The establishment of town-level cities in coastal Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong has begun. Some provinces have issued official documents to gradually promote the work of town-level cities. Hubei is backward in economy and ideology, so it is not so sensitive to these advanced things. However, the follow-up in Hubei is affirmative.

So which towns in Hubei are most promising to become the first batch of town-level cities?

First push Changling City.

1. Population: Changling City has a registered population of 80,000. In Hubei, there must be towns with this population ratio, but there are not many. Moreover, the floating population in Changling City is around 50,000. On the other side of the river is Fuhe Town, which is connected by a bridge. If these two towns merge, the total population may exceed 200,000 in the near future.

2. Area: Changling City covers an area of 2 16 square kilometers. If it is merged with Fuhe Town, it will cover an area of more than 4.5 million square kilometers.

3. Transportation: Wuxiang Railway, 3 16 National Highway and Chang Song Highway pass through the territory. There are also Han Shi Expressway, Ma Zhu Expressway and Han Rong High-speed Railway.

4. Tourism resources: Changling Town is one of the eight provincial-level tourist resorts and one of the 40 key central towns in the province.

There are 9 tourist reception units in Changling Town, with more than 0/000 beds/kloc, and scenic spots such as Peach Blossom Island, Crocodile Island, Sika Deer Island and Folk Island have been developed and built. Muyu Lake, Changling Lake and Yuntai Mountain Villa have been built. In 2005, the Longfeng Island developed by Wenzhou businessmen with an investment of 65.438+500 million yuan will be built into the largest tourism and leisure resort center in Central and South China. Liangshan Resort in Shui Bo, introduced in 2006, has built a modern Water Margin City with the rhyme of Water Margin culture. After the completion of the project, Changling Town will receive 65.438 billion tourists every year and generate 65.438 billion yuan in tourism revenue.

5. Economic structure: Changling Town adheres to the development idea of "stabilizing the town by agriculture, prospering the town by industry, attracting investment and strengthening the town by tourism" and solidly promotes all work. It has successively introduced five enterprises, including Hong Kong Quntai, Xiangyang Clothing, Qinqin Plastics, Jin Mu Chemical and Baizhugangshi. At present, five industrial sectors have been formed: tire retreading, military uniform processing, plastic manufacturing, chemical production and stone mining. Electronic and solar projects are being introduced. A complete industrial system can be formed in the next few years.

6. Political resources: There are three department-level (county-level) units in the town, and setting up a city can better straighten out the relationship between them. Linping Town (now merged with Changling) used to be a county government in history, and it has the foundation and conditions to be a county government. After the city is established, the organizational system of the town can be restored.

7. Changling Municipal District: Changling, Maping, Yudian, Guanmiao and some suburbs plus Fuhe Town, Zengdu District. Changling, Maping and Fuhe are sub-district offices respectively.

8. Regional advantages of Changling: Changling borders Zengdu District, Guangshui City and Anlu City of Suizhou City. There is no city within 50 kilometers of Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang, and the setting of Changling City just fills the adjustment requirements of Hubei's economic layout.

9. Purpose and time of setting:

Thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development, adhere to the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, take the promotion of industrialization, urbanization and modernization as the core goal, take planning as the leader and industry as the support, and implement it step by step according to local conditions in accordance with the principle of "consistency of responsibilities and rights", promote the reform of administrative and financial management system, strengthen the service and management functions of pilot towns, enhance the vitality of economic and social development of pilot towns, and strive to build pilot towns into industrial agglomeration areas, population agglomeration areas and harmonious townships. Overall goal. Considering the economic strength, population size, development potential and other factors, a number of pilot towns are selected in Hubei Province, and their comprehensive strength is greatly enhanced through government promotion, system innovation, policy support and market operation, so as to form a number of small cities with reasonable planning and layout, distinctive industrial characteristics, strong economic strength, perfect infrastructure, beautiful ecological environment and harmonious social development in the province after more than five years of efforts. This is the requirement of the times.

The setting of Changling City is the concrete embodiment of this requirement.

I believe that under the specific leadership of Guangshui Municipal Committee and the care and guidance of Hubei Provincial Committee and Suizhou Municipal Committee, this goal will be realized in the near future.