Xuzhou , located in the northern part of Jiangsu Province. From the perspective of comprehensive strength, Xuzhou is the third city in Jiangsu Province in the hearts of many people. Here is provincial sub-center city , and it is also a national comprehensive transportation hub and Huaihai Economic Zone central city. in 2021, Xuzhou's GDP was 811.744 billion yuan, ranking 6th in the province and 28th in the country. This also makes Xuzhou an alternative city for the trillion club. In the next two or three years, Xuzhou's GDP is expected to exceed one trillion yuan.
rapid development has also greatly accelerated the urbanization process, and it is easy to abolish counties and establish districts. is a "difficult birth" for Xuzhou. The last time Xuzhou experienced a major administrative division change - the abolition of counties and districts was in 2010. In the year of , Xuzhou abolished Jiuli District and Tongshan County, and established Tongshan District . In this way, it has a history of 12 years. During this period, has been more than ten years of rapid development in Xuzhou, but no new municipal districts have emerged.
So will it appear in the future? First of all, it is certain. However, the country has now strictly controlled the expansion of cities and controlled the abolition of counties and districts, but it is not prohibited. This is also an irreversible outcome brought about by urbanization development. At present, Xuzhou still has 3 counties ( Suining County , Pei County and Feng County ), and 2 county-level cities, namely Pizhou City and Xinyi City . From a geographical point of view, Xinyi City is very unlikely and is not adjacent to the municipal district.
Among the four cities of Fengxian, Peixian, Suining County and Pizhou City, it is possible to become bigger and stronger as Xuzhou further grows. From the perspective of economic scale, among these four counties in 2021, Pizhou has the highest GDP, reaching 110.822 billion yuan, Pei County followed closely, and Suining County and Feng County have a lower GDP. In this way, Pizhou is the most likely. Pizhou, with an area of 2088 square kilometers and a permanent population of 1.4626 million, is an economically strong county in the entire northern Jiangsu region.
On February 8, 2021, with the opening of Xulian high-speed railway , the time from Pizhou City to the central city's jurisdiction will be greatly shortened, which will help accelerate the development of urbanization. , like Suining County, has a third-ranked economy, but it has a great connection with Xuzhou’s central urban area. From the construction of Xuzhou Guanyin Airport to the completion of Xusu Huaiyan Salt High-speed Railway, has basically achieved integrated transportation development. If Peixian and Fengxian are abolished and established in districts, it will help to expand and strengthen Xuzhou's influence in the entire Huaihai Economic Zone, especially for , Anhui and areas.
