On September 30, 1951, the original eight, nine, ten, eleven, three and seven districts of Wugang were separated and the Wugang County Xuefeng Office was established.

Dongkou County, the capital of Chinese surname ancestral halls, is located in beautiful southwest Hunan and is under the jurisdiction of Shaoyang City, Baoqing, Hunan Province. On September 30, 1951, the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, third and seventh districts of the original Wugang were separated and part of the Wugang County Xuefeng Office was established. On December 13 of the same year, it was changed to the "Wugang County Dongkou Office", which consists of 12 units including the Secretary's Office, Civil Affairs Section, Culture and Education Section, Financial and Economic Committee, and Public Security Section. Dongkou County was established with the approval of the Government Affairs Council on February 26, 1952, and the Dongkou County People's Government was officially established on April 1 of the same year. By 1956, the Dongkou County Government's direct agencies had 29 units including offices, finance and trade offices, planning committees, agricultural bureaus, industrial bureaus, education departments, and public security bureaus.

Dongkou County Government Courtyard

Aerial view of Dongkou

After the founding of the county in 1952,Dongkou, the county was divided into 9 districts. Dongkou was the first district, Jiangkou was the second district, Qiaotou was the third district, Zhushi was the fourth district, and Shanmen was the fifth district. Districts, Huaqiao is the sixth district, Shijiang is the seventh district, Gaosha is the eighth district, and Huangqiao is the ninth district. Each district office is an agency dispatched by the Dongkou County People's Government. The district office has a chief, deputy district chief and secretary, as well as civil affairs, public security, construction, culture and education, and financial and food assistants. In 1956, the district was withdrawn and merged into the countryside, and six supervision groups were set up: Jiangkou, Qiaotou, Gaosha, Shijiang, Shanmen, and Zhushi. In 1961, the district system was restored, and the county had eight district offices: Dongkou, Jiangkou, Qiaotou, Gaosha, Huangqiao, Shijiang, Shanmen, and Zhushi.

Dongkou County, the Pearl at the foot of Xuefeng Mountain

Regarding the development, historical evolution, folk culture, celebrities’ interests, etc. of Dongkou County, I suggest you ask the author to share the "Dongkou County Chronicles". The author has this electronic version of the PDF "Dongkou County Chronicles" 》 is the first edition of Dongkou County Chronicle compiled by the official unified organization after the founding of New China. It contains very rich historical data, including many rare historical color photos. "Dongkou County Chronicle" is an encyclopedia for understanding Dongkou. Friends who are interested in local chronicles are worth reading carefully and will definitely gain something.

The author has "Dongkou County Chronicle" to share with you

Today, the author wants to share with you the list of leaders of various county governments since the establishment of Dongkou County. These old comrades have made many contributions to the construction of Dongkou County and deserve our memory. On September 30, 1951, the Wugang County Government decided to establish the "Wugang County Xuefeng Office", but no cadre positions were appointed at that time. On December 13, 1951, it was changed to "Wugang County Dongkou Office" and Zhang Shugan was appointed as the director of the office. From April 1952 to April 1955, the leaders of the Dongkou County government were elected by the People's Congress of all walks of life in the county. After April 1955, county government leaders were elected by the County People's Congress. The list of Liren County Magistrate and Deputy County Magistrate is as follows.

We welcome everyone to add to the list of county magistrates and deputy magistrates since 1985.