (fine fungus, black fungus), poria cocos, butter tea, etc.