Hechen
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Hechen District (合陈)is located on the east of Xinghua City in Taizhou, Jiangsu
Taizhou, Jiangsu
Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu province of eastern China. Situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it borders Nantong to the east, Yancheng to the north and Yangzhou to the west....

. It is the combination of the Heta town(合塔镇) and the Shechen town(舍陈镇). There are 27 administrative villages in Hechen District now: Sheng li, dong lian he, dong xiang yang, louzi, jin xian, feng chun, jie pai, po zhai, lu qian, zhu chen, zhu tian, li xiu, hong qi, jiu ligang, xu gang, gao gui, cheng zhang, he chen, wan shen, gui shan,fan xi, zhang ju, gan yang, deng qiao, zheng sun, ta gang, xing fu. There are also a neighborhood committee, 388 groups of farmers,nearly 16200 households, 60000 people and 27000 labors in the town. The town is an old revolutionary base, where had broken out many famous wars in that disordered time. The flat terrain, fertile soil, spaced water network, superior ecological environment and rich natural resource
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....

s have made the town well-known as "plenty" of reputation.

Unique traffic advantages

There are many longitudinal provincial highways in Hechen, including the tongyu Canal(通榆运河), the ancient chuanchang river(古老的串场河), the 204 State Road(204国道).It is also equipped with Xinghua railway station (loading/unloading two stops), Yan Jing Ning Expressway(盐靖宁高速公路). Convenient traffic conditions has reduced the distance of time and space with the outside world.It just takes 3 hours to drive to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

,and only 3 minutes drive to Yancheng Airport
Yancheng Airport
Yancheng Nanyang Airport is an international airport serving Yancheng, a city in Jiangsu Province, China.The airport is located in the town of Nanyang, from the city center. Commercial flights started in 2000, and international flights started in 2008....

 and Dafeng Port.

Traditional agriculture

As we all know, Xinghua is a national grain
GRAIN
GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Our support takes the form of independent research and analysis, networking at local, regional and...

 County, and Hechen is the “granary” of Xinghua city. In Hechen, people focus on plantingrice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

, wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, oilseed, cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

. On the sideline,it is riched in fish and poultry, such as rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep. The number of the production of poultry is 400,000, including about 150,000 head pigs annually.

Friendly environment region

There have been no major criminal cases for many years because of the legal environment and social stability. Natives are used to studying the laws, observing and respecting knowledge and talented people. It has become a common target of the people in the town to build a well-to-do and harmonious society.

The rise of industrial economy

In recent years, Hechen has planned to establish 2000 acres of industrial park
Industrial park
An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...

s in the town and has developed a number of preferential policies to create a favorable investment environment and attract a group of investors from Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, Yancheng
Yancheng
Yancheng is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. The city with the largest jurisdiction area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and looks out to...

,while paying attention to agricultural production, strengthen investment and the development of industrial economy. The town's industrial economy has increased at a 40% rate.

honourable reputations

Hechen has won the "civilized town in Jiangsu Province", "new model of small town in Jiangsu Province", "leading towns of Jiangsu provincial science and technology" and "education advanced villages and towns in Jiangsu Province", "sports advanced villages and towns in Jiangsu Province" "Xinghua city attracting advanced Township" and other honorary titles.

External links

  • http://www.hechen.gov.cn/
  • http://www.tenwang.com/town/320/5032281771.shtml
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taizhou,_Jiangsu
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