Shaoguan City is located in the northern part of Guangdong, between the north latitude112 50 ′-16 5438+04 45 ′ and 23 5 ′-25 31′. Northwest, North China and Northeast China are bordered by Chenzhou City, Hunan Province and Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, with Heyuan City in the east, Qingyuan City in the west, Guangzhou City and Huizhou City in the south. Known as the North Gate of Guangdong, it has always been the most important land passage between northern China and the Yangtze River basin and the coastal areas of South China, and its strategic position has always been important. The Beijing-Guangzhou railway artery, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, National Highway 106 pass through the city from north to south, and National Highway 323 passes through the city from east to west, all of which pass through Shaoguan city. China North-South Highway Transportation Trunk 107 and 105 respectively pass through the north and southeast of this city.

General situation of economy

Shaoguan is a heavy industrial city in Guangdong, with a solid industrial base, and its agriculture and tertiary industry are also quite large. In 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the state successively built Shaoguan into a heavy industry base in South China and a strategic rear area in Guangdong, and established a large number of key industrial enterprises such as Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant, Shaoguan Smelter, Shaoguan Excavator Factory, Fankou Lead-Zinc Mine, Dabaoshan Mine and Quren Coal Mine, which laid the foundation for Shaoguan industry in the local economy. In 1970s, Shaoguan has become an important industrial base in Guangdong. Since 1980s, Shaoguan's industry has been further developed. At present, there are more than 2 1 000 industrial enterprises in the city, forming a key industry composed of resource-based industries such as mining, nonferrous metal smelting, iron and steel industry, castings and forgings, and building materials. Processing industry dominated by five major industries: machinery manufacturing, light industry, textile, petrochemical and electric power; High-tech industry with electronic information technology, mechatronics, new materials, medicine and other industries as the main body. Among them, the annual steel production capacity of Shaogang Group has exceeded 5 million tons, ranking among the top steel enterprises in the world 100; Shaozhu Group is one of the largest professional casting and forging manufacturers in China. There are many large enterprises in the equipment industry, such as Xinyu Company, Construction Machinery Factory, Zhongli Company, etc., which produce large construction machinery, aerial work vehicles, large hydro-generator sets, etc.

In recent years, the speed of economic development has accelerated, and the growth rate is higher than the national average. In 2005, the city's GDP reached 35.07 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3% over the previous year. The primary, secondary and tertiary industries increased by 4.8%, 14.3% and 13.4% respectively. The proportion of tertiary industry is 16.6: 44: 39.4, which is obviously better than that of 17.5: 49.5: 33 in 2004. The proportion of secondary and tertiary industries has increased significantly, and the process of industrialization has accelerated. Total industrial added value13.662 billion yuan, up14.3% year-on-year; The added value of state-owned and state-controlled industries above designated size1146.8 billion yuan, an increase of 14.6%, accounting for 83.9% of the total industrial added value. The quality of industrial products has been significantly improved. * * *1/products won the title of provincial famous brand products, and 3 products won the honor of national inspection-free products with the registered trademark of 1579. The city's agricultural added value reached more than 5.7 billion yuan, and vegetables, high-quality rice, high-quality livestock and poultry, high-quality fish, special fruits, bamboo and tobacco leaves were established as the seven leading industries in the city, forming the characteristics and characteristics of agricultural production in Shaoguan, and vegetables developed into the second largest crop after rice; The area of high-quality rice has accounted for nearly 70% of the total rice area in the city, with a total output of 530,000 tons; Three-way hybrid pigs, pheasants, sheep and other high-quality livestock and poultry and high-quality fish have been greatly developed; Shatian Pomelo, Sanhua Plum, Liu Yi Plum, Naili Plum, Mume Plum, Big Fruit Loquat and other special high-quality fruits cover an area of more than 220,000 mu, accounting for nearly 50% of the fruit area. Cluster bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens forest and tobacco leaves have developed rapidly; The output value of the seven leading agricultural industries accounts for nearly 80% of the city's total agricultural output value. The fixed assets investment of the whole society is 142 1 100 million yuan, with an increase of10/%. Total retail sales of social consumer goods1410.6 billion yuan, an increase of14.5%; There are a number of professional wholesale markets for fruits, vegetables, grain, small commodities, cloth and aquatic products, and professional streets for building materials, decorative materials, daily necessities, agricultural and sideline products, motorcycles, game mountain products, second-hand goods trading and mechanical and electrical products. Services such as transportation, post and telecommunications, catering, information, real estate and intermediary services have developed rapidly. The number of tourists visiting Shao has increased rapidly year by year. In 2005, the tourism industry received 5.03 million tourists, and the total tourism revenue was 265.438+0.4 billion yuan. The economic benefits have been significantly improved. In 2005, Shaoguan's total fiscal revenue accounted for 17.7% of GDP, the industrial comprehensive economic benefit index was 16 1%, and the loan from financial institutions for 10,000 yuan of GDP was 4,840 yuan, all of which were at the advanced level in the whole province. In 2003, the comprehensive competitiveness entered the ranks of the second-class areas in the province, and rose to the first place in the second-class areas in 2005, and the people of the whole city ushered in a new period of accelerated development.