Yuanjiang City is located in a continental monsoon humid climate zone with the transition from the middle subtropical zone to the north subtropical zone. Good climatic conditions and soil species make Yuanjiang city rich in land resources. Paddy soil, red soil, fluvo-aquic soil and purple soil, which account for nearly 20% of the city, are suitable for the growth of rice, ramie, citrus, reeds, beans and trees.

Product resources

Yuanjiang City is a national agricultural commodity base, and its main products are grain, cotton, pig, fish, orange, reed and hemp. Known as "land of plenty", "land of ramie" and "land of reeds". The annual output of ramie is 50,000 tons, accounting for a quarter of the national total output. The annual output of reed is about 300,000 tons, ranking first in the country. The output of fresh fish, citrus and duck eggs occupies a leading position in the province. As a rising star, fast-growing poplar has a storage capacity of one million cubic meters. The forest coverage rate of Yuanjiang reached 16.56438+0%.

1, agricultural products

The cultivation of Yuanjiang is mainly based on rice production. The main products of food crops are: rice, wheat, sweet potato, potato, broad bean, soybean, mung bean and so on. The main products of cash crops are: cotton, ramie, jute, sugarcane, native tobacco, bitter orange and native medicinal materials. The main products of oil crops are rapeseed, sesame and peanut. In 2003, the total grain output was 256 1 10,000 tons, the total cotton output was 8,500 tons, the total rapeseed output was 28,700 tons, and the total cannabis output was 46,200 tons.

2. Aquatic products

Yuanjiang is rich in fish resources and has a long history of fishery, with more than 200 species of fish. Among them, grass, bighead carp, silver carp, carp and bream are the majority. In the total fish population, colored fish accounts for about 40%, coarse-scaled fish accounts for 20%, and the rest are fine-scaled and scaleless fish, which are distributed in lakes, rivers, ports, tributaries and ditches in Yuanjiang. There are many collective fishing grounds in Yuanjiang, together with individual fishery farmers, which constitute a very spectacular fishery production team. In recent years, cage fish culture has also been developed, making fish culture a main business after rice production.

The famous and excellent fish mainly include whitebait, snakehead, soft-shelled turtle, Chinese sturgeon, eel, catfish, mandarin fish, baiji dolphin and finless porpoise.

In 2003, the total output of aquatic products in Yuanjiang City was 7665438+ ten thousand tons.

tourist resources

Yuanjiang City is located in the hinterland of "Eight Hundred Li Dongting", with seven mountains and seven waters, and the water is adjacent to Sanxiang. There are splendid cultural relics and beautiful natural scenery here, and there are more than 120 scenic spots, which are known as "orange city of water town" and "Venice of the East". South Dongting Lake in China is an internationally recognized important wetland, which integrates lake waters, islands, Tingzhou, cultural relics, rare species and touching legends. It includes the temporal and spatial evolution of Dongting Lake for 800 miles and thousands of years and the profound cultural origin of agriculture and fisheries. It combines the beauty of Taihu Lake, the depth of Hongze Lake, the quietness of Chaohu Lake and the breadth of Poyang Lake, and is praised by famous tourists as "the first scene of China Lake". Many famous people in history have been to Yuanjiang, leaving many well-known poems and describing the beautiful rivers and lakes in Yuanjiang. In recent years, Yuanjiang's "tourism-driven strategy" has further promoted the development of tourism resources, and its tourist attractions are gradually showing great vitality.

locational advantage

Yuanjiang, located in the economic circle of Central China, has been a strategic location in northern Hunan since ancient times and an important water transportation hub in Hunan Province. Waterways connect Hunan, Guizhou, Yuan and Li, and connect rivers and seas. It is an important distribution center for agricultural products and industrial raw materials in Dongting Lake area. The land road connects Changshi Railway, Luozhan Railway and Changchang Expressway to the south, Changsha and Yiyang to the north, Baisha Bridge and Nanmao Bridge to Yueyang. The provincial highway S204 runs through the whole territory. With the construction of Baisha Bridge, Nanmao Bridge, Yiyuan first-class highway and Baisha Port, the traffic in Yuanjiang will be more convenient and its location advantage will be more obvious.