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JINXIU, China, Nov. 25, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Jinxiu Yao

Autonomous County will be held in Jinxiu County on November 28, 2022. At the

appointed time, there will be a variety of celebration activities with national

characteristics, including welcome party, celebration activities, national art

performance, 70th anniversary achievement exhibition, symposium on economic and

social development, county-level celebration art party, grassroots visit

activities and a series of cultural and sports activities.

Jinxiu, the earliest Yao Autonomous County after the founding of the People's

Republic of China, is located in the Dayao Mountains in the east of the central

part of Guangxi. With a total area of 2,518 square kilometers and a total

population of 156,000, Jinxiu is a county with the largest number of Yao ethnic

groups and enjoys the reputation of "Capital of Yao People in the World". Mr.

Fei Xiaotong, a famous contemporary sociologist, once said: "The Yao research

center of the world is in China, and the Yao research center of China is in

Jinxiu." And he wrote the inscription -- "Home of Yao".  

Jinxiu has a forest coverage rate of 87.91%, ranking first in Guangxi. The

county is neither cold in winter nor hot in summer, having a high content of

negative oxygen ions. It is a resort for health care and summer resort. There

are many kinds of wild animals and plants throughout the county, ranging from

the Shinisaurus Crocodilurus Ahl survived in the age of dinosaurs to the

extremely rare "queen of butterflies" -- teinopalpus aureus, and "living fossil

of plants" -- cathaya argyrophylla as well as other rare animals and plants. At

present, there are 6 national AAAA scenic spots such as the Shengtang Mountain

and Lianhua Mountain. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the county has

received 31.357 million tourists, realizing a tourism income of RMB 27.64

billion and having transformed the ecological value contained in "clear waters

and green mountains" into "mountains of gold and silver", according to the

Publicity Department of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County.

Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", Jinxiu has been accelerating the

transformation of its agricultural development pattern, giving full play to its

gifted strengths and "characteristic" industries. A total of 99 core

demonstration areas (parks and demonstration sites) of modern characteristic

agriculture have been built. The county has 205,000 mu of fruit planting area,

95,600 mu of camellia oleifera, 55,400 mu of tea trees, and 170,600 mu of

traditional Chinese medicinal materials, with 1,162,300 mu of non-timber

forest-based industrial area. The featured agriculture has become a "treasure

bowl" for farmers to increase their income. New agricultural operators have

become the "vitality factor" of modern agriculture, injecting strong momentum

for construction of modern agricultural demonstration parks.

Jinxiu has successively won the titles of "Model Collective of National Unity

and Progress", "The Most Beautiful County in China", "Natural Oxygen Bar in

China", Practice and Innovation Base for "clear waters and green mountains are

as good as mountains of gold and silver" and "Ecological County in Guangxi".

The county has successfully established "National All-for-one Tourism

Demonstration Area", "National Forest Tourism Demonstration County" and

"Guangxi Famous Tourism County". It is also awarded the titles of "Home of Yao

Medicine in China" and "Demonstration Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine in

Guangxi".

Source: The Publicity Department of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County

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