Wuchang is a famous historical and cultural city, which was founded in the Warring States Period 1800 years ago. It has a rich cultural and historical background. Now it is the seat of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and provincial government, the political, cultural and information center of the whole province, and the headquarters of more than 200 foreign institutions in China, many financial institutions, commercial enterprises and large companies gather here, forming the core area of Jiangnan in Wuhan. Wuchang is the "first place" of the Revolution of 1911. Because the first shot of Wuchang Shouyi made China's great achievements in overthrowing the imperial system and establishing the first peaceful country in Asia. Wuchang Lakeside is a beautiful urban area with excellent ecological environment, which is suitable for human settlement and tourism. Wuchang is rich in science and education, rich in intellectual resources and high in human resources quality; Wuchang is a national traditional manufacturing base with a natural foundation for developing modern manufacturing. Wuchang has a total area of 8 1.22 square kilometers, including 14 administrative streets and 194 community neighborhood committees, with a permanent population of 970,000 and a floating population of about165,438+10,000, with a per capita disposable income of about 9,000 yuan. In 2002, the regional GDP was about 654,300. Wuchang District has successively won the titles of National Science and Technology Progress Advanced Zone, National Science Popularization Demonstration Zone, Provincial Civilized City Zone and Municipal Economic Strong Zone. In the new century, Wuchang looks at development from the perspective of the world and draws a beautiful blueprint for itself: building Wuchang into a modern central city with developed economy, advanced science and education, prosperous culture, beautiful environment and rich civilization.
city planning
According to the Wuhan Urban Master Plan (1996—2020) approved by the State Council, it is determined to plan and lay out the Jiangnan core area in Wuchang District, focusing on the development of finance and trade, provincial administrative centers, education and scientific research, electromechanical, high-tech industries and cultural tourism. In combination with the development trend of Wuchang, nine plates will be formed, including Hu Sha Sports Culture Tourism Development Zone, Wuchang Shouyi Culture Zone, Zhongnan Road-Fruit Lake Provincial Business Management Zone, East Lake Scenic Tourism Zone, Nanhu Residential Scenic Tourism Zone, Jiedaokou University Town, Xudong Road-Liyuan Commodity Residential Zone, Manufacturing Textile Development Zone along the Yangtze River, and Baishazhou-Wutaizha Modern Manufacturing Development Zone.
Geographical traffic
Wuchang, located at the south gate of Wuhan, has an important position as a geographical hub of Hubei Province and a transportation hub of Central China. Important traffic lifelines such as Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, National Highway 107, Yangtze River Channel, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway and Yihuang Expressway meet in a zigzag shape in Wuchang, and passenger traffic basically arrives early within the range of 1000 km, and the radius of long-distance highway transportation extends to 65,433. The first Yangtze River Bridge, the second Yangtze River Bridge, the third Yangtze River Bridge and the planned two river-crossing tunnels in Wuhan are all located in Wuchang. There are many passenger and freight terminals along the Yangtze River. There are three main urban roads in the west of the city: Linjiang Avenue, Heping Avenue and Wuqing Avenue. On the east side, there are main roads such as Zhongbei Road, Zhongnan Road and Yingbin Avenue. North-South, Xudong Road and Wu Luo Road are connected with the Yangtze River Bridge and the Second Yangtze River Bridge respectively, forming a smooth inner ring. Recently, the Ministry of Railways will invest 800 million yuan to transform Wuchang Railway Station, and the Beijing-Guangzhou line will become a Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed passenger dedicated line.
Scientific and educational strength
Wuchang is a well-known intelligence-intensive area in China, second only to Haidian District in Beijing. There are 13 famous universities such as Wuhan University and 48 national, provincial and municipal scientific research institutions represented by Wuhan Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences, with more than 654.38+million senior professional and technical personnel and120,000 college students, producing more than 800 scientific research achievements every year. There are 58 enterprises in Wuchang Baoan Science and Technology Innovation Park, covering an area of 1.20 mu. The National Information Security Achievement Industrialization (Central) Base under construction and Wuchang Science and Technology Industrial Park with a square kilometer of 1.5 will become important carriers for developing high-tech industries. Wuchang is a large education region in the province, with primary and secondary schools 1, 3 1, and students 1.2 million. There are many key universities in provinces and cities, which have trained a large number of plastic talents for the society. The only "Academy of Juvenile Sciences" in China was born in Wuchang Experimental Middle School.
tourist resources
Wuchang is a beautiful city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with a rich human history, which has concentrated 70% of the city's scenic spots and revolutionary sites. Among the six 4A-level scenic spots awarded by the state in Wuhan, five are in Wuchang. The Yellow Crane Tower, which enjoys the reputation of "the first building in the world", has a history of more than 1700 years. Baotong Temple, a Buddhist resort, was founded in the Southern Dynasties and has experienced more than 2,000 years of vicissitudes. Changchun Temple is one of the famous ten-square jungles of Taoism, with a history of 2,500 years, which is very spectacular on the day of celebration. East Lake, a national key scenic spot with a water surface area of 32.8 square kilometers, is the largest urban lake in China. The ancient chimes unearthed in the Warring States Period on display in Hubei Provincial Museum are full of rich charm of Chu culture and become an important symbol of Hubei's foreign cultural exchanges. During the Great Revolution, the former site of the workshop of the Central Peasant Movement, founded by the cooperation of the two parties and actually presided over by Comrade Mao Zedong, is now listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Hubei Province.
19 1 1 The Revolution of 1911, which shocked China and foreign countries, overthrew the feudal monarchy for more than 2,000 years, opened a new chapter in the revolutionary history of China, and left Wuchang with a large number of Shouyi sites and places of interest, such as the Governor's Office of the Hubei Army, the Qiyimen, the Engineering Camp, the armory of Chuwangtai and the Huangxing altar. The famous ship "Zhongshan Ship" will last forever. Wuchang is making every effort to build a "Shouyi Cultural Zone" and endow it with new social, economic and cultural connotations and vitality. Wuchang also brings together Hongshan Gymnasium, Hongshan Square, Hubei Grand Theatre and other large-scale cultural and sports facilities and a number of high-end hotels, which constitute the supporting functions of tourism.
opening up to the outside world
Active, rational and effective use of foreign capital and introduction of domestic capital are important components of the opening up of the five permanent members. Since 1992, 87 foreign-funded enterprises have been established in the whole region, with a total investment of 290 million US dollars and the introduction of domestic capital of nearly 5 billion yuan. In the past two years, foreign-funded enterprises have become the main force to earn foreign exchange through regional exports. A number of listed companies from the United States, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong have also come to Wuchang to develop high-tech industries such as communications, software and environmental protection. B&Q, Matt of France, Carrefour of France and Metro of Germany have successively settled in Wuchang. American PDC Company has also begun to invest in large-scale "urban entertainment center" projects in Wuchang, and Wuchang is gradually becoming a hot spot for foreign investment and entrepreneurship. The entry of domestic and foreign capital has brought brand-new business formats, promoted the adjustment of regional industrial structure, improved the extroversion of cities, and become an important force in regional economic development. In the new century, Wuchang is planning to build the headquarters area of the top 500 enterprises with an area of more than 2 square kilometers, and introduce domestic and foreign financial, insurance, accounting firms, law firms, bilingual schools, hospitals and well-known enterprise groups to settle in, and strive to build an international and market-oriented new Wuchang.
city construction
Wuchang has great potential for urban construction and development. Since the 1990s, the government has increased investment, built and expanded several important traffic arteries in Wuchang, and formed a "five vertical and six horizontal" traffic network pattern that is rapidly connected with the three towns. The implementation of landscape projects such as Hongshan Square, Honglou Square, Yellow Crane Tower Scenic Area and East Lake Surrounding Lake Scenic Area has greatly improved the environmental quality and central city function of Wuchang. Many newly-built residential quarters, such as Baoan Garden in Nanhu, Yuan Jun Garden in Lanwan and Yulin in Donghu, have demonstrated the high-grade and high-quality living environment in 2/kloc-0 century. The "clear water and blue sky" community covering an area of 800 mu by Hu Sha Lake has entered the planning; The development and reconstruction projects of Linjiang Avenue and Heping Avenue in Wuchang have also been implemented, and all the areas from Linjiang Avenue to Husha Lake have been demolished and reconstructed, with the demolition area of1120,000 square meters. Planning to form Linjiang business center and leisure river scenic spot. In the next 3- 10 years, Wuchang area will be built into a modern central city with superior ecological environment, developed economy, convenient transportation and relatively concentrated high-income groups.
finance and trade/commerce
Wuchang has been a prosperous metropolis since ancient times, and it is also an important commodity distribution center along the Yangtze River. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wuchang became an important commercial port. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, merchants from Shili "Long Street" gathered and became a prosperous commercial market. Over the past 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wuchang's commercial and financial industry has developed unprecedentedly, and the tertiary industry accounts for 85% of the regional national economy. There are nearly 60 financial institutions such as banks, insurance and securities in the area, which have formed a strong support for regional economic development. Large commercial enterprises at home and abroad have gathered in Wuchang, forming a new modern commercial format. The planned Zhongnan Business Center, Xu Dong Modern Business District, Xujiapeng Modern Logistics Zone and Jiefang Road Commercial Pedestrian Street are under construction.
Regional industry
As early as the "First Five-Year Plan" and "Second Five-Year Plan" period, the country carried out large-scale industrial construction in Wuchang, and successively built a number of important industrial enterprises such as Wuhan Heavy Machine Tool Factory, Wuhan Boiler Factory, Wuchang Shipyard, Wuchang Vehicle Factory and Hubei Construction Machinery Factory, which became an important manufacturing base of the country. After more than 40 years of construction, regional industries have formed a comprehensive industrial system of machinery, electronics, shipbuilding, textiles, chemicals, building materials and so on. It has become the largest production base of heavy machine tools, construction machinery, boilers, ships and refrigerated trucks in China, and enjoys a high reputation in the fields of heavy and ultra-heavy precision CNC machine tools, ultra-high pressure and critical boilers, engineering ships and computer applications. Emerging industries such as information industry and biotechnology have risen rapidly, and new breakthroughs have been made in computer software, environmental protection equipment, mechatronics, laser applications and new materials. A number of products such as electromechanical, chemical and textile products have also entered the international market. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, Wuchang District will vigorously develop sustainable urban industry and equipment manufacturing industry, and form manufacturing textile development zones along the Yangtze River-Yangyuan, Baishazhou-Wutaizha modern manufacturing development zone and Bayi Road-Xiaohongshan high-tech industrial incubation zone.
investment climate
In terms of hard environment, Wuchang District will implement the strategy of paying equal attention to the transformation of the old city and the development of the new district. On the one hand, transform the old city, reduce the population density in the core area and improve the environmental quality and living standard; On the other hand, focus on the development of peripheral areas, improve public and municipal facilities, establish and improve a good community service system, create a comprehensive investment environment, and promote the development of modern service industry, high-tech industry, real estate industry, financial trade industry, cultural tourism and other industries.
In terms of soft environment, Wuchang District pays unremitting attention to environmental innovation, strives to rectify and standardize market order, and creates a good market legal environment; Do a good job in the construction of investment (complaint) service center in Wuchang District, and improve the service commitment system and the "one-door" office and "one-stop" service mechanism; Strengthen the tracking service and comprehensive coordination mechanism for major projects, and implement key listing protection for foreign-invested enterprises; Formulate policies to encourage investment, create a good atmosphere of "pro-business protection", and strive to build a service-oriented and rule-based government.