Administratively, it has jurisdiction over 8 towns (including 4 towns entrusted to Lanzhou New Area), with actual administration over 4 towns, 38 administrative villages, and 4 communities. The total population is 112,000, covering a total area of 1,682 square kilometers, including 315,700 mu of cultivated land.

Distinct Location and Transportation Advantages

Profound Historical and Cultural Heritage

Abundant High-Quality Development Resources

• Land and Mineral Resources: It is rich in land resources and mineral resources, including metal ores such as gold, silver, zinc, and copper, as well as non-metallic ores such as marble, granite, and clay, all with great mining value.
• Tourism Resources: It is home to Shichuan Ancient Pear Garden, a national 4A-level scenic spot. With nearly 10,000 ancient pear trees over 100 years old, it is certified by Guinness as the "World’s Largest Ancient Pear Garden" and listed as one of China’s "First Batch of Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage".
• Tourism Honors: The county has successfully established itself as a Gansu Provincial Rural Tourism Demonstration County. Shichuan Town was selected as one of the national first batch of sports and leisure characteristic towns and a provincial-level tourism demonstration town; Changpo Village and Shangche Village were rated as provincial-level rural tourism demonstration villages.

Optimized and Improved Infrastructure

• Water Conservancy: The Yellow River flows through the southern part of the county. Three major water conservancy projects — Yindarenqin Water Diversion Project, Xicha Electric Irrigation Project, and Dashagou Electric Irrigation Project — cover the entire county.
• Energy and Utilities: The power grid operates stably, with the 230,000-kilowatt Xiaoxia Hydropower Station and 6 substations (330kV, 220kV, 110kV). Safe drinking water pipelines and urban sewage pipelines cover the whole area, with a 100% drinking water safety rate and 100% centralized treatment rate of urban garbage and sewage.
• Information and Transportation: Gigabit optical fiber network covers major urban areas, and 5G network covers over 85% of administrative villages. Urban roads extend in all directions, and an integrated urban-rural transportation supervision and service platform has been built. The county has been awarded the title of National Model County for Integrated Urban-Rural Transportation.

Sustained Reform Vitality

• Science and Technology: Vigorously implementing the "Strengthening Science and Technology" initiative, the county has 13 high-tech enterprises, 1 provincial engineering laboratory, 1 provincial enterprise technology center, and 10 provincial science and technology innovative enterprises.
• State-Owned Enterprises: Revitalizing and strengthening state-owned enterprises through the "1+N" group management model to integrate and restructure county-owned state-owned enterprises and assets.
• Private Economy: Adhering to the "Two Unwavering Principles", a "corporate emergency turnover fund" system has been established to boost the vitality of the private economy.
• Education: Accelerating the pace of "Building the County through Education", the county has created the "Study in Gaolan" education brand by introducing high-quality educational resources from Tsinghua University, cooperating with Lanzhou No.1 High School in running Gaolan No.1 High School, merging school districts, and selecting excellent primary and secondary school principals (kindergarten directors).

Booming Agricultural Industry

• "Shichuan Ruan’er Pear" was rated as a national "One Village, One Product" characteristic industry and won the gold medal at the 2018 China Brand Trademark Expo.
• Lanzhou Honeydew Melon and Heshangtou Wheat were certified as Grade A green food by the China Green Food Development Center.

Improved Quality and Efficiency of Industrial Economy

• There are 92 industrial enterprises in the county, including 31 designated-size industrial enterprises and 12 enterprises with an output value exceeding 100 million yuan.
• Lanxin Iron and Steel has an output value exceeding 1 billion yuan, ranking 2nd among Gansu’s private enterprises and winning the 8th Gansu Provincial People’s Government Quality Award.
• Promoting the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the "6+X" advanced manufacturing industrial cluster: Lanzhou Charoen Pokphand Co., Ltd. was recognized as a national-level green factory; Gansu Fanzhi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. as a provincial-level green factory; and Outai Building Materials Industrial Park Co., Ltd. and Jinqidun as 2024 provincial-level specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises.

Efficient and Convenient Commerce and Logistics

• Modern Logistics: Vigorously developing modern logistics, the county has introduced and implemented two large-scale commercial and logistics projects: Feng’en Modern Logistics Park and Wuchan Group Railway-Highway Comprehensive Logistics Park.
• Commercial Clusters: Five comprehensive commercial clusters (including Huijin Shopping Plaza, Zhongbao Old Street, and Yijia Shangjie) and eight farmers’ markets (including Chengnan, Sanchuankou, and Niwan) have been built. There are 30 designated-size commercial enterprises in the county.
• E-Commerce: Accelerating the development of e-commerce, the county has built 1 county-level e-commerce public service center, 4 town-level e-commerce service stations, and 38 village-level e-commerce service points, realizing full coverage of the county-town-village three-level e-commerce service network. It has been listed as a national comprehensive demonstration county for e-commerce in rural areas and a national digital village pilot county.

Remarkable Achievements in Park Construction

All-Round Development of Social Undertakings

• Education: There are 39 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the county, with 12,700 students. Preschool education and senior high school education are basically popularized, with a 100% enrollment rate and consolidation rate for compulsory education.
• Medical Care: The county has Gaolan County People’s Hospital, the North Courtyard of Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, and Gaolan County Maternal and Child Health Hospital. Standardized health centers in towns and standardized village clinics cover the whole area.
• Pension Services: Carrying out the "Ten Major Actions" for rural elderly care, the county has built 34 rural mutual care happy homes for the elderly, 4 urban community day care centers, and operates 2 caring elderly restaurants, realizing full coverage of the county-town-village (community) three-level pension service network.
• Cultural Venues: Public cultural venues include Gaolan Academy, County Stadium, County Art Museum, County Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, County Museum, and County Library. Comprehensive cultural activity rooms, farm bookstores, rural stages, and cultural squares cover all villages.
• Honors: Rated as a Provincial Civilized County in 2018 and a Provincial Double Support Model County in 2019; Shuifu Town as a National Civilized Town; and Wenshan Village of Shidong Town as a National Civilized Village.

Steady Growth of County Economy (2024)

• Regional GDP: 7.37 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%.
  • Primary industry added value: 810 million yuan, up 5.9%.
  • Secondary industry added value: 3.05 billion yuan, up 8%.
  • Designated-size industrial added value: up 9.2%.
  • Tertiary industry added value: 3.51 billion yuan, up 5.5%.
• Fixed asset investment: up 12.8% year-on-year.
• Total retail sales of consumer goods: 1.06 billion yuan, up 3.9% year-on-year.
• Per capita disposable income of urban residents: 31,920 yuan, up 5.0% year-on-year.
• Per capita disposable income of rural residents: 17,488 yuan, up 7.8% year-on-year.

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