In 20 13, the urban area expanded from 19 square kilometers in 20 10 to 28 square kilometers; The urbanization rate reached 40.2%. The urban population is 300,000 (20 13).
In 20 12, the investment in public facilities in key towns was 65 million yuan, including 7.5 million yuan in tap water facilities and 38 million yuan in basic roads. The penetration rate of tap water in the planning area of key towns is 98%, the area of garden green space is 19.55 hectares, the forest coverage area is 395 square kilometers, and the public sanitation machinery vehicles are 18 vehicles.
Jintian Town basically completed the first phase of tourism infrastructure construction in Jintian Yingpan with 30 million yuan of national debt. The construction of industrial concentration area covering an area of 700 mu in Mule Town has entered the stage of infrastructure construction, and the construction of Fuyuan water area covering an area of 108 mu in Shepo Town has entered the main stage of housing construction. By the end of 20 1 1, the total length of roads in key towns was 28.8km, the paved area of roads in the town was 354,000m2, and the total length of drainage pipes was 31.7km.. In 20 12, the city has a cultural activity center building, cultural centers, libraries, museums, theaters, cinemas, dance halls, karaoke halls and other cultural and entertainment facilities, and cultural stations have been established in all towns and villages. In recent twenty years, the annual military-civilian singing competition (song and dance evening) has been held in Guiping, and the mass cultural activities are rich and colorful. Radio and television: the formation of cities and townships (radio and television). In 2000, it was rated as an advanced county (city) for "knowledge engineering" in the whole region. 200 1, Guiping library was rated as the advanced collective of "knowledge engineering" in the whole region, and it is also a third-class library of the state and autonomous regions. Museum 1996~2000 was rated as "Advanced Collective of Cultural Work in the Region". Guiping Theatre1996 —— In 2000, it was awarded as "Advanced Collective of Cultural Work in the Region" year after year. Since 1980, 22 consecutive military-civilian singing competitions have been held.
Gratifying achievements have been made in literary and artistic creation. Only in 200 1 year, Ke Hua's novella "The Scream of Wang Jixiang" won the second prize in the "Guangxin Cup" national youth literature wound competition jointly sponsored by People's Literature Publishing House and Lu Xun College of Literature. Comrade Dong Chen's book "The Collection of Seal Engraving in the Hometown of Youth in the Kingdom of Heaven" was published in Guangxi Publishing House. Xie's prose poem "Grass" won the China Century Uranium Award; The other two songs can be selected from the Voice of Huaxi Folk Songs sponsored by China Music Association and other units. The city has basically formed an urban and rural health service system covering urban and rural areas, with complete categories, reasonable layout and strong health guarantee ability. In 20 12 years, more than 300,000 farmers participated in the new rural cooperative medical system, with a participation rate of 85.02%. The Municipal People's Hospital and the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine entered the ranks of secondary medical teams respectively. The Municipal Health and Epidemic Prevention Station19965438+passed the evaluation of the graded epidemic prevention station in February, and the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital 1995 was named as "Baby-friendly Hospital" by UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of China, and 1997 was named as a first-class maternal and child health hospital by the Ministry of Health.
The Municipal People's Hospital has been able to successfully carry out difficult operations on the brain, chest and other parts, and the specialties of cardiovascular medicine and orthopedics in Chinese medicine hospitals enjoy a high reputation among the masses. It has reached the standard of basically eliminating schistosomiasis and filariasis, basically eliminating leprosy and malaria, and basically controlling endemic goiter. The rural water improvement project has achieved remarkable results, with 85% of the rural population drinking tap water. Most residents in the county are descendants of Guangdong, Fujian and Han immigrants in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and they speak vernacular (belonging to southern Guangdong dialect).
Guiping vernacular can be divided into two categories: one is urban vernacular and the other is rural vernacular. Some Han people speak Hakka and Fujian dialect. Zhuang and Yao languages are spoken in minority areas. Ethnic minorities mostly speak vernacular and Hakka, while Han people in mixed areas mostly speak Zhuang and Yao dialects.
The urban vernacular population mainly comes from the county town and five Wei towns of Jintian, Jiangkou, Shizui and Shilong, with a population of about 1.8 million. There are people who speak rural vernacular in all parts of the city, with the largest number in the southern part, followed by the eastern and western parts, and less in the northern part, with about 860 thousand people.
Hakka people mainly come from the North District, especially Jintian and Bauhinia, and there are few other towns and villages with a population of about 1.3 million.
Most people who speak Min dialect are located in Jiangkou Village and some neighboring villages, such as Jintian, Nanmu, Shizui and Gui Mu, with about 60,000 people.
Strong lecturers mainly come from Shilong Township, and there are more than 80,000 people in Wei Meng, Bauhinia, Mapi, Nanmu and Shizui.
People who speak Yao dialect are distributed in Sam and Yuan 'an Village in Zijing Township, with more than 1500 people. On February 6, 2006, Guiping signed a sister city agreement with Wenneru, Australia, and exchanged souvenirs.
On May 30th, 2006, the symposium of China Guiping-California Mayor Delegation and the signing ceremony of sister cities were held in Guiping.