First, let's talk about the history of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Province has a long history and has bred a splendid Cantonese culture. In 221 BC, after Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms of the East, he did not stop his pace and began the Northern Expedition and the South. In the north, the crucial Loop was seized. In the south, conquered the vast Baiyue region. The Baiyue region included Guangdong and Guangxi, but the rule of the Qin Dynasty was short-lived. By the time of the Han Dynasty, the country was divided into 13 prefectures, and Guangdong was under the administration of Jiaozhou.
During the reign of the Tang Dynasty, the country was divided into 15 provinces. Guangdong and other places are under the administration of Lingnan Province, and to this day, there are still some areas that refer to Guangdong as Lingnan. During the reign of the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo left behind the verse "Three hundred lychees in the day, and did not quit being a Lingnanian". At that time, the Song Dynasty divided the country into 23 roads. I have to say that the names of many provinces in China originated from the Song Dynasty, such as Guangnan East Road, Guangnan West Road, Liangzhe Road, Fujian Road, Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road and so on.
Among them, the words of Guangdong and Guangxi come from this way. In the 13th century, after the rise of the Yuan Dynasty in the north, in a few decades, it successively eliminated a series of regimes such as the Western Xia Kingdom, the Great Jin Kingdom, and the Southern Song Dynasty, and established a huge empire with a vast territory. Faced with hundreds of state capitals and thousands of counties across the country, the Yuan Dynasty was a little overwhelmed and a little too busy to come. Under such circumstances, the Yuan Dynasty combined the experience of the 23rd Road of the Song Dynasty and the JinGuo Xing Shangshutai and launched an upgraded version, that is, the Xingzhongshu Provincial System, referred to as the Xing province.
The Yuan Dynasty divided the country into 10 provinces, such as Henan Jiangbei Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, and so on. At that time, most of Guangdong was subordinate to Huguanghang Province. There are also some regions that belong to Jiangxi Province. Although the Yuan Dynasty established a provincial system, it was not perfect, and there were many problems in various aspects, such as rough structure, simple zoning, and so on. In 1368, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, combined with the experience of all aspects, on the basis of the Provinces of the Yuan Dynasty, further adjustment and improvement.
As of the reign of the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, because the Ming Dynasty had two capitals in the north and the south, it formed a division of two capitals and thirteen provinces. At that time, Guangdong Province had already been established. It has to be said that the divisions of many provinces in China were established during the reign of the Ming Dynasty, such as Henan Province, Shandong Province, etc., which are very close to the current regional outline. In the 17th century, after the Qing Dynasty established its own rule, it was further improved on the basis of the Provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Eventually, eighteen inland provinces were formed.
In the later period of Qing rule, western powers launched a series of wars against the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty continued to pay compensation for land and opened a large number of navigation ports. In 1912, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, China entered the stage of warlord melee. In the 1930s and 1940s, there were more than 10 years of war. In the blink of an eye, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the end of the large-scale war, the work of post-war reconstruction and economic construction was fully rolled out, and a series of important projects began one after another.
As an important province in the south of China, Guangdong Province is developing very fast. At that time, Dongguan County was successively subordinate to the Pearl River Special District, Foshan Special District, and Huimin Special District. The special district belongs to the zoning pattern of China in the 1950s and 1960s, which is equivalent to the current prefecture-level city. However, the jurisdiction of the special district is relatively large, and one special district is equivalent to two or three prefecture-level cities. Dongguan County is located on the east bank of the Pearl River, and there is relatively more arable land. For example, in the 1970s, the grain handed over by Dongguan County every year ranked among the top three in the country for a long time.
In addition to rice, Dongguan County also grows a large number of peanuts, jute, fruits, etc., and also breeds 400,000 pigs, which belongs to a standard agricultural county and a large farming county. In 1978, Dongguan County exported pork, fruits, etc., totaling $39.38 million. If this path continues to develop, Dongguan County is estimated to still be a traditional agricultural county, and there is nothing outstanding.
As we all know, in 1978, China began reform and opening up. As the forefront, various regions in Guangdong Province have entered the fast lane of economic development. At that time, Dongguan County's response was very fast, and with only more than 3 million financial resources, it raised 15 million yuan of funds everywhere and began to build nitrogen fertilizer plants, build Wanjiang Bridge, and open three important projects of canal department stores. I have to say that the construction of these projects has played a great role in promoting the economic development of Dongguan County.
At the same time, Dongguan County changed the original grain planting ratio, many rice fields, began to carry out fishery breeding, planting cash crops, etc., due to the limited amount of arable land, Dongguan County has a large number of young adults, need to work. At this time, the pace of Dongguan County is very fast, on the one hand, more than 40 outstanding cadres were dispatched to visit and study in various cities across the country. On the other hand, relying on its own geographical advantages, it has begun to attract investment in all aspects.
By 1984, Dongguan County's GDP had reached 2.536 billion yuan, and the total foreign trade export value was 129 million US dollars. Compared with 1978, it has increased by more than 3 times. In view of the advantages of Dongguan County in all aspects, in 1985, Dongguan County was changed to Dongguan County-level City, with greater autonomy in economic layout. During this period, various types of factories, enterprises and scientific research institutions have successively settled in Dongguan, further improving the status and strength of Dongguan.
In 1988, Dongguan county-level city was promoted to prefecture-level city, becoming one of the 21 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province, and one of the four prefecture-level cities in China regardless of counties and districts. As a prefecture-level city, Dongguan Directly manages 4 subdistricts and 28 townships, without county or district level divisions. At present, Dongguan's GDP ranks 4th in Guangdong Province. It reached more than 965 billion yuan, ranking 24th in the country. Just a step away from the trillion club city.
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