The Basic Situation of Yishui County

    Yishui County lies in the southeast of Shandong Province . The weather is very appropriate and here your can enjoy four different seasons . The average temperature of each year is 12.3 0C and the annual rainfall in this district reaches to 750-850mm. There are 31 small town and 1219 villages . The population is 1120000. The total area is 2434.8 square kilometres, ranking second in the all counties of Shandong Province .

    It has a long history of over 1400 . In Qin Dynasty the county was first set up and 16 years after Sui Dynasty began it was formally named Yishui because of the Yihe River flowing through this area .

    The most important advantage of Yishui lies in its abundant resource deposit , which makes the substantial development for business activity promising. In Shandong Province it is the most important region to produce grain、 cotton and oil , which is also known as its peanut、 tobacco、 fruit and pigs. In 1997 it ranks in the One hundred strongest counties of China .

    The water and forest resources are extremely luxuriant . At present the store of wood is more than 1200000 cubic metres and 35.1% of the area is covered with forests . Water resources reach to 851 million cubic metres and every can share 742 cubic metres . Four rivers run through the region, such as Yihe River , Shu River , Wu River and Zi River . In all there are 151 reservoirs , among which the Bashan Reservoir is the third largest one in the province. It can hold 508.5 million cubic metres.

    The mine resources are also very rich . 31 mines have been found by now , including iron、 aluminium、 zinc、 gold 、ilmenite、 quartz、 vermiculite、 limestone、 marble and so on . They are collectively distributed and are easily exploited . Among them basalt deposit amounts to 10 billion tons, ranking first in the east of China . Besides , the exploitation of mineral water reaches to 1100000 cubic metres , which is full of many trace elements like silicic acid、 lithium、 strontium、 bromine and so on .

    The industry category of Yishui is complete. The industry system has formed by now , including foodstuff、 fodder、 light industry、 building materials、 textile、 tobacco、 mechanism、 chemical industry、 wood、 arts and crafts 、paper-making、 printing、 meat、 fruit 、 clothes、 leather and manufactures. The main products as follow : wheat manufacture、 pharmaceutical preparations for ferment、 oil jack 、cigarette、 clothes、 shoes 、yarn、 carpent and so on . More than 21 products won the international gold prizes and national prizes and 100 products are sent into the international market .

    In the county you'll find many cultural relics and historic spots . Among them these are well known for their special charm: The Great Wall of Qi Dynasty、 Holy Water Temple、 Buddha-Cave、 Four-gated Cave、 The scenery of Yishan Mountain and Xueshan Mountain、 Donggao Park and Shangyan Temple . Besides , Yishan Forest Farm has been recognized as a national forest park .

    The county town of Yishui is the center of the northern part of Yimeng Mountains. It has the features of garden, using Green Hills 0Clear Blue Waters 0 White Walls and Red Tiles as its fundamental key. At present,the county town has covered 15.3 square kilometers and the small towns 40.6 square kilometers ; The county town and all the small towns have been joined together by many smooth bituminous roads ; in the county town , the everyday supply of water has reached to 50000 tons . Yishui County has many geographical advantages , and has very convenient traffic . It is about 100 kilometers away from Rizhao Port and Lanshan Port ; and 120 kilometers from Jiaoji Railway 0 90 kilometers from Yanshi Railway 0 113 kilometers from Jiqing Highway and 53.4 kilometers from Jinghu Highway. Four provincial mainroads:Donghong Taixue Boyi and Yanshi are passing through the whole area of Yishui . In all , the bituminous roads have reached to 500 kilometers . The total amount of telephones has risen to 46000 ; now you can get through from village to village ; Chinese Internet Yishui Information Port was set up on July 8th , 1998 . Till now , over 140000 people have visited Yishui . Yishui county has formed an integrated marked system , and the number of the different kinds of markets has increased to 153. The automation of electric control has been realized ,and the electric capacity has reached to 280000 kw. There are complete sanitary organizations in both the county town and all the small towns ; in the county town there are 13 different ones , such as hospital , maternal and child hygiene, epidemic prevention , making machines, the checking of medicines and so on . They all have advanced modern medical equipment. There are six luxury hotels in the county town equipped with air-conditions Chinese and Western dining halls program control telephones meeting rooms ball rooms and so on.
They can offer the best service to all the friends, not only the Chinese but also the foreigners.

    Since China's reform and opening up ,the county has insisted on a positive connection with other advanced counties and China's southern provinces as well as the broad communication with foreign countries ,and has carried out a full opening-up policy. The whole county are trying to expand the working spirit Make contributions to our cause ; Make innovation from the facts ; Strive to be realistic ; Struggle to be outstanding , uphold the basic policy Unite as one and advance with wind ; Speed the pace and strive for fame , establish the ideology firmly Success depends on hard work , Stability relies on development, and also they are trying to implement the strategy for development Development depends on industry and agriculture ; Prosperity depends on trade and science; Management depends on laws and policy. Now Yishui has become one powerful economic county of Linyi, and has achieved a lot in other social causes. A stable and prosperous situation has appeared before us. It has won many different honours, such as The Advanced Scientific and Technological County of China, The Advanced Physical County of China, The Provincial Sanitary County and so on .

    We are sure there will be a more beautiful future on this land.