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Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

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Mengzi City

It is located in the eastern part of the Red River State

It is also the seat of the state capital of the Red River State

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

The total area is 2,228 square kilometers

The total population is 640,000

It administers 5 towns, 4 townships and 4 subdistrict offices

24 community residents' committees

83 village (resident) committees

693 natural villages

990 villager groups

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

"Mengzi"

It is said that it is named after the mountain at the edge of the west dam of the county

The Chinese language is false as Mengzi

If you say that the eye is ambiguous, the eye tone is turned

It is a barbarian language meaning mangosteen

One is the meaning of the Hmong language "Hmong house"

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

Historically

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, along the Ming system, it was Mengzi County

18th Year of the Republic of China (1929)

After the abolition of the road, it was directly under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province

January 16, 1950

Liberation from Mongolia

The People's Government of Mengzi County is subordinate to Mengzi Special District

It is the station of the special district

September 10, 2010

Approved by the State Council

Consent to the revocation of Mengzi County

Establish a county-level Mengzi city

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

Mengzi is in the middle of southern Yunnan, sitting on the two open platforms of the state-level Mengzi Economic Development Zone and the Honghe Comprehensive Free Trade Zone, and is the "hinterland" of the Honghe area of the China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

With the construction of the Honghe Comprehensive Transportation Hub, the Mimeng High-Speed Railway, and the Honghe Airport, the foundation of Mengzi has become a new highland for the opening up of the southern Yunnan region and a demonstration pilot area for the province to open up to the outside world.

In 2020, the city's total foreign trade import and export volume reached 465.02 million yuan.

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

It is the seat of the State capital of the Red River State

Mengzi is a sub-central city in the Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration

One of the regional central cities in Yunnan Province

Mengzi city built-up area

It has an area of 33.63 km²

Urbanization rate reached 75.19%

Red River Integrated Transportation Hub, etc

A number of key projects and major projects

Steady progress

Central city construction in southern Yunnan

There is a good development trend

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

In 2020, the annual regional GDP reached 39.085 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%; the added value of industry increased by 8.2%, the investment in fixed assets increased by 2.7%, and the general public budget revenue was 1.607 billion yuan, an increase of 0.6%. The disposable income of urban and rural residents increased by 4.5% and 9.1% year-on-year.

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

As of February 22, 2021

Mengzi City has built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way

A successful conclusion has been achieved

Decisive achievements have been made in poverty alleviation

There are 4 poor townships and 45 poor villages in the city

64,169 people from 15,119 households were successfully lifted out of poverty

Completed 937 households with 3628 people

Relocation of poverty alleviation

10,703 agricultural dangerous houses were renovated

It is proceeding in an orderly manner

Consolidate the achievements in poverty alleviation

Effectively connect with rural revitalization

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

In Mengzi Bisezhai Station, there are old yellow-walled stations, inch rail machine garages, Annan coffee houses, Mobil Sanda Water and Fire Oil Company, and the former site of the police station...

Next to the mottled railway tracks, the historical french and Chinese architectural complexes "tell" the rise and fall of Yunnan's opening up to the outside world, and the well-preserved 11 state-level cultural relics bring visitors a different experience.

From the station to the historical and cultural park, and now the Bisezhai Station has been "transformed" into the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Historical and Cultural Park, with "the century-old Yunnan-Vietnam Railway as the skeleton, the humanistic and historical inheritance as the body, the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures as the soul, and the layout of the characteristic format as the kinetic energy", relying on the cultural and historical background of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the ecological environment of the mountains and forests and water bodies around the Bise Village, to create a tourist destination in southeast Yunnan that integrates sightseeing tourism, cultural experience, vacation leisure, historical science education, etc.

Mengzi: The famous hometown of bridge rice noodles

The famous bridge meter line

It also originated in Mongzi

It has a history of more than 300 years

The bridge meter line has been listed

National Intangible Cultural Heritage

"Chinese Snack"

Meng Zi was named

"The Hometown of Chinese Bridge Rice Noodles"

"Famous City of Chinese Specialties"

Mengzi is also the home of pomegranates in China

Self-growing pomegranates

It has a history of more than 700 years

Pomegranates are grown throughout the city

The area is 130,000 mu

It is one of the main pomegranate producing areas in The country

In 2020, the export volume of Mengzi pomegranate reached 280 million yuan. It has won the honorary titles of "Hometown of Chinese Pomegranates", "First Prize of Olympic Fruit", "Pomegranate City of China" and other honorary titles, and won the right to hold the 4th China Pomegranate Expo.

Text Editor: Tao Siyuan

Photography: He Xinwen, Yunshang Rong Media

Source: Mengzi Municipal People's Government website, Honghe Daily

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