Donghe District, under the jurisdiction of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is located inInner Mongolia Autonomous RegionWestern ChinaBaotou CityThe southeast is located in the west of Tumote Plain,[14]It has a continental semi-arid monsoon climate in the middle temperate zone,[10]It is adjacent to three banners (districts), with a total area of 470 square kilometers.[13]As of June 2023, Donghe District has jurisdiction over 12 streets, 2 towns and 1 township level unit.[1]By the end of 2021, Donghe District has a registered population of 162300 households and 400031 people.[13]
The East River is named after the seasonal river "East River" (called Boto River in Mongolian) flowing through the region.[10]On February 23, 1950, Baotou Municipal People's Government was established as a city under the jurisdiction of Suiyuan Province;On March 6, 1954, Baotou City was under the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region;On August 15, 1956, three organizational units of Baotou District I, District II and the Hui Autonomous Region were abolished and merged into Donghe District of Baotou City, which is a county-level administrative unit.[12]The main scenic spots in Donghe District areBaotou Nanhai Wetland Scenic Spot、Miaofe Temple、Wang Ruofei Memorial HallEtc.[15-17]On January 29, 2023, Donghe District was selected into the "Sixth List of Civilized Cities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region".[4]On January 19, 2024, Donghe District was selected into the "National Demonstration County (City, District) List of Medical and Nursing Integration".[7]
In 2023, Donghe District will achieve a gross regional product (GDP) of 45.121 billion yuan, up 7% year on year;The general public budget revenue was 1.1 billion yuan, up 6.2% year on year;Fixed asset investment increased by 15.1% year on year;The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 53106 yuan, up 3.7% year on year;The per capita disposable income of rural and pastoral residents was 32440 yuan, up 6.5% year on year.[18-19]
Chinese name
Donghe District
Foreign name
Donghe District
area number
one hundred and fifty thousand two hundred and two
In the 14th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1809), Baotou Town was set up under the jurisdiction of Salaqi Council General Sentencing Office.In the tenth year of Tongzhi (1871), Baotou City (now Donghe District) was built under the leadership of the general officer of Datong, and was completed in the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873).In the third year of Xuantong (1911), after the Revolution of 1911, Baodongzhou was set up (which was abolished soon).
In the early years of the Republic of China, the "garrison envoy of western Shanxi" governed Baotou Town.In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), it was analyzed that Baotou Administrative Bureau (including today's Donghe District) was set up in the west of Salaqi County.In the 15th year of the Republic of China (1926), it was upgraded to Baotou County.In the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), Baotou City was set up in the urban area of Baotou County.In October of the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the Japanese invaders occupied Baotou.In August of the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), the Pseudo Baotou Special Municipal Office was established (changed to an ordinary city the next year), which belonged to the Pseudo Mongolian League Autonomous Government Council.In September of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), it was led by the puppet Mongolian Xinjiang Joint Autonomous Government.In August of the 34th year of the Republic of China (1945), after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Baotou City (today's Donghe District) was under the leadership of Suiyuan Provincial Government.On October 23, the 37th year of the Republic of China (1948), the Suimeng Front Force of the North China Field Army captured Baotou (now Donghe District of Baotou), set up the Baotou Military Control Committee (director), and appointed the mayor;On November 4 of the same year, Baotou was evacuated.[11]On September 19, the 38th year of the Republic of China (1949), Baotou was peacefully liberated.
On February 23, 1950, Baotou Municipal People's Government was established as a city under the jurisdiction of Suiyuan Province.At that time, the jurisdiction area was divided into the first, second and third district offices (the first and second districts were urban areas, and the third districts were suburban areas).
In June 1951, three district offices were transformed into district people's governments.
In January 1953, the Hui Autonomous Region was established in the eastern and northern Hui inhabited areas.
On March 6, 1954, Baotou City was under the jurisdiction of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
On August 15, 1956, three organizational units of Baotou District I, District II and the Hui Autonomous Region were abolished and merged into Donghe District of Baotou City, which is an organizational unit of the county administrative region. In order to meet the needs of urban construction and development, the original Baotou city wall was demolished.
In 1964, Yanggeling Town, formerly belonging to Salaqi County, was put under the jurisdiction of Donghe District, Baotou City.[12]
administrative division
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Division evolution
In 1957, Donghe District People's Committee administered five sub district offices, including Caishenmiao, Dongxing Street, Heping Road, Xinaobao, and Huimin.
In 1958, people's communes were established in all streets of the district.
In 1979, the People's Commune of the sub district was abolished, and the sub district office was restored and newly built.
Electronic map of Donghe District
As of June 1993, Donghe District has jurisdiction over 12 streets.[12]
Donghe District is located inInner Mongolia Autonomous RegionWestern ChinaBaotou CitySoutheast, between 40 ° 30 ′ 02 ″ - 40 ° 39 ′ 42 ″ north latitude and 109 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ - 110 ° 12 ′ 02 ″ east longitude,[10]Adjacent to 3 banners and districts, the eastern boundary isTumed Right BannerBorderingJiuyuan , bordered by the Yellow River in the south and connected to the northShiguai District。The total area of the district is 470 square kilometers.[13]
Donghe District
geology
Donghe District is located in the east extension part of the Sertengshan syncline in the north of the North China platform. The stratum is mainly characterized by a NW trending monocline structure. Due to the destruction of intrusions, the stratum is fragmented, and most of it is scattered as xenoliths or residual caps.The strata of the second rock formation of the Lower Proterozoic Sertengshan Group are mainly in the NW direction. The strata of the second rock formation of the Lower Proterozoic Sertengshan Group are distributed in the late Caledonian gneissic biotite plagiogranite with a NW strike of 320 °. The strata of the first rock section tend to NE with a dip angle of 62 ° - 80 °. The strata of the second rock section tend to SW with a dip angle of 50 ° - 84 °.The contact zone of the two lithologic sections is covered by the fourth series.[14]
topographic features
Topographic map of Donghe District
Donghe District is located in the west of Tumote Plain. The terrain belongs to the Inner Mongolia Plateau, with an average altitude of 1100 meters. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. It is half flat and half sloped. The height difference between north and south is 50-70 meters. The landform is divided into three types: mountain, platform and plain.[14]
climate
Donghe District belongs to the continental semi-arid monsoon climate zone of the middle temperate zone. It is located at the junction of semi-arid and arid climate, monsoon climate zone and non monsoon climate zone. It is cold in winter and hot in summer, with four distinct seasons.The spring is dry and windy, the temperature rises quickly, the cold air activity is frequent, the cold and warm are changeable, the daily temperature difference is large, the light is sufficient, the air humidity is small, the average wind speed is large, the precipitation is small, the number of days of strong wind and sand dust is large, and the strong cold air activity often brings about cooling and even freezing weather;In summer, it is hot and hot, and the precipitation is concentrated. The rain and heat are in the same season, and there is much intermittent precipitation. Heavy rain, hail, thunderstorm and strong wind and other disastrous weather are mainly concentrated in the summer intermittent precipitation;Autumn is high and cool, with less rainfall and more wind. The weather is sunny, the temperature continues to drop, and frost is widespread;It is cold in winter, and the temperature changes dramatically. It begins to freeze, and the snowfall increases day by day, with northwest wind blowing more frequently.[10]
soil
The soil in Donghe District mainly includes irrigation silt soil, gray meadow soil, aeolian sand soil, marsh soil, saline alkali soil, etc.[14]
natural resources
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land resource
By 2015, Donghe District had a total area of 470 square kilometers, including 9572.82 hectares of cultivated land, 421.14 hectares of garden land, 9630.26 hectares of forest land, 11449.17 hectares of grassland, 9104.98 hectares of urban and rural land, industrial and mining land, 1258.22 hectares of transportation land, 4670.42 hectares of water area and water conservancy facilities, and 342.52 hectares of other land.[14]
mineral resources
The main mineral resources in Donghe District include coal, iron and gneiss.Coal is distributed in Shaerqin Town, Wudanggou and Yanggeleng areas;Iron is distributed in Hedong Town, Haolai Ditch and Sanheyuan Ditch;Gneiss are distributed in Hedong Town, Haolai Valley, Tiger Valley, Changhan Valley, Knee Valley, Nalin Valley, Shaerqin Town, Ashan Valley and Yushu Valley.[14]
Animal resources
There are more than 100 kinds of birds in Donghe District, among which resident birds are old birds, sparrows, magpies, crows, grouse, birds, etc. Summer migratory birds are swallow, cuckoo, yellow emus, etc. Traveling birds are red flanked blue tailed robins, winter migratory birds are wild geese, swans, wild geese, etc.There are 13 species of golden eagles, sparrow eagles, sparrow eagles, grey backed falcons, partridges, etc. under national key protection, red foxes, weasels, weasels, Mongolian rabbits, etc. The small mammals are mainly rodents, including Apodemus agrarius, chipmunks, miceSocial rodent, hamsters, bats, muskmoles, etc.Amphibians and reptiles include toads, sand lizards, white striped snakes, yellow ridged snakes, tiger spotted snakes, etc.The artificially raised animals include red deer, sika deer, etc.Aquatic fishery resources mainly include cultured carp, chub, catfish, silver carp, grass carp, etc.[14]
water resource
The main source of surface water in Donghe District is Yellow River water, followed by shallow groundwater recharge and atmospheric precipitation.The Yellow River is located in the south of the region and flows through the region for about 32 kilometers, with an annual average runoff of 259.56 cubic meters per second.The underground water resource is 57 million cubic meters, mainly from the confined water of alluvial proluvial lake deposits at the foot of the mountain. The underground water is 30-50 meters deep, flowing from north to south. The exploitation is mainly agricultural irrigation, followed by industrial water.[14]
population
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number
According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Donghe District is 484218.[9]
By the end of 2021, Donghe District has a registered population of 162300 households and 400031 people.[13]
nation
By the end of 2021, Donghe District has 39 ethnic groups, including Han, Mongolian, Hui and Manchu.[13]
Economics
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overview
In 2023, Donghe District will achieve a gross regional product (GDP) of 45.121 billion yuan, up 7% year on year.
In 2023, the general public budget revenue of Donghe District will be 1.1 billion yuan, up 6.2% year on year.
In 2023, the fixed asset investment in Donghe District will increase by 15.1% year on year.
In 2023, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Donghe District will be 53106 yuan, up 3.7% year on year;The per capita disposable income of rural and pastoral residents was 32440 yuan, up 6.5% year on year.[18-19]
primary industry
In 2023, the added value of the primary industry in Donghe District will increase by 4.4% year on year;[18]4300 mu old greenhouses will be built and renovated, and the area of facility agriculture will reach 35600 mu. The seedling raising capacity of fruits and vegetables and the annual output of vegetables will exceed 250 million plants and 480000 tons;Two "two products and one standard" were added, with a total of 42;"Donghe Tomato" and "Shidagu Watermelon" were rated as national famous, special and high-quality new agricultural products;One enterprise was upgraded to the leading agricultural and animal husbandry industrialization enterprise at the autonomous region level, and 23 leading agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises above the municipal level achieved an annual sales of 2.78 billion yuan, up 6.5% year on year;One cooperative was rated as the national farmers' cooperative demonstration society, one enterprise was rated as the backbone base of the "Five Actions" for the promotion of national green and healthy aquaculture technology, and Nanhai Lake was rated as the national level demonstration area for healthy aquaculture and ecological aquaculture.[19]
the secondary industry
In 2023, the added value of the secondary industry in Donghe District will increase by 8.7% year on year;The added value of industries above designated size increased by 9% year on year;[18]15.6 kilometers of road network and power grid in the aluminum industry park have been reconstructed, and 58000 square meters of standardized plants have been built;The smart park was completed and put into operation, and the first phase of Baotou Aluminum "Industry+Internet" project was put into use;More than 2000 mu of land and 4300 square meters of factory buildings were revitalized and utilized in the park, and the average investment intensity, output value and tax revenue per mu of the park were increased by 3.5%, 2.3% and 5% respectively;"Baofeng 1" power transmission and transformation project has been completed, and Shanbei Green Power can directly reach the aluminum industry park;The new energy project of Baotou Aluminum was approved for implementation, the Huayun distributed photovoltaic project was connected to the grid for power generation, and the electrolytic raw aluminum liquid passed the evaluation of the first batch of green aluminum products in China.[19]
the service sector; the tertiary industry
In 2023, the added value of the tertiary industry in Donghe District will increase by 6.1% year on year;The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 19.53 billion yuan, up 8.1% year on year;[18]The sales volume of e-commerce industry was 151 million yuan. Three enterprises were awarded "China Time honored Brand", three enterprises were awarded "Baotou Time honored Brand", and three enterprises were awarded "Inner Mongolia Flavor" brand authorization;It received 2.9725 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 281.35%, and realized domestic tourism revenue of 143 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 701%.[19]
Transportation
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Donghe District can reach Mongolia and Russia in the north, Shanxi and Shaanxi in the south, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei in the east, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang in the west.Baotou Airport is located among them, where the Beijing Baotou High speed Railway, Baotou Yinchuan High speed Railway, Baotou Lanzhou Railway, G6, G65 Expressway, 110 National Highway and other national traffic trunk roads intersect and run through. The fastest way to Beijing is to take the railway in three hours and twenty minutes, and the Beijing Tibet Highway in seven hours.[20]
Politics
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Main leaders
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District Party Secretary
Wang Rui
District head
Zhang Lijun
As of April 2024[8]
social undertakings
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education
In 2023, the Greenland Campus of Donghe Experimental Primary School will be put into use, with 3 kindergartens and 1 primary school newly built, 148 teachers newly recruited, and the municipal "Yu Taoming Principal Studio" will be built. Bao No.24 Middle School will be awarded the national "national defense education demonstration school" and the autonomous region "parent school education experimental area".The total average score, excellence rate and other indicators of the middle school entrance examination of the whole district rank first in Baotou City. Jingkai Middle School won the first place in the total average score of the middle school entrance examination of Baotou City for the 14th time, and the first and second place in the liberal arts of Baotou City in the college entrance examination.[19]
medical and health work
In 2023, Donghe District Hospital and Baotou Central Hospital will establish a compact urban medical group;The Autonomous Region TCM (Mongolian Medicine) Appropriate Technology Promotion Center built by the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has completed the evaluation, promoted 21 appropriate technologies, and reached 13 grassroots TCM centers of high quality and demonstration type, accounting for 76.5%. It was the first in Baotou to pass the evaluation and acceptance of the National Demonstration Area for the Integration of Medicine and Nursing, and Binhe Elderly Apartment for the Rehabilitation of Chronic Diseases for the Elderly has become the demonstration institution for the integration of medicine and nursing in the Autonomous Region;It passed the on-site assessment of national health city review.[19]
social security
In 2023, Donghe District's financial investment in people's livelihood will be 2.68 billion yuan, up 10.5% year on year;The urban registered unemployment rate remained below 3.9%. Baotou Human Capital Industrial Park was rated as one of the first human resources service industrial parks in the autonomous region, and six entrepreneurial institutions were rated as "Demonstration Entrepreneurship Park", "Demonstration Four Crowd Platform" and "Entrepreneurship Demonstration Store" in the autonomous region;Endowment insurance has expanded 8427 people, residents should fully participate in basic medical insurance, and the participation rate of groups with special difficulties has reached 100%;72 new grassroots medical insurance service points, 26 village (community) elderly care service stations, and 70 aging renovation sites have been completed.[19]
Historical culture
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Origin of place names
Donghe District is named after the seasonal river "Donghe" (called Boto River in Mongolian) flowing through the district.[10]
dialect
Donghe dialect, belonging to the Sino Tibetan language family - Chinese - Jinyu - Dabaopian, is a branch of the core area of Jinyu, which is distributed in 37 cities, counties and banners in northeastern Shanxi Province, western Inner Mongolia (east of the Yellow River) and northern Shaanxi: Datong City, Yanggao, Tianzhen, Zuoyun, Youyu, Shanyin, Huairen, Yangquan City, Pingding, Xiyang, Zuoquan, Heshun, Baotou City, Guyang, WuchuanTumet Left Banner, Helinger, Toktor, Qingshuihe, Dalate Banner, Zhungeer Banner, Ejin Horo Banner, Wuyuan, Hangjin Banner, Wushen Banner, Darhan Maoming'an United Banner, Siziwang Banner, Urat Front Banner, Urat Middle Banner, Urat Back Banner, Otok Banner, Otok Front Banner, Ordos City, Yuyang District of Yulin City, Hengshan District of Yulin City.[21]
Baotou Nanhai Wetland Scenic SpotLocated in the south of Donghe District, Baotou City, it is the second bend of the Jiuqu Yellow River in Baotou. After the Yellow River is diverted to the south, it forms lakes and floodplain wetlands.The total area of the scenic spot is 1664 hectares, including 513 hectares of water area and more than 1000 hectares of floodplain wetlandNational AAAA Tourist Attraction、National Water Conservancy Scenic Area。[15]
Miaofe Temple, commonly known as "Luzu Temple", located in Beiliang, Donghe DistrictNational AAA Tourist AttractionCultural tourist attractions.Founded in the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853), it is the largest Han Buddhist temple in western Inner Mongolia, covering an area of 41144.7 square meters and a building area of 10000 square meters.According to the central line, the main buildings are the mountain gate, the Heavenly King Hall, the Lvzu Hall, and the Mahavira Hall (with Guanyin Hall, the Dizang Hall, and the Ancestor Hall). The Jade Emperor Hall is on the north side of the Heavenly King Hall, the City God Hall is on the south side, the Buddha Hall is on the south side, and the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats is on the north side.[16]
Wang Ruofei Memorial Hall, formerly called Tai'an Inn, is located at No. 3, Tongshun Street, Donghe District, Baotou CityCultural relics protection unit of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Red Tourism Classic Scenic SpotPatriotism Education Base。It was originally a quadrangle, 42.7 meters long from east to west, 43 meters wide from south to north, covering an area of 1836.1 square meters, with 28 rooms.The Memorial Hall now covers an area of 552.79 square meters, with 6 rooms in total, including 4 main rooms for exhibition halls, and one east and west room for reception rooms and offices.[17]
Honorary title
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In February 2018, Donghe District was selected into the "2017 List of Counties (Cities, Districts) with Basic Balanced Development of National Compulsory Education".[3]
On February 18, 2021, Donghe District was selected into the "List of National Advanced Counties for Village Clean Action in 2020".[5]
On July 15, 2021, Donghe District was selected into the "fourth batch of counties (districts) meeting the standards for water-saving society construction".[6]
On June 22, 2022, Donghe District was selected into the "List of Demonstration Banners and Counties (Cities and Districts) for Safe Inner Mongolia Construction".[2]
On January 29, 2023, Donghe District was selected into the "Sixth List of Civilized Cities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region".[4]
On January 19, 2024, Donghe District was selected into the "National Demonstration County (City, District) List of Medical and Nursing Integration".[7]
