As the center of the county, Huarong Market Town does not have a first-line fast food brand, no KFC, McDonald's, Starbucks, or even a seafood restaurant;
In the huge market town, there is not a single KTV entertainment venue, nor a hot pot shop chain brand, or even a decent brand clothing store;
Huarong Town is jokingly called "a city built by farmers", "handshake building" building after building, there is no three-level first-class hospital, no large supermarket, or even a high-end community.
On February 9, Yuan Lizhi, secretary of the Party Committee of Huarong Town, Huarong District, Ezhou City, was interviewed by reporters and talked about accelerating the construction of the "Charm First Good County Center".
In the next five years, Huarong Town will respect the law of urban development, conform to the stage of urban development, and strive to comprehensively improve the urban functions and quality of Huarong Urban Area through three years.
Long history: the location is obvious, and the merchants and merchants have gathered for thousands of years
Huarong Town, with the lake, since ancient times is the Central Plains to Huguang Wuyue fortress, west of the new Wuchang, east of the old Wuchang, north of the Yangtze River, south of Liangzi, rich in products, famous and sages, has always been a place of contention for soldiers.
Huarong Town has a long history, there are 3 Neolithic sites in the territory, named after the Construction of Huarong Temple by Emperor Liangwu of the Southern Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty set up Chengtang County, and the Tang Dynasty set up Huarong Station. Places of interest and monuments in the town include Lianghuarong Temple of the Southern Dynasty and Wenchang Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty.
During the Ming Chongzhen period, Zhang Xianzhong led the rebel army into Huarong Street; during the Qing Xianfeng period, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing led the main force of the Taiping Army to fight in Huarong Street for ten years.
Whether it is the Sui and Tang dynasties, or the Ming and Qing dynasties, huarong ji town has developed and prospered in commerce, and its commercial history is well documented and historical.
Huarong Bazaar was founded in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the early Song Dynasty into a scale, at that time, Huarong Zheng Street up to 1000 meters long, the flow of people, merchants such as clouds, jurisdiction of Sukou, Huarong, Mistlean Three Fangs.
In the third year of Qing Xianfeng (1852), Huarong Market Town was burned down by the Taiping Peasant Army, and the prosperous business was burned to the ground.
With the change of history, Huarong Market Town has moved to its current site, and Huarong Street has Anle, Wanshou, Taiping, Min Zhu, Wufu and AnLiufang.
During the Republic of China period, Huarong Town Lint Materials, best-selling Wuhan three towns, Huarong Tubu famous in southeast Hubei region, enjoy the reputation of weaving town.
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the urbanization process has accelerated, and Huarong Town has become a hub city connecting Wuhan, Ezhou, Huangshi and Huanggang in the Wuhan city circle.
Especially in the 80s and 90s of the last century, railway transportation and air transportation were not developed enough, and the 316 National Highway ran through Huarong Market Town, creating the existing commercial territory of Huarong Town.
In 1989, Huarong Town became the only township in Huarong District where the trade volume exceeded the 100 million yuan mark.
In 2007, Huarong Town gradually developed into an important commercial town in eastern Hubei, with commercial outlets such as Huarong Street, Liangting Street, Dingqiao Street, Hupu, Hezhuang, Wufen, Liu Hua, etc. In the market town, there are more than 300 industrial and commercial shops.
Siphon effect: Looking back, Huarong is in the middle of the lights
Yuan Lizhi introduced that Huarong Town's location advantage is unique, and Wuhan, Huangshi, Huanggang and Ezhou are all 30 minutes away from Huarong Town. A number of highways pass through the border, and exits are set up on the Huanghuang Expressway, the Huang'e Expressway, and the Exian Expressway.
In addition, the Wu (Han) Jiu (Jiang) Passenger Dedicated Line, the Wu (Han) Huang (Shi) Intercity Railway, and the Wu (Han) (Huang) Gang Intercity Railway all pass through Huarong Town. There are 10 kilometers of the golden waterway shoreline of the Yangtze River, on both sides of the river, and wuhan Xinzhou District across the river.
"Huarong Town is located in the center and crossroads of the four cities of Huangshi, Ezhou, Huanggang and Wuhan. At present, the Xingang Bridge planned by Wuhan Passes through Huarong Town, and all the elevated highways along the line are erected to connect the Wuhuang Expressway and the Exian Expressway to form a new outer ring road in Wuhan. Yuan Lizhi said that in the future, the traffic location advantage of Huarong Town will be more prominent.
Unique location advantages, so that Huarong Town has become a hot land for investment and development, Hongtai Iron and Steel, Fujing Electronics a large number of enterprises to Huarong Town to invest in the industry, which makes Huarong Town's secondary industry has achieved great development.
Huarong Town has also long adhered to the industrial town and the project strong town. The latest statistics in 2021 show that all 41 enterprises above designated size in Huarong Town have started normal production, with strong production and demand, and stable profit growth. The annual tax payment exceeds 500 million yuan.
Yuan Lizhi said that by 2025, huarong town's total financial income will reach 680 million yuan, an average annual growth rate of 8%; the added value of industries above designated size will reach 14 billion yuan, and the investment in fixed assets in the whole society will reach 1 billion yuan, and the growth rate will remain the first in the region.
Success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He. Gain also location advantage, lose also location advantage.
Yuan Lizhi said that because it is only a 30-minute drive from the central urban areas of Wuhan, Ezhou and other places, the three industries of eating, drinking, playing, having fun, entertainment, shopping, and traveling are all "siphoned" by the surrounding cities. In particular, private cars have become the main means of transportation, and the wu'e and Wugang expressways have been completed, and the development of the tertiary industry in Huarong Market Town has become more difficult.
It should be pointed out that the main urban area of Gedian Development Zone, as the first provincial-level economic development zone in Hubei Province, is only a 10-minute drive from Huarong Town. In recent years, Gedian has been committed to the improvement of urban quality, and the development of the tertiary industry has made great progress, which is undoubtedly a "fatal blow" to the tertiary industry of Huarong Town, which has just started.
In 1987, the county-level Huarong District was established, and in the past 35 years, huarong town, as the huarong district party committee and district government of Ezhou City, has not had a star hotel, not a Western-style restaurant, no seafood restaurant, no bar, or even a large restaurant chain, which is extremely embarrassing.
"Huarong Town is a township, a small and chaotic market town." Yuan Lizhi said that it should be pointed out that Huarong Ji Town does not have a tertiary hospital, no large shopping mall, no high-end community, and no large parking lot.
According to incomplete statistics, at present, there are more than 200,000 people in Huarong District, more than 30,000 permanent residents of Huarong Market Town, and 80,000 floating population.
"The large number of people did not burst into huge consumption potential, nor did it bring cash flow." Yuan Lizhi said awkwardly that the residents of Huarong Town still go to the surrounding cities to consume and relax, and the business of the market town is in a depression, not to mention the nightlife and night economy.
Yuan Lizhi gave an example, saying that in the past, there were two or three KTV entertainment venues in Huarong Market Town, which were not large in scale and operated dismally. In the first two years, these KTV entertainment venues have closed their doors. Since then, the entertainment industry has become a "thing of the past" in Huarong Market Town.
Dare to be the first: willing to be a ladder, the first to build a "county center"
"Huarong District is a 30-minute drive from Ezhou City and is the 'Flying District' of Ezhou City. At the level of Huarong District and Town, in the past few decades of development, Huarong Town did not even dare to mention the word 'city', let alone talk about urban quality construction. Although you are the first good place, Huarong Town is a small township at best. Yuan Lizhi said.
Yuan Lizhi used to serve as the mayor of Huarong Town, then transferred to Duandian Town as Party Secretary, and in May 2021, transferred to Huarong Town as Party Secretary. For the development of Huarong Town, he is like a number of family treasures, talking about it. He is also unabashed about the problem.
Going out to study is Yuan Lizhi's "must-answer question". Every Saturday, Sunday or national statutory holiday, if he has free time, he will drive or take a high-speed train to Anhui, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang and other economically developed areas of the surrounding counties to study on the ground.
"Township and town cadres in Changsha County and Liuyang City are actively working overtime on weekends, and the atmosphere of urban construction is shocking; many counties in Zhejiang Province are being built, surpassing the main urban area of Ezhou." Yuan Lizhi said.
In contrast, the development of the county center of Huarong District is still swaddling, babbling language, the city's various functions are extremely imperfect, and the quality of the county is a long way to go, we must dare to dream and dare to be the first.
In addition, compared with the developed counties and urban areas of the surrounding provinces, the style and efficiency of the cadres in Huarong Town need to be improved, and "the cadres must not only have a sense of responsibility, but also have a sense of professionalism."
a thousand songs and then xiaosheng, look at a thousand swords and then recognize the instrument.
On August 31, 2021, Yuan Lizhi made a report on "Breaking the Ice of Thought, Being Pragmatic and Efficient, and Striving to Accelerate the Construction of vitality, quality, happiness, charm and Shoushan County Center" at the eleventh Party Congress in Huarong Town.
"The construction of 'county center', whether at the level of Huarong District or at the level of Huarong Town, is the first time to propose, for Huarong Town, it is of epoch-making significance, and it is a manifestation of self-pressure and self-encouragement." Yuan Lizhi said, "There is no turning back arrow when opening the bow" and "to be the first person to eat crabs."
Subsequently, on September 24, 2021, at the first meeting of the 11th People's Congress of Huarong Town, the mayor of the town, Quan Yuanbo, made a government work report clearly: strive to accelerate the construction of Huarong into a vibrant, quality, happiness, charm, and first good county center.
On December 3, 2021, in the report of the Eighth Congress of the Communist Party of China in Ezhou City, Sun Bing, secretary of the Ezhou Municipal Party Committee, mentioned in the report that the advantages of resource endowments in various districts should be brought into play and a county economic development pattern with distinctive characteristics and multi-point support should be formed.
"The report of the party congress supports the economic development pattern of the county at many points. As the first place of good, Huarong Town's core task is to build Huarong Town as a city that can meet the basic needs of citizens. Yuan Lizhi said it was a "brand new track."
Chasing the "light" peers: taking the horse to raise the whip and improve the functions of Huarong's main urban area
On the side of the sinking boat, thousands of sails are racing; in front of the sick tree, thousands of trees are in spring.
Why has Huarong Town never mentioned the construction of shoushan county center in the past few decades?
Yuan Lizhi explained that there is a psychology of small wealth and peace in Huarong Town. Huarong is an important industrial town, Zhongdu Ganchao, Hongtai Iron and Steel, Huaheng Jingli, Maple Line Industry, Fujing Electronics, Huayu Changtai and other large numbers of regulated industrial enterprises have not only brought a large number of jobs, but also brought considerable taxes.
Secondly, from top to bottom, the construction of the "county center" of Huarong Town is not enough, and at all, there is no concept of "county economy", let alone the planning and quality construction of the city. Huarong Jizhen is a township society, there is no concept of urban operation, in the past it has been managed by Huarong Town.
And the most important point is that the vision of Huarong Town cadres is not broad enough, staying by the side of the first-tier city of Wuhan, but not the broad vision and urban governance thinking of Wuhan cadres.
Yuan Lizhi frankly said that the current overall development of urban and rural areas in Huarong Town is not refined, especially the urban traffic road network cannot meet the travel needs of the masses, the back streets and alleys need to be rectified urgently, the shortcomings of beautiful rural construction are prominent, and the coverage rate of "points, lines and surfaces" is not high.
Yuan Lizhi believes that in order to complete the construction of the "Shoushan County Center" and improve the functional positioning of the city, it is necessary to respond to the voice of the masses, work one term after another, and solve the contradiction between the people's growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and insufficient development.
The grand plan is justified, and the right way is steady and far-reaching; the heavy responsibility lies on the shoulders, and it is even more necessary to raise the horse and whip.
Yuan Lizhi said that the next five years is a key five years for Huarong District to seize opportunities and achieve high-quality development, and it is also a key five years for Huarong to build a "county center", and Huarong Town will continue to exert efforts in quality improvement in three aspects to improve the functions of Huarong's main urban area.
In terms of promoting the environmental improvement of the market town, we will carry out the transformation of Chufan Avenue and the improvement of landscape style, the reconstruction and construction of back streets and alleys and pocket parks, and strive to build 5-10 pocket parks within five years; promote the transformation of urban villages such as Yangxiang and Dingqiao in the main urban area in phases, and complete the transformation of urban villages in the main urban area by 2025.
In terms of promoting the construction of public service facilities, optimize the urban traffic pattern of "five vertical and five horizontal"; standardize the construction of a number of small and micro public parking lots and heavy-duty vehicle parking lots, and complete the construction of sewage pipe networks in the main urban areas; improve public service projects such as public toilets, garbage transfer stations, and farmers' markets, and implement projects such as the extension of natural gas pipeline networks; and build landmark-level urban complexes integrating movie theaters, star hotels, and large supermarkets.
In terms of promoting the consolidation and improvement of the functions of the market town, the community standardization construction of the three communities in the central market town has been carried out; the transformation of the old residential areas has been intensified, the back streets and alleys have been expanded and empowered, and the efforts have been made to create a cultural street, a commercial street, and a food street, so that the people can realize the happy and peaceful dream of high-quality relocation.
"Wu'e Tongcheng, Huarong Town, while doing a good job in Gehua Tongcheng article, must regard itself as the core area of Wuhan." Yuan Lizhi said that in the long run, whether it is Huarong District, Huarong Town, or Gedian, the development positioning is to follow the same city as Wuhan and follow the light.
Yuan Lizhi appealed that the whole town should firmly adhere to the idea of "one game of chess", reorganize, unite, do good deeds, never stop, never slacken off, and strive to accelerate the construction of a county center of vitality, quality, happiness, charm, and first goodness!
Planner: Rao Yao
Executive: Zhang Benshun, Zhang Xiaoqin, Zhang Xiaofeng, Tan Si
Reporters: Wang Yanyao, Ruan Qiong
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