From 1949 to 2022, the 73rd anniversary of the founding of New China! At around 3 a.m. on April 23, the first unit of the People's Liberation Army of China entered Changzhou, and Changzhou City ushered in a victorious moment of liberation, and history opened a new page.

From 1949 to 2022, it is the 73rd anniversary of the founding of New China! In the streets and alleys of Changzhou, bright five-star red flags can be seen everywhere~

So what happened in Changzhou in the past 73 years? What changes have you experienced? Let’s take a time machine and look back together!

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htmlAt around 3 a.m. on April 23, the first unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army entered Changzhou, and Changzhou City ushered in the victorious moment of liberation, and history opened a new page.

People's Liberation Army entered Changzhou City

htmlOn April 28th, the Changzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Changzhou Municipal People's Government were established. The old Changzhou Municipal People's Government is located at the intersection of Juqian Street and County Street.

Old Changzhou Municipal Government Gate

City Hall

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When the founding of New China, Changzhou did not have an ideal venue for fitness and sports competition. On April 4, 1950, the expansion project of Changzhou People's Stadium located on Daguan Road started. At that time, due to insufficient government funds, more than 3,000 commanders and fighters from the Southern Jiangsu Military Region Education Brigade carried forward the spirit of self-reliance, actively participated in voluntary labor, transported more than 100,000 pieces of city bricks to build stands and walls, transported cinders, crushed sites, and paved runways, and completed the project in 20 days. On May 12, Changzhou People's Stadium was completed.

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html In 1951, Changzhou began to implement marriage registration.

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November 1 Changzhou Meteorological Station was established. At the beginning of the website construction, there were only 4 business personnel in the site, and they were only responsible for one ground survey and reporting task.

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00:00 on July 1, the first national census began. According to statistics, the permanent population of Changzhou city at that time was 265,000, including 138,700 men and 126,200 women.

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Public Garden was officially renamed People's Park, becoming the first free and open park in Changzhou.

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New East Suburb (Jianzhouting) Park is open to the public

htmlIn June, the new outpatient building of the First People's Hospital of the City was opened, and it was divided into departments such as surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, enthalpy, dermatology, pharmacy, and radiology. The original outpatient building was converted into a ward.

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htmlIn September, Changzhou Workers' Cultural Palace was built. On May 1 of the following year, Changzhou Workers' Cultural Palace was completed and opened. Since the completion of the Workers' Cultural Palace, generations of Changzhou people have sang, danced, skatered and watched movies here. In the 1950s and 1960s, before the movie was screened, there were crowds of people on the Cultural Palace Square and were very lively, and it truly became a "workers' school and paradise."

With the growth of generations, the word "Cultural Palace" is also deeply imprinted in every Changzhou person's youth and beautiful memories, carrying the marks and feelings of the growth of all Changzhou people.

htmlOn September 5, buses began to drive in the city, starting from two lines: train station to Hutang Bridge, Baijia Bridge to Hongqiao, and 20 stations were set up.

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was built on the Changzhou Fire Building on Jiefang West Road. It has a fire lookout, alarm devices are installed, telescopes and other equipment. It was the tallest building in Changzhou at that time.

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Now, when children first entered school, the Chinese pinyin that must be learned was "born" in 1958. The "father of Chinese Pinyin" was Zhou Youguang who walked out of Qingguo Lane, Changzhou. In 1958, the National People's Congress passed the "Chinese Pinyin Plan" formulated by Zhou Youguang, a native of Changzhou.

htmlIn November, Qishuyan Locomotive Vehicle Factory developed the first pioneering internal combustion locomotive.

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Changzhou Machinery Factory successfully trial-produced a three-sided automatic dump car with a load of 4 tons. The car participated in the 10th anniversary inspection of the National Day in Beijing in October 1959.

In August of that year, the west section of East Street, the east section of West Street and South Street were renovated, and the pavement was paved with penetration and semi-penetration asphalt pavement for the first time.

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On the National Day of this year, Hongmei Park was expanded and opened, with an ice rink, an open-air dance floor, a plum pavilion, an Yishan Pavilion, a He Pavilion, a Tower Shadow Pavilion, etc.

Wuqing Road Hongmei Park Gate

Luhan Road Hongmei Park West Gate

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htmlIn April, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions recommended Ji Laidi, a female worker in Dacheng No. 1 Factory, as a member of the Chinese workers' delegation, to Moscow, the Soviet Union to participate in the "May Day" ceremony.

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Changzhou intellectual youth started Going to the countryside .

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Changzhou Transformer Factory made the first 20-ton industrial and mining motor locomotive in China.

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The second census of Changzhou City. The permanent population in the city is 413,089.

Changzhou director Ajia, director of the Peking Opera " Red Lantern " was performed in Beijing, the capital, and was hailed for a sensation and was hailed as a classic of Peking Opera reform.

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Changzhou City's first medical team was established to send medical treatment to the countryside.

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htmlOn December 12, the Changzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a notice to learn the spirit of Jiao Yulu.

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Changzhou Diesel Engine Factory responded to the national call for "the fundamental way out of agriculture is mechanization" and designed and manufactured China's first single-cylinder S195 diesel engine on its own.

Changzhou Municipal Grain Bureau printed and issued the "City General Grain Coupon" in 1967. The ticket is divided into two groups: "city-wide general coupon" and "rural unified sales coupon". Each group has four denominations: 1 catties, 5 catties, 10 catties and 20 catties.

If you have seen these grain coupons, you should be nearly fifty years old.

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Dongfanghong Bridge is completed, located on Wujiaochang South Road, mainly spanning the urban area Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal , the northern interchange hole spans Yanling East Road, with a navigation clearance of 4.7 meters. It is the first cross-river highway overpass in Changzhou.

Changzhou’s intellectual youth go to the countryside to mobilize the work.

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Changzhou Tractor Factory has exported more than 100 units of products to Afghanistan , Somali and other countries for the first time.

In the same year, Changzhou City built fields in Yapu Lake in Xueyan Commune, realizing the settlement of fishermen on land and establishing Taihua Commune.

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html December Changzhou's first ground water source water plant - Xijiaohe Water Plant, was officially put into operation.

/29 The first "Zhi Six" aircraft produced in Changzhou successfully tested

/20 The reconstruction project of Shengli Bridge (later restored the original name of Huaide Bridge ) was completed. The construction of

s Huaide Bridge

s Huaide Bridge

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Old Wuxing Bridge started construction. The main hole of the Five Star Bridge spans the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and the interchange hole at the north end spans the Changxin Highway.It is the earliest cable-stayed bridge in Changzhou. The original bridge was built in May 1971.

Now we are familiar with the five-star bridge located on Longjiang Road, spanning the old canal. It was built in 1997. It is two single tower double-cable cable-stayed bridges side by side. The main tower is reinforced concrete structure , and the north and south abutments are steel structure tension support. (As shown below)

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htmlIn November, 170,000 workers dredged the Desheng River, and the construction was completed in January of the following year.

Desheng River is this important waterway in northern Changzhou. The Desheng River connects the southern Jiangsu Canal and the Yangtze River. It is a regional backbone river channel integrating flood control, drainage, irrigation, water diversion, shipping, ecological landscape and other functions. There is a total of 1 water conservancy hub project, 32 irrigation stations and 25 bridges along the Desheng River.

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Changzhou Postal Bureau merged with the Telecommunications Bureau to establish the Changzhou Post and Telecommunications Bureau

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Beijiao Middle School was founded. Beijiao Middle School is a full-time full-time , and the school name was titled by Mr. Li Yimang. Because it is located in the northern suburbs of the city, it is temporarily named "Beijiao Middle School", and has been used to this day. In March 1974, Beijiao Middle School officially started. The first batch of students were about 200 students from two junior high school classes, one of the second and third middle schools, each of the city's No. 26 Middle School, and one of the first grades of the second and third middle schools. They officially recruited students from July of the following year.

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Xinhua News Agency broadcast two investigation reports on Changzhou's industrial development, "The word "Agriculture is Snowball" and "The Big Drama Singing on the Table" on May 10 and 11, 1975, and the full text of major newspapers such as " People's Daily ", " Wenhui Daily " and "Xinhua Daily" were forwarded in full. The experience and achievements of Changzhou's industrial development have been fully recognized, and learning from Changzhou in small and medium-sized cities across the country has become a trend.

The beginning of the article "Snowball in the Head of the Farming Word" describes the development of Changzhou in this way -

"In the past, when talking about Changzhou, people thought of the grate basket and wooden comb for combing their hair. Apart from this long-standing handicraft industry, Changzhou has no eye-catching industry and no famous products." But soon, Changzhou "developed into a A comprehensive industrial city: A number of electronic factories were built in the ancient Mushu Street area. The original grave piles in the western suburbs and the reed pits in the eastern suburbs have become emerging industrial areas. Some of the industrial products produced in this city are supplied to Jiangsu Province and other regions in China, and some are exported to dozens of countries. "

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In the early morning of July 28, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurred in the Tangshan and Fengnan areas. Within more than ten hours, Changzhou urgently dispatched 82 medical staff from the First Hospital, Second Hospital and other units of the Municipal Government to form a Changzhou medical team and rushed to the Tangshan disaster area on the morning of July 29. In August, Changzhou supported earthquake relief work in full swing, with a total of 1,500 hand-held tractors in Tangshan and Fengnan areas, and 349 injured in the disaster area were treated.

Doctors of Changzhou Second Hospital bandage and treat the wounded from Tangshan at the railway station

Tangshan earthquake on-site treatment of wounded

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Hong Kong Grand Theater has been rebuilt with a construction area of ​​4,500 square meters and 1,712 seats.

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htmlOn December 7, Changzhou Long-distance Bus Station located in Xinfeng Street was renovated and officially opened. Changzhou Long-distance Bus Station is next to the train station in the north, with a construction area of ​​more than 16,000 square meters. The ticket office and waiting room are spacious and bright, and are connected to more than 30 cities and counties inside and outside the province. The main buses lead to Yancheng , Binhai, Qidong and other places in northern Jiangsu; there are also routes to Nanjing in the west and Shanghai in the east, as well as to Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Wenzhou , Ningguo in Anhui, Xuancheng and other places. Back then, this station was one of the major stations of the southern Jiangsu Highway.

Changzhou Bus Station

Passengers taking long-distance buses lined up in order to get on the bus

In April of the same year, Changzhou Iron Printing Factory and Changzhou Electroplating Factory merged to establish Changzhou Bicycle Factory. In September, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Light Industry jointly issued a document approving the Changzhou Bicycle Factory as a bicycle export factory. Changzhou Bicycle Factory has become the first bicycle export manufacturer in the country.

htmlOn July 11, Changzhou City was approved by the state as a city for opening up to the outside world, and our city's road to opening up to the outside world officially started.

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If there was also the Internet in 1979, then the Lotus Lantern Dance Brand Corduroy produced by Changzhou Corduroy Factory must have been the "hot Internet celebrity" product that year. This is not only because the Lotus Lantern Dance Card Corduroy won the National Quality Award that year. Also, in that era, as long as the corduroy produced in Changzhou was a "hot product" in shopping malls in major cities across the country.

Changzhou Moon Night Corduroy

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Changzhou Coking Gas Manufacturing Factory successfully tried to supply artificial gas to 48 residents in Changchai New Village on the eve of the Spring Festival, setting a precedent for gas in the Changzhou pipeline. On December 23, 1980, Changzhou Gas Company was established, and Changzhou ushered in the initial year of truly developing urban gas.

Changzhou Gas Plant Panoramic

In July, Changzhou Newspaper established

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New Year's Day, Lanling Cinema opened. There are flowerbeds, fountains, garages, and parking lots around the theater. There are air-conditioning facilities in the theater. While watching movies and dramas, citizens can also sing karaoke, play billiards, and shop... Time flies. Now, Jiuzhou New World has long replaced Lanling Cinema and become a new landmark in Lanling, but the beautiful memories left by the old cinema to Changzhou people will never be erased.

htmlIn November, the Garden New Village was completed. Huayuan New Village is the first residential community in Changzhou to explore a new model of comprehensive development supporting construction. The first phase of construction area is 125,000 square meters, of which the residential construction area is 111,500 square meters and the population is 7,000 people.

Inside the community, there are kindergartens, primary schools, shopping malls, post offices, cultural stations, and greening, which have never been seen in the community before. The completion of Huayuan New Village has been unanimously recognized by citizens.

For a time, from central leadership, to colleagues from all over the country and guests from more than 40 countries and regions, they visited Changzhou to visit the Garden New Village. The "Changzhou Model" has become famous throughout the country.

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htmlIn July, Changzhou built the earliest wholesale market in the country - Yingchun Market (commonly known as "Hong Kong Beach"). This is the "Hong Kong stall" that many people in Changzhou have been thinking about for many years. The market is 630 meters long and has 642 stalls. It has a wide variety of products and novel styles.

htmlOn October 28, the Changzhou Youth Palace was completed at No. 122 Juqian Street and officially opened to the public on November 15.

html On November 20, the first phase of Qingtan New Village was completed.

78 to 1982, Changzhou successively built 15 new villages including Qinye Village 1 and 2, Machinery Village 2, Chaoyang Village 3 and 4, Beihuan New Village, Xixinqiao Second Village, Hongmei New Village, Lihua New Village, Taoyuan New Village, etc., effectively alleviating the housing congestion and exploring the "Changzhou Model" of community construction.

Changzhou's first foreign affairs tourism hotel Baidang Hotel (later known as Jiangnanchun Hotel) opened

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htmlOn November 6, the Hongmei Brand Type I 120 camera and Hongmei Brand Type I 135 camera produced by Changzhou Camera Factory won the first place and the Quality Winner Award in the national camera similar products evaluation, which is the highlight moment of Changzhou camera.

December 12th Wenbi Tower has been renovated and opened.

htmlOn November 5th, the Municipal Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital was completed and opened for treatment. It is divided into clinical and health care, with the "Changzhou Branch Center of Jiangsu Province Newborn Disease Screening Center", "Changzhou Reproductive Medicine Center", "Changzhou Prenatal Diagnosis Center" and a clinical gene amplification laboratory that has passed the acceptance of the Ministry of Health. Later, the "Fifth People's Hospital of Changzhou City" and "Changzhou Red Cross Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital" brands were added. It is a Class A maternal and child health hospital integrating medical care, health care, teaching, and scientific research. It is also the first batch of national-level " Baby Love Hospital ".

No. 16, Boai Road, is the first stop for many Changzhou people to come to this world; here, witnessing the ups and downs of ten months of pregnancy; welcomes the birth of little angels; cultivates many maternal and child experts full of positive energy; and wins various special honors with a wide range of areas and large quantities...

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htmlOn April 12, Xu Qiaozhen was awarded the title of National Textile Worker Model

htmlOn May 18, the first city flower - htmlJanuary rose flower exhibition was held in Hongmei Park.

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Lihua New Village (one village) completed

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htmlIn November, Changzhou Gymnasium was completed and opened. Because it is located in the new stadium of Qingtan Road in the city, it is also called Qingtan Gymnasium, which is different from the old stadium of Daguan Road.

html On March 15, the premiere voyage from Changzhou to Beijing and Changzhou to Guangzhou was held. The beautiful picture of Changzhou Airport having been in navigation for more than 30 years officially unfolded.

htmlOn December 25, Changzhou's first luxury cruise ship, "Longcheng", set sail.

htmlOn August 26, Changzhou people watched the satellite signal broadcast TV. This year, Changzhou citizens can watch the 1987 Spring Festival Gala happily on Changzhou TV station .

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htmlOn March 5, Changzhou began its pilot project to issue resident ID cards, and the first batch of resident ID cards in Changzhou were officially issued on September 29.

htmlOn March 14th, the first group company in Changzhou - Jinshi Bicycle (Group) Co., Ltd. was established

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Jiangnan underground mall was built

▲Jiangnan mall underground fountain

▲Jiangnan mall underground fountain

▲The landmark sculpture of Jiangnan mall

Children who grew up in Changzhou should have taken photos in front of this sculpture. I don’t know if everyone feels this way. In the past, as long as you see this horse, you will know that you have entered the city seriously.

▲The shops in Jiangnan shopping malls in the past

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Yangling Road "named"

Department store opened, which was a sensational news in Changzhou. All fashionable people in Changzhou want to come to this mall to buy it.

weidun Park and Lushu Park were built and opened

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htmlOn May 10, at the National Vehicle Exhibition Evaluation Conference, the "Yangtze River" brand CJ660B channel bus manufactured by Changzhou Bus Factory won the Golden Horse Award.

htmlOn August 30, with the approval of the State Council, Liyang County was abolished and Liyang City (county level), which was officially listed on December 8 of the same year.

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html From June to July, Changzhou encountered a once-in-a-century flood disaster. The direct economic losses caused by this flood disaster reached 2.2 billion yuan.

Bird view of floods in Changzhou area

Flooded villages and farmlands

Changzhou police helped residents move items

One united, flood fighting and disaster relief

On May 23, Changzhou Asia Cinema opened.

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htmlOn December 15, the Tongji Overpass, the first overpass in Changzhou city, started construction.

htmlIn August, Changzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone was officially established and was approved by the State Council as a national high-tech industrial development zone in November.

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The familiar and friendly Lihua fast food in Changzhou people was officially established this year, and it started a business model mainly for fast food delivery, allowing Changzhou people to take the lead in experiencing the convenience of "takeout".

KFC is here! KFC on Yanling West Road is the first in Changzhou. Since its opening in 1993, it has left so many wonderful memories for the lives of Changzhou people. Do you still have the impression of the following small toys in the KFC package?

, with the approval of the State Council, Jintan County was approved and Jintan City (county level) was established. On December 28, Jintan held a celebration of the abolition of the county and the establishment of a city.

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Railway station viaduct officially opened to traffic

Tongji overpass completed and opened to traffic

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26th The "First Ring of Dragon City" was completed and opened to traffic

Outer Ring Road in the 1990s Photo: Tang Desheng

htmlOn June 8, the State Council approved the abolition of Wujin to be a city (county level); on August 26, Wujin City was officially listed.

Photography: Tang Desheng

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htmlOn September 15, the Changzhou section of the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway was completed and opened to traffic, ending the history of no expressways in Changzhou. Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway starts from Shanghai Zhenru and ends at Nanjing Horse Forest. It has a total length of 274 kilometers. The main line of the Changzhou section is 42.66 kilometers long, the main line has a width of 26 meters, 4 lanes in both directions, a central isolation bandwidth of 3 meters, a designed speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and a total investment of 890 million yuan.

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July 1 Hong Kong returned to China, and people from all walks of life in Changzhou expressed their excitement and joy through various forms of celebrations.

Qishuyan Bridge was completed and opened to traffic

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, November 26, the new Huaide Bridge was completed and opened to traffic, which is an important bridge connecting the north-south transportation in the city.

htmlOn August 6, the waiting hall of the new passenger station of Changzhou Railway Station was opened and opened.

Before the renovation, Changzhou Railway Station

After the renovation, Changzhou Railway Station

double-decker bus appeared on longcheng . A departure ceremony was also held at that time, and the scene was very lively.

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Changzhou Bus and Bus Company was established on May 18, all bus lines in Changzhou urban areas were sold without tickets.

html From September 20th to 24th, the first Changzhou Agricultural Expo, jointly organized by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry and the Changzhou Municipal People's Government, was held at the New District International Exhibition Center.

999 On the evening of October 1, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the fireworks party held by the Changzhou Municipal Government was held at three burning points in Changzhong, Qingtan Stadium and the New District.

Children's taste as a child, Hongmei Dairy was established in

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htmlOn September 20, the China Dinosaur Park was officially opened to the public, attracting 300,000 tourists in the first three months of its opening.

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htmlOn November 1, Luqiao Market opened, making it the most comprehensive and largest commercial market with the largest supporting facilities in East China.

htmlChangzhou Passenger Transport Service Center located on Xinmin Road was completed on November 1, with a daily capacity of 40,000 passengers.

htmlOn November 19, Changzhou TV Station (Central Station) and Changzhou Radio and Television Technology Center were established.

On October 12, Changzhou Administrative Approval Center established

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htmlOn December 27, Changhong Road, the south line of the Great Outer Ring Road in Changzhou City, was completed and opened to traffic, with a total investment of 282 million yuan, a total length of 29.5 kilometers and a designed speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

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Changzhou Hotel became the first five-star hotel in the city. Back then, being able to stay at the Changzhou Hotel for one night or being able to hold a wedding banquet at the Changzhou Hotel was definitely a "symbol of identity"!

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htmlOn March 12, Tianning District Tongji Hospital was incorporated into the Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, becoming the South Hospital of Changzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.

htmlOn November 5, the Weidun Bridge in Qishuyan District, with a total investment of 88.6 million yuan was completed and passed the completion acceptance.

htmlOn December 15, at 9:06 am, the first test-tube baby in this city was born in the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital. This is a pair of twin babies, with the sister 2.0 kg and the sister 1.94 kg.

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South Street opened. It was once a shopping holy place and entertainment paradise in the hearts of Changzhou people...

htmlOn March 25, Changzhou began natural gas replacement. By June 11, the natural gas replacement work of 130,000 residents and more than 200 industrial and commercial households in the city was completed, becoming the first prefecture-level city in Jiangsu to complete natural gas replacement.

The former "highest building in Changzhou" - Jiaye Guomao Building was completed

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From the fall semester of 2006, tuition and miscellaneous fees for urban and rural compulsory education in the city will be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees for urban and rural compulsory education, and will be borne by finance at all levels.

htmlOn October 8, Changzhou municipal-level organs officially moved from Juqian Street to Longcheng Avenue Municipal Administrative Center office.

htmlOn September 28, the Hongmei Park Open Expansion Project, which lasted 11 months, was completed.

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On January 15 of that year, Changzhou City implemented the air-conditioned bus fares to ordinary buses, both of which were 1 yuan.

Changzhou Museum , Changzhou Planning Museum was completed and opened

China's first pagoda Tianning Pagoda completed and consecrated

29 Spring and Autumn Yancheng officially opened

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htmlOn May 17, the largest free open urban forest park in the city that year, Qingfeng Park , was completed and opened with a total area of ​​45 hectares.

htmlOn September 10, Changzhou Olympic Sports Center (referred to as "Olympic Sports Center") and Changzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center were completed and officially put into operation.

html On September 10, the first phase of the first elevated road in Changzhou City (West Semi-Ring Road) was completed and opened to traffic. In the past, it took about an hour to take the ground road from New Taipei to Wujin, and the elevated road around the city built a half-hour traffic circle for Changzhou.

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htmlOn May 1, Changzhou City Rapid Bus (BRT) Line 2 was fully opened! Before we knew it, Changzhou BRT2 line has been in operation for ten years.

Dongpo Park is open for free. At this point, all parks in Changzhou city are open for free

, Changzhou Grand Theater was completed and put into use.

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htmlIn March, Jiangsu University of Technology changed its name to Changzhou University , becoming the first comprehensive university in Changzhou.

htmlOn April 18, the National Tourism Administration of held a plaque ceremony for the national 5A-level tourist attractions in Yangzhou . Nine tourist attractions in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were promoted to national 5A-level tourist attractions, among which Changzhou Global Dinosaur City became the first national 5A-level tourist attractions in our city.

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New terminal building of Changzhou Airport was completed and enabled

Longjiang Road Elevated Road (Wujin Section) South Extension Project opened to traffic

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-19 Changzhou Airport has launched all-cargo aircraft transportation, and the all-cargo aircraft launched by SF Express Group and flew by Yangtze River Express to Changzhou Airport, becoming the first all-cargo aircraft launched in the 27 years since the launch of Changzhou Airport.

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September 28, the 8th China Flower Expo opened in Wujin and lasted until October 27.

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htmlOn May 5, Jiangsu Zhongtian Steel Women's Volleyball Club, funded by Zhongtian Iron and Steel Group Corporation, Provincial Sports Bureau and Changzhou Sports Industry Development Company, was established. This is the first professional volleyball club in the province.

htmlOn September 15, Changzhou Bus East Station located in Hengshanqiao Town, Wujin District was put into operation.

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htmlOn May 11, with the approval of the State Council and the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, Changzhou adjusted some administrative divisions: revoke Wujin District and Qishuyan District, set up a new Wujin District, and set up a Changzhou Economic Development Zone in the east of the new Wujin District; abolish Jintan City and set up a Jintan District; the three towns of the former Wujin District, Benniu , Zhenglu and Zou District were divided into the three districts of New Taipei, Tianning and Zhonglou.

Due to the construction of Changzhou Metro Line 1 , in the early morning of April 2, the Tongji Overpass, which had been standing on the Grand Canal for 21 years, officially bid farewell to the citizens.

htmlOn September 26, the Changzhou Bus Passenger Transport North Station, located on the west side of the south square of Changzhou Station of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, will be officially put into use.

htmlOn September 26, the Liyang Expressway in Changzhou was officially opened to traffic. It would take at least 15 to 20 minutes to drive to Liyang than before.

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Changzhou successfully created a national forest city

html In August, the Xitaihu Film and Television Industry Base opened.

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According to the Central Civilization Committee, the Central Civilization Office has announced the list of the fifth National Civilized City and the review and confirmation that the honorary titles have continued to retain the honorary title. Our city has successfully achieved the "three consecutive championships" of national civilized cities, and Liyang City has also been selected into the new list of national civilized cities. Since then, our city has become the first batch of national civilized cities in the country.

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April 19th Qingyang Road Expressway Project Cross-Wujin Avenue Bridge was officially opened to traffic.

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htmlOn April 29, part of Qingguoxiang Historical and Cultural District was opened to the public.

Changzhou Metro Line 1 was officially launched on the morning of September 21, 2019.

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Changzhou Cultural Square was born

Changzhou Cultural Square has a total construction area of ​​365,000 square meters. There will be several museums in the newly built building complex, including an art gallery, a science and technology museum, a library and an affiliated service center. Another Internet celebrity check-in place will be born in the future.

Changzhou High-tech Zone Xinlong International Business District started construction

Phase I of the Science and Technology Innovation Water Town, located in the core area of ​​Xinlong International Business District, Changzhou High-tech Zone, officially started construction. In the future, it will target emerging industries and be positioned as the headquarters base of innovative economy enterprises, becoming another highland of scientific and technological innovation in Changzhou High-tech Zone.

It is understood that the Science and Technology Water Town was built by Chang Hi-Tech Group. The total investment of the project is 560 million yuan, covering an area of ​​about 55 mu, with a total construction area of ​​82,793 square meters. It is planned to build a garden-style single-family office park with one underground floor and five floors above ground. It is planned to be the main body is topped off by the end of 2019 and completed and delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Changzhou Xiaohuangshan Resort has been built

Xiaohuangshan Tourism Resort has been completed in 2020, covering an area of ​​11.5 square kilometers, with a total planned investment of 5 billion yuan. It is positioned with the blueprint of "Menghe Xiaohuangshan and Jiangnan Yiyang Village", and is committed to building it into a comprehensive tourist resort integrating natural sightseeing, cultural experience, sports and fitness, agricultural production, and traditional Chinese medicine nursing.

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The 13th Party Congress proposed to build an international intelligent manufacturing city and build a central axis hub in the Yangtze River Delta!

Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Jinhu said that with the mission of "striving to be an example, striving to be a demonstration, and being at the forefront", we will fully promote the "532" development strategy, accelerate the construction of the Yangtze River Delta transportation center, innovation center, industrial center, ecological center, and cultural and tourism center, and build the Yangtze River Delta industrial science and technology innovation center, modern logistics center, and leisure and vacation center with high standards, continuously improve the construction level of urban-rural integrated development demonstration zone, coordinated development and safety demonstration zone, and strive to promote Changzhou to be at the forefront of modernization construction.

Premier's visit to Changzhou caused a warm response

htmlOn the morning of December 25, Li Keqiang came to Fuqiang New Village Community, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and inspected express delivery collection points, elderly care service stations, convenience canteens and other service places.

Rail Transit Line 2 is opened

htmlOn the morning of June 28, the opening ceremony of Rail Transit Line 2 was held in the Cultural Palace Square. Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jinhu announced that Changzhou Rail Transit Line 2 was officially opened. Changzhou officially ushered in the "metro transfer era".

Rail Transit Line 2 started construction on February 13, 2017. It is 19.79 kilometers long and has 15 stations. It passes through Zhonglou District, Tianning District , and Changzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone. It transfers to the already opened rail transit Line 1 at the Cultural Palace Station, forming the main skeleton of the "cross" transportation, which is of great significance to alleviating traffic pressure, optimizing urban spatial layout, and promoting economic development.

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"Two Lakes" Innovation Zone Planning Official Announcement!

Two Lakes Innovation Zone will take "transportation first" and rely on "innovation-driven" to create 5 major functional areas and 8 key groups under the premise of "ecology-based".

Two Lakes Innovation Zone "Central Station" rendering

"Two Lakes" Innovation Zone "Two Lakes, Four Belts, Five Zones and Eight Groups" Schematic diagram

"Oriental Jurassic" project started and laid the foundation

▲The renderings of the "Oriental Jurassic" project

"Oriental Jurassic" is located in the east of the China Dinosaur Park Tourism Resort in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It will focus on building a dinosaur planet, interstellar space city, Chuangzhi headquarters, waterfront ecological park and many themed resort hotels, forming a new generation of national comprehensive tourist resorts, efficiently assisting the construction of Changzhou's cultural and tourism central axis and the Yangtze River Delta leisure and vacation center, and promoting the implementation of Changzhou's "532" strategy.

▲"Dinosaur Planet" rendering

Qingguo Lane Phase II has been built and opened

The repaired Qingguo Lane Phase I and II is connected to the north and south branch lanes and the east and west paths. Many various venues arranged by celebrities' former residences are scattered alleys, becoming a unique cultural gravitational field here, making Qingguo Lane a museum that witnesses the cultural heritage of the old Changzhou city.

htmlQingguo Lane is fully opened on September 30. Qingguo Lane Phase II project is located on the north side of Phase I with a total investment of 700 million

After 10 years of repair, reconstruction, renewal, and renovation

Beautiful beauty belongs to Qingguo Lane and also belongs to you

html l0 As the Eye of the Dragon City Canal and the New Coordinate of Changzhou Culture and Tourism

The outstanding appearance of Qingguo Lane has always lived up to expectations

From 1949 to 2022, the country has become stronger and stronger, and Changzhou has also developed better and better

In China, I feel very proud of Changzhou as my hometown!