China News Service, Taiyuan, April 27th (Reporter Hu Jian) The fifth meeting of the 16th People ’s Congress of Pingyao County, Shanxi Province was held on the 27th. Shi Yong, County Mayor of Pingyao County, mentioned in his work report that The work of dismantling counties and setting up cities is started and is expected to be completed within the year.
"Insist on taking good urban environment as the advantage of high-quality development, strengthen planning and guidance, promote urban construction with high standards, and do a solid job of" withdrawing counties and setting up cities "to call the international tourism city brand." Shi Yong said.
In recent years, there has been a lot of news about Pingyao's withdrawal of counties and cities. The news disclosed at the Pingyao People's Congress is the first official confirmation by Pingyao officials.
A month ago, a delegation from Pingyao County went to Huairen City, Shanxi Province to investigate and learn from the experience of removing the county and setting up the city. In 2018, Huairen City was established from the withdrawal of the original Huairen County to establish a city. Huairen City is directly under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province and is managed by Shuozhou City.
Pingyao County is a thousand-year-old county. It has been 2,800 years since the establishment of the city when King Zhou Xuan was established. Pingtao County was established after the reunification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin, and it belonged to Taiyuan County. This is the beginning of Pingyao County. When Taiwu Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, in order to avoid the name of Emperor Taiwu Tuobatao, he changed the level of Tao to Pingyao.
Since the ancient city of Pingyao was included in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1997, "internationalization" has become the label of the ancient city of Pingyao for more than 20 years. The China Pingyao International Photography Exhibition, which began in 2001, has been held for 19 times and is one of the world's leading photography events.
Pingyao International Film Festival, initiated by Chinese director Jia Zhangke, is the fifth international film exhibition approved by the state in China. Since it was held for 3 times, it has attracted filmmakers from more than 30 countries and regions around the world to participate. Professional platform.
Judging from other cities that withdrew their counties and set up cities, this move will provide more preferential policies in terms of local industrial and commercial development and urban construction, which will help attract more foreign capital. In recent years, Pingyao has entered into friendly city relations with Provins, France, and Chaktu, Russia. Pingyao will further expand its overseas influence after the county is removed from the city.
In 2019, Pingyao received a total of 17.65 million tourists, with a total tourism revenue of 20.97 billion yuan. In 2020, Pingyao will plan the Pingyao International Wushu Festival and Guo Lanying Art Festival, and continue to introduce a number of influential festival activities. (Finish)