Licheng Town was built in 903 AD with a history of 1 100 years. It is one of the 0/00 famous towns in Jiangsu Province. Land and water transportation is very convenient. Xilicao River, Wutai Canal and Changli Highway pass through the town, only 30 minutes' drive from Nanjing Lukou Airport, especially the national 5A Tianmu Lake tourist resort, which is endowed with unique tourism resources and injects infinite vitality into the bustling ancient town. In 2004, the town's GDP was 2.64 billion yuan and its tax revenue was 3.26 billion yuan, up by 25% and 3.8 1% respectively over the previous year. Investment in fixed assets was 450 million yuan, and fiscal revenue was 284 million yuan, up by 100% and 33.6% respectively over the previous year. ?
The rural economy has developed steadily. In 2004, the total rural economic income was 5.92 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 75 1 1 yuan. Three production bases of 10,000 mu of vegetables centered on summer sleeping mat, 10,000 mu of aquaculture centered on Hongkou, and 10,000 mu of tea, fruit and sericulture centered on Chengnan and Qing 'an have been built.
Industrial and Jian 'an enterprises have obvious advantages. There are more than 500 industrial enterprises in the town, including 93 enterprises with annual sales of more than 5 million yuan, forming six pillar industries such as steel, rare earth, chemical industry, machinery, clothing and building materials. In 2004, the total industrial output value was 6.6 billion yuan, the product sales revenue was 6.04 billion yuan, the total industrial profits and taxes were 330 million yuan, and the investment in industrial technological transformation was 400 million yuan. There are 22 Jian 'an enterprises, in 2004.
Jian 'an workload110.90 billion yuan, and labor income of 350 million yuan. ?
The tertiary industry is prosperous. In 2004, the added value of the tertiary industry was 930 million yuan. There are more than 6,800 individual business and service outlets in the town; There are 2/kloc-0 bazaars, with an annual turnover of 4.85 billion yuan; Among them, the newly-built Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Anhui border market, Tangjia food city and Liyang Holiday Hotel under construction in the southern part of Licheng Town have become hot spots for businessmen to invest and start businesses. ? Urban facilities are fully functional. There are 12 tourist hotels in the town, including five-star hotels 1 home, two four-star hotels, five three-star hotels and foreign-related hotels 1 home. There are dozens of four state-owned commercial banks and branches, with complete infrastructure such as electricity, water supply, communication and health; There are 8 hospitals, 2/kloc-0 primary and secondary schools and 26 kindergartens. ?
The party committee and government of Licheng Town always adhere to economic construction as the center, strive for "two firsts", speed up the process of enriching the people and strengthening the town, and actively create an investment environment of "pro-business, love business, help business, wealthy businessmen and security business", which has attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign businessmen to invest and start businesses. The town's economic and social undertakings have reached a new level every year. For three consecutive years, it was awarded the honorary titles of "Top Ten Towns in Township Industry" and "Top Ten Towns in Agriculture" by Changzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and won the "first place" in the township target management assessment organized by Liyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government for three consecutive years.