Editor's Note: Yangquan City in North China region is a typical mountain city, Shanxi East gate, located in the eastern margin of the Loess Plateau, the middle section of Taihang , 4570 square kilometers land area, five counties and one provincial-level Economic and Technological Development Zone As of the end of 2007, the city's total population of 1,313,700 people, urbanization level of 57.38%. Yangquan has a long history, goes back to ancient times, the Chinese Communist Party in 1947 and named after the creation of the first people of the city. Mt territory, "the world is the ninth off" - Niangziguan, the "Hundred Regiments Offensive," one of the main battlefield Shinaoshan battlefield sites, there are celebrities Shi Pingmei, high Changhong, and president of Baidu, "China's top ten IT Person of the Year, "Robin Li. Yangquan is the well-known energy and heavy chemical industry base, it is important anthracite production base, production base in the country one of the four refractory material, the province's three major production base of aluminum industry is one of Jindong regional political, economic, cultural and logistics center.

     After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Party, China's economic development has opened a new chapter in history, there have been surging tide of reform and opening up a higher and higher waves in the motherland, the land started to flourish. 30 years, the industrious and brave people in Yangquan city under the correct leadership, always adhere to the "one central task and two basic points" of the principles and policies of reform and opening up and hold high the banner of hard work on both sides, with the times, forge ahead, seize the opportunities, deepening reform, expanding opening up, promoting development, economic and social development has made brilliant achievements attracting worldwide attention. When we opened 30 years of reform and opening-up history, Yangquan by 30 years of reform and opening up through the hard process of economic and social development achievements, like a beautiful picture to display in the world.

First, continuously push forward reform of the economic system, the socialist market economic system gradually formed

     Since reform and opening up, Yangquan City adhere to invigorate the domestic economy and foreign policy of the open door policy, and reform from rural to urban, from micro to macro, from the economic base to the superstructure, from the local to the experiment in full swing, the old system gradually break the framework of the new system and gradually establish and improve together. In rural areas, through deepening rural economic reform, to implement the household contract responsibility system, an active and steady manner to extend the land contract period, adhering to constantly improve the EC sub-combination of the two-tier management system, the establishment of land-use transfer system to effectively reduce the burden on farmers, and resolutely implementation of rural joint-stock cooperative system, vigorously develop the scale, industrialization and socialization of modern agriculture, accelerate the industrialization process of agriculture. Household contract responsibility system in rural reform as a breakthrough point not only injected vitality into rural development, which greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers and more stable development of agricultural production to provide the institutional guarantee. In urban areas, focusing on the reform of government functions and management tools, and enhance the vitality of enterprises, improve the ownership structure, nurturing the socialist market system, carried out fruitful reforms. Actively promote the reform of state-owned enterprises, from let decentralization, policy adjustments to the large and deregulating the small, the conversion mechanism, the implementation of corporate system, the direction of deepening of the shareholding system, the establishment of modern enterprise system, the institutions and mechanisms to achieve reform and innovation. Continuously push forward the reform of the market system, the original commodity markets have been improved, new markets such as capital markets, labor market, information market, technology market, such as the gradual establishment in the exploration and development for the city's economic and social harmonious development has laid a solid foundation. At the same time formed a public ownership is dominant and diverse forms of ownership and common development pattern; achieved a distribution system reform, the formation of a distribution according to work is dominant and diverse forms of coexistence of the allocation of distribution system, urban and rural reform has made remarkable achievement. Institutional reform of party and government took a greater pace of economic and social reform and gradually put in place comprehensive, science and technology, education, finance, banking, foreign trade as well as medical, housing and other steady progress in structural reform, all kinds of social security system and gradually establish a continuous improvement . The continuous deepening of reform and gave a strong impetus to the city's sustained and rapid economic stability and development.

     Second, the rapid development of the national economy, economic strength has markedly increased

     Since reform and opening up Yangquan doubled the total national economy. In 2007, the city's GDP reached 27.324 billion yuan, more than 26.767 billion yuan to increase in 1978, according to comparable prices, representing an increase of 11 times in 1978, an average annual increase of 8.9% over the reform and opening up 26 years ago (1953-1978) speed up the average annual growth rate 2.8 percentage points. In 1989, the city's GDP grew 2.1 times more than in 1980, one year ahead of schedule to achieve the party's 13 largest raised GDP in 1980 than in the first step towards the strategic goal of doubling; in 1996 than the city's GDP increased by 4.2 times in 1980, four years ahead of schedule to achieve the regional GDP in 1980 than the second-step strategic goal of quadrupling. Per capita GDP reaching new heights. Reform and opening up, Yangquan City, per capita GDP less than one thousand dollars, in 1978 only 575 yuan, thousand mark a breakthrough in 1985, amounting to 1116 yuan; 5000 yuan in 1995 mark a breakthrough, reaching 5453 yuan, with a 10-year time; million mark a breakthrough in 2003 reached 10,682 yuan; in 2007 mark a breakthrough reached 20,000 yuan 20,836 yuan, in just 4 years, per capita GDP ranked the third province.

     Third, the adjustment of industrial structure and the results are remarkable economy has improved significantly with the overall quality of

     Reform and opening up, Yangquan City, the unique advantages of mineral resources, geographical location, as well as historical and cultural conditions, in nation-building energy and heavy chemical industry base in the process of the country has made important contributions. However, energy and raw material-based industrial structure, in a planned economy to a market economy has exposed the process of growing a low grade of products, the economic benefits the poor less primitive accumulation, weak capacity for self-development and other issues, has become a major constraint on economic development problem . Since reform and opening up, Yangquan City in accordance with market demand, industry association, technological progress and effectiveness of the principle of giving priority to correctly handle the three industries and the overall allocation of resources and enhance the primary industry, adjust and improve the secondary industry, focus on the development of tertiary industry, showing the common development of three industries, the industrial structure of the new situation escalate. In 2007 compared with 1978, the first value-added production growth nearly doubled, with an average annual increase of 2.4 percent, more than 26 years before reform and opening to speed up the average annual growth rate of 1.1 percentage points; secondary industry increased by 9.5 times the average annual growth 8.4%, than the reform and opening up 26 years ago to speed up the average annual growth rate of 1.7 percentage points; tertiary industry added value increased 36.8 times, an average annual increase of 13.3% over the reform and opening up 26 years ago to speed up the average annual growth rate of 8.1 percentage points. Three of the industrial structure has undergone positive changes, from 1978 to 10.8:75.5:13.7 evolved into 1.9:59.1:39.0 of 2007.

     Fourth, the dynamic development of the rural economy, push forward the building of new countryside

     Since reform and opening up, Yangquan City, Party committees at all levels, the Government firmly establish the status of agriculture as the foundation of thinking, to vigorously develop agriculture in a prominent position. Increase the agricultural and rural investment, strengthening the rural infrastructure, and continuously improve the agricultural production conditions, conscientiously implement the central policy of the rural economy, and constantly deepening rural economic reform, the extension of land contracting period, the establishment of land-use transfer system, an auction of "four Arakawa, "fairly well-off poverty, the implementation of poverty alleviation strategies, actively promote the process of agricultural industrialization, strengthen the construction of small towns, the city's rural economic development show an unprecedented situation. In 1997, Yangquan City in rural areas across the province took the lead in the overall well-off Tatsu. In recent years, actively implement the Huinong policies to increase the income of the farmers the main line to the new rural development as a breakthrough point, attach great importance to "three rural" issue, take various measures to promote the farmers to increase and enhance the rural economy. In 2007, the city's rural economy, total revenue reached 24.556 billion yuan, an increase of 132 times in 1978. The rapid development of township enterprises gave a strong impetus to the rural economy of the historic leap. In 2007, the city's total output value of township enterprises reached 28.287 billion yuan, an increase of 169 times in 1978, an average annual increase of 18.7%; Tatsu taxes 1.253 billion yuan turned over more than 238-fold growth in 1978, an average annual increase of 20.2%. Push forward the building of new countryside. 2001-2007, the city's rural investment in fixed assets totaled 15.56 billion yuan, the new 617 into the mine to complete the irrigation and water conservancy construction project 6644, the new theater (stage) 68, 185,000 newly-built housing. The end of 2007, township pass circuit rate, the rate of administrative villages Highway, Auto and electricity rates have reached 100%. In 2007 compared with 2000 administrative villages Oil rate from 51.3% to 98.3%; water penetration from 63.6% to 70.5%; telephone rate from 77.7% to 97.4%. As of 2007, 32 township hospitals in the city's new, changed, the expansion of the task completed, the medical and health institutions standard rate of 65%; the new rural cooperative medical coverage and farmers jointly Participation rate was 100%. Completed the repair of dangerous buildings in rural primary and secondary tasks, information technology education in primary and secondary schools into the national advanced ranks.