Pingliang city is located in the east of Gansu province, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces. It is an important town at the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road and is known as the "Longshang Dry Wharf". The city governs 6 counties 1 district, including Kongtong, Jingchuan, Lingtai, Chongxin, Huating, Jingning and Zhuanglang, with a total area of 1. 1 10,000 square kilometers and a total population of 2.24 million. Pingliang has a profound cultural heritage. It is the cradle of ancestors' prosperity and civilization in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation. More than 3000 years ago, the ancestors of Zhou people created advanced farming culture in Jinghe River Basin, which opened the dawn of agricultural civilization. Pingliang has a long history. In 358 A.D., Fu Jian, the former king of Qin, set up an army here to raise horses, pacify the former cool, and later set up a county under the name of Pingliang. There are 465 cultural sites in Yangshao, Qijia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, with more than 30,000 cultural relics, including 196 national first-class cultural relics. The cultural relics unearthed from Dayun Temple in Jingchuan County, such as the Buddha relic gold and silver coffin, the bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Lingtai County, and the silver zygote of the Southern Song Dynasty, are known as "the best cultural relics in China". Among the numerous historical and cultural relics, Kongtong Mountain, the first Taoist mountain in China, Guji, the birthplace of Fu, the ancestor of Kaiyuan, the first Lingtai Palace in China, and the first Lotus Platform in Qin Huang are world-famous. Historically, Huangfu Mi, the originator of acupuncture in China, Niu Sangru, a famous politician and writer in the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Shichun, one of the "Eight Jiajing Masters" in the Ming Dynasty, have all appeared outstanding figures. The Taoist culture, the Western Queen Mother culture, the Buddhist culture of Dayun Temple and the Huangfu Mi culture in Kongtong Mountain all have unique charm. Pingliang is a big city of agriculture and fruit industry. Its latitude, altitude, annual average temperature, temperature difference between day and night, precipitation and annual average sunshine hours are all very suitable for fruit production, especially for the growth of high-quality red Fuji apples. The produced "Pingliang Jinguo" Red Fuji series apples are big, colorful, hard, high in sugar content, pollution-free, storable and long in shelf life, which are favored by customers and consumers. According to the inspection report of the quality inspection center of fruit trees and seedlings of the Ministry of Agriculture, all indexes of Pingliang Jinguo are superior to those of other producing areas. Pingliang Jinguo, mainly produced by Longyuanhong and Jinglong Fuji, has won the title of "China Famous Fruit" in China and the special prize of China International Forest Expo for many times. The counties (districts) under its jurisdiction, such as Kongtong, Jingchuan, Chongxin, Jingning and Zhuanglang, have been listed as "famous, excellent, new and special economic forest demonstration counties" by the State Forestry Administration, and Jingning County of Pingliang City has been named as "the hometown of apples in China", and Jingchuan County has been awarded the title of "the hometown of red Fuji apples in China". In February, 2002, Pingliang was listed as the core area of superior apple producing areas in the northwest loess plateau by the state. Pingliang has many advantages. As a Pingliang person, I am very proud. I love Pingliang.