Yuzhong County derives its name from the Qin Dynasty general Meng Tian, who expelled the Xiongnu and "built cities with stones and erected frontier passes with elm trees". It has a history of over 2,000 years. The county seat is 35 kilometers away from downtown Lanzhou, covering a total area of 3,302 square kilometers. It administers 20 towns and townships, 268 villages, and 11 communities (including Dingyuan and Lianda). The permanent population is 466,900, with 253,400 urban residents, resulting in an urbanization rate of 54.27%. The county’s permanent basic farmland covers 1.2248 million mu.
- Regional GDP: 20.318 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6%.
- Primary industry added value: 1.846 billion yuan, up 6.9%.
- Secondary industry added value: 8.28 billion yuan, up 2.1%.
- Tertiary industry added value: 10.192 billion yuan, up 8.8%.
- Industrial added value: up 4.4% (including designated-size industrial added value, up 5.3%).
- Construction industry added value: down 6.5%.
- Fixed asset investment: up 0.2%.
- Total retail sales of consumer goods: 3.76 billion yuan, up 1.5%.
- General public budget revenue: 602 million yuan, up 8.6%.
- General public budget expenditure: 3.403 billion yuan, down 11.2%.
- Per capita disposable income of urban residents: 34,030 yuan, up 5.3%.
- Per capita disposable income of rural residents: 17,303 yuan, up 8%.
- Regional GDP: 5.462 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%.
- Primary industry added value: 352 million yuan, up 7.1%.
- Secondary industry added value: 2.459 billion yuan, up 10.4%.
- Tertiary industry added value: 2.651 billion yuan, up 6.6%.
- Industrial added value: up 13.4% (including designated-size industrial added value, up 18.6%).
- Construction industry added value: down 4.2%.
- Fixed asset investment: up 11%.
- Total retail sales of consumer goods: 1.009 billion yuan, up 3.8%.
- General public budget revenue: 162 million yuan, up 6%.
- General public budget expenditure: 870 million yuan, down 7.3%.
- Per capita disposable income of urban residents: 9,754 yuan, up 5.8%.
- Per capita disposable income of rural residents: 4,298 yuan, up 7.7%.
- From January to May 2025:
- Designated-size industrial added value: up 21.4%.
- Fixed asset investment: up 20.1%.
- Retail sales of consumer goods above designated size: up 28%.
Yuzhong County focuses on the construction of modern agricultural industrial chains and industrial parks, accelerating the construction of a "3+2+N" urban modern agricultural development system. It promotes the expansion, quality improvement, chain extension, and efficiency enhancement of modern cold and arid characteristic agriculture, striving to build a core area of modern cold and arid characteristic agricultural demonstration bases, and realizing the transformation from an agricultural county to a strong agricultural county.
- The main agricultural products include wheat, corn, potatoes, and vegetables.
- In the first half of 2025, the total grain sown area reached 475,800 mu: 61,700 mu of wheat, 169,100 mu of corn, 167,900 mu of potatoes, 56,000 mu of beans, and 21,100 mu of miscellaneous grains.
- Other crops: 53,400 mu of oilseeds, 132,700 mu of Chinese medicinal materials (including reserved crops), and 320,000 mu of vegetables (including 91,600 mu of lilies).
- Expected data for the first half of 2025:
- Primary industry added value: 840 million yuan, an increase of 58 million yuan year-on-year.
- Per capita disposable income of rural residents: 8,452 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8%.
- Two key documents were formulated and issued: Key Points for the Effective Connection between Consolidating and Expanding Poverty Alleviation Achievements and Rural Revitalization in 2025 and Key Points for Assistance Work in the Effective Connection between Consolidating and Expanding Poverty Alleviation Achievements and Rural Revitalization in 2025.
- Policy planning for the post-transition period was strengthened to ensure the smooth transition of the assistance policy system.
- The monitoring threshold for preventing return to poverty in 2025 was adjusted to 8,400 yuan. A total of 15 new monitoring households (63 people) were identified, bringing the total number of monitoring households to 576 (1,997 people).
- Risk has been stably eliminated for 461 households (1,553 people), with a risk elimination rate of 79.9% (by household). Precise assistance plans of "one household, one policy" have been fully implemented for the remaining 115 monitoring households with unresolved risks.
- Geographic and Climatic Background: Yuzhong County is located in central Gansu Province, in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River. It has a north temperate semi-arid continental climate with uneven temporal and spatial distribution of precipitation (more in the south and less in the north), with an average annual rainfall of 382.6 millimeters.
- Precipitation in 2025: From January to July 2025, the cumulative precipitation in the county was 161.1 millimeters, 24% less than the same period last year.
- Water System: The entire county belongs to the Yellow River Basin, including the main stream of the Yellow River, 3 major water systems (Wanchuan River, Guanchuan River, Tao River), 4 river flood channels, and 2 lakes/reservoirs (Gaoya Reservoir, Nanpowan Reservoir).
- Water Resources: The total water resources are 3.217 billion cubic meters, with an available amount of 226 million cubic meters and a total water use control index of 179 million cubic meters.
- Governance Achievements:
- In recent years, 213 wells in over-exploited areas have been shut down, reducing groundwater extraction by 15.5444 million cubic meters.
- The groundwater level has risen for eight consecutive quarters, ranking first in Gansu Province, with a cumulative increase of 3.32 meters, achieving remarkable governance results.
- Since 2023, 71 water conservancy projects (including river regulation) have been implemented, with a total investment of 712 million yuan.
