Xinzhou Kuoshan Town was selected as a member unit of the Most Beautiful Town Branch of China Tourism Association

Recently, the 3rd "Most Beautiful Towns and Rural Revitalization" Forum sponsored by the Most Beautiful Towns Branch of China Tourism Association was successfully held in Dali, Yunnan Province. The Kuanshan Town, Cangbu Street, Xinzhou District, Wuhan City was selected as the Most Beautiful Towns Branch of China Tourism Association member unit.

Kuoshan Town is located in the central community of Kuoshan in the north section of Cangbu Street. It is adjacent to the 230 National Road on the east side. The 109 Provincial Road and the 318 National Road pass through the town vertically and horizontally. It is about 50 kilometers away from the central city of Wuhan. The location has significant transportation advantages. Kuoshan Town includes 4 administrative villages: Kuoshan, Xiangshan, Sanshan Village and Taogang Village, with a population of more than 10,000 people. The overall planning area is 17,000 mu, and the core area is 2,500 mu. In 2017, it was selected into the list of the first batch of "Ecological Characteristic Towns" created by the Wuhan Municipal Construction Committee. In 2018, it was selected into the list of "Beautiful and Livable Villages" in Hubei Province.

Zhou Tianping, a resident of the mountain town on Cangbu Street, told reporters: "Ten years ago, our hometown was a barren mountain, and the houses where the residents lived were dilapidated. When they traveled, there were potholes everywhere, the roads were uneven, and the living standard was very low. Ten years later, through the construction of beautiful villages, our hometown has undergone tremendous changes, and the residents' life happiness index has been greatly improved. Residents have a stage for dancing, fitness equipment, and they can also work nearby, and their pockets are bulging. There are also more bankbooks. Our hometown will become better and more prosperous.”

According to the person in charge of Kuoshan Town, in the next step, Kuoshan Town will combine its own characteristics and advantageous resources to select suitable leading industries and make it bigger Strong, in-depth exploration of traditional characteristics, intangible cultural heritage, and other resources, enrich rural tourism elements, increase publicity and promotion, and vigorously promote the development of rural tourism, thereby driving villagers to find jobs at their doorsteps, increasing farmers' income, adding value to agricultural products, and making The mountain town has truly become an innovation and entrepreneurship development platform and spatial organization form with characteristic industries as the core and integrating various functions such as industry, culture, tourism, and community, and has become a bright spot in the rural revitalization strategy.

(Tai Shengpeng, correspondent of Liu Sheng, Hubei Daily's all-media reporter)

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