Highway construction. It is understood that the expressway project around the island will be completed in three phases. The first phase of the project started recently is the eastern part of the island, with an investment of 6 million yuan, from Wailuojiao to Houhai Radar, with a total length of 12. 1 km and a width of 12 m, and is scheduled to be completed in 2007.
The only island town in xuwen county can't reach Xinliao, which means that Xuwen hasn't arrived yet.
Xinliao Island is located in the northeast of xuwen county, bordering the South China Sea in the east, and is an accumulation island on the east side of Leizhou Peninsula. It is reported that this island is the fourth largest island in Zhanjiang after Dongdao Island, Nansan Island and Tanzhou Island, and also the largest island in xuwen county. It turns out that there are two small islands near Xinliao Island, Nanwan and Houhai. Later, due to land reclamation, four seawalls were built, connecting Xinliao Island, Nanwan Island and Houdao Island and the He 'an Peninsula in Chinese mainland. Xinliao Island has a total area of 46 .6 square kilometers, 65 kilometers away from xuwen county. It belongs to tropical monsoon climate, with abundant sunshine, hot summer and autumn, rainy weather, lightning and typhoons, with an average annual temperature of 23. 5℃, annual average rainfall 18 13. 1mm, annual average sunshine 1870. There are more than 23,000 people living on this beautiful island, with 10 village committees and 8 1 natural villages. It is the only island town in xuwen county. Because it is far from the county seat and the traffic was inconvenient in the past, it is said that I have never been to Xuwen without going to Xinliao Island.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Putian people drifted to this island to build a shed to make grass and settle down, hence the name Xinliao.
According to legend, before the Ming Dynasty, Xinliao was a desert island. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, people from Putian, Fujian drifted to this island and made a living by fishing in shallow water, so they set up sheds to build grass huts, so they were called Xinliao. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the administrative jurisdiction of this island belonged to Yanhe Township, Haikang County, Leizhou District, Guangdong Province. In the early years of the Republic of China, it belonged to Tiaofeng Township, Haikang County, and it belonged to the third district of Haikang County from the eve of the founding of the People's Republic to 1955. 1February 1956 was included in the sixth district of xuwen county, which was called Xinliao Township. 1958 belongs to xuwen county jinhe people's commune (also known as upstream commune). 1959 was separated from jinhe people's commune in may, and xinliao people's commune was established. 1983 changed to new Liao area; 1987 changed to xinliao town. The whole island is flat, mainly sandy loam, and the beach resources are quite rich. The water transportation on the island is convenient, and the nearest distance from the mainland is only 0.4 nautical mile. There are no reefs around the island, and ships can dock and anchor.
Rich in products, there are "two treasures" fragrant into the county, sweet all over Guangdong.
Although Xinliao Island is a remote island, it is a distinctive island with rich products. People often say: Xinliao Island has two treasures. One is the sweet potato here. Among them, the sweet potato of Senecio, just like her name, is fragrant and sweet in the whole county. More than 65438+100000 mu of sweet potato is planted in the whole island. Peanut is the second brand of Xinliao, because the island is rich in a kind of red peanut, and its peanut oil is delicious, with good color, smell and taste. In addition to the "two treasures" of Xinliao, the shrimps processed by Xinliao shrimp are exported at home and abroad; Xinliao oysters are sweet, moist and delicious, and the mud clams are clear and nourishing.
Birds don't rest, guests don't stay overnight. This used to be the poorest island along the coast of Guangdong.
At the same time, Xinliao Island is a large wetland swamp area in South China, because a certain area of mangrove beach and silt beach is formed between the southern end of Xinliao Island and the mainland. The land is a platform of lava red soil, the sediments are marine and aeolian deposits, and some areas are river alluvial deposits. Mud beaches are surrounded by sandy beaches, and only a few narrow waterways are connected with the sea. The tide has little direct influence, only a few streams flow in. In summer, there are relatively many river floods, which have a certain impact on mudflats. Mangrove is the dominant species in swamp vegetation, and the dominant species are Astragalus membranaceus and Avicennia marina. There are many kinds of mangroves related to it, such as Kandelia candel, Paulownia, Murle and so on. Above the land high tide line, there are sea paint, hibiscus and so on. The wetland and swamp area of Xinliao Island is also the wintering ground and post station for birds such as walking birds, snipes and herons. Unfortunately, in recent years, due to reclamation, digging ponds to raise fish and shrimp, and wantonly cutting down mangroves, the area of mangroves has been greatly reduced, losing its functional benefits, resulting in unbalanced natural ecological balance and frequent disasters.
Although Xinliao Island is rich in resources, it was once the poorest island along the coast of Guangdong more than ten years ago. According to 199 1 comprehensive investigation and analysis of island resources in Guangdong province, the expert group thinks that Xinliao Island in xuwen county is the poorest island along the coast of Guangdong province. At that time, there was little arable land on this palm-sized island, and most people kept the "six sands and one (sea) water three points", lived on an acre of poor sweet potatoes and rice, and lived an embarrassing farming life. At first glance, the whole island may be a poor and impoverished backwater. Almost every family lives in shabby thatched houses, and people live a very poor life. At that time, there was a folk saying in Haikang and Xuwen counties to describe Xinliao Island: "The wind and sand are rolling, the rain and dew are white, the birds don't rest, and the tourists don't stay overnight."
Develop resources, develop marine economy, unite as one and build a "paradise island"
From 1995, the new Lao people who were afraid of poverty broke the shackles of traditional agriculture. Xuwen county government also re-examines the development of marine resources in Xinliao Island, and is determined to develop the economy with the marine economy as the growth point, and actively takes measures to create various favorable conditions, so that the shallow beaches around Xinliao Island can be fully and effectively developed. Under the guidance of the xuwen county Municipal Government, islanders first raised mud clams and blue crabs, and then vigorously developed shrimp farming. At present, the shrimp culture area in the whole island has reached more than 20,000 mu, with 300 mu of blue crabs, 250 mu of mud clams, 0/1,000 mu of mirror snails, and 720 mu of mussels, pearls and oysters. The whole island has gradually formed a large-scale farming pattern with prawns and Grignard prawns as the mainstay, and the marine economy has increased year by year. The people of Xinliao couldn't help but say with emotion, "In the past, the income from planting sweet potatoes on an acre of land was only 300 yuan, but now the average income from shrimp farming can reach 3,000 yuan per acre, and the highest can reach 5,000 yuan. What a world of difference! " In 2005, the economic output value of prawns in this town exceeded 6,543.8 billion yuan, accounting for 80% of the agricultural economy in Xinliao Island. With the success of the first battle, the confidence of Xinliao people has greatly increased, and they are bent on setting off round after round of construction upsurge. With the concerted efforts of Qi, Xin and Qi Xin, Xinliao Island, where birds never rest, has become an "island of paradise".