Kim Son Town (Que Phong): Towards a Green - Clean - Beautiful town
(Baonghean.vn) - After 30 years, overcoming many difficulties and challenges, with the care and support of superiors, the solidarity of all cadres, party members and people, up to now, Kim Son town (Que Phong) has achieved many achievements in many fields.
From the old Van Tap commune
Before the August Revolution in 1945, Que Phong district had 5 communes: Huu Dao, Van Tap, Thanh Xuyen, Kiem Diem and Quang Luyen. At that time, Kim Son town land was in Van Tap commune, Van Tap commune. After the August Revolution in 1945, Kim Son town land belonged to the large Van Tap commune.
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| Kim Son town (Que Phong) today. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Book |
At the first meeting of the Quy Chau District Administrative Committee at the end of 1946, Van Tap commune changed its name to Phanh Keo commune, at this time the land of Kim Son Town belonged to Phanh Keo commune. After a while, in October 1947, Phanh Keo commune changed its name to Kim Son commune. Kim Son commune had a very large territory, and in 1961 it was divided into 4 communes: Chau Kim, Chau Thon, Chau Long and Chau Hung.
On April 17, 1965, the Ministry of Interior issued Decision No. 143-NV on adjusting the boundaries and dividing the communes, accordingly Chau Kim commune was divided into 3 communes: Chau Kim, Muong Noc and Nam Giai. On July 12, 1990, according to Decision No. 321/TCCB of the Government's Organization and Personnel Committee, Kim Son Town was established by taking 121.6 hectares of land and 2,726 people from Muong Noc commune and 30 hectares of land from Tien Phong commune. Thus, the name and administrative boundaries of Kim Son Town started from then.
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| Members of the Co Noong brocade weaving village (Kim Son town) maintain the weaving profession, bringing in a stable income. Photo courtesy of D.C. |
By 2019, the Town's boundaries were expanded according to Resolution No. 08/NQ-HDND of Nghe An province and Resolution No. 831/NQ-UBTVQH14 of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Accordingly, 14 villages were merged, including: Bon village, Tang village (Tien Phong commune), Cang village, Han village, Don village, Tam village, Na Pu village, Long Khong village, Pa Ca village, Pa Nat village, Co Nong village, Na Nga village and Cay Dua village (Muong Noc commune) into the Town.
The area of Kim Son Town after the merger is 23.44 km2, dozens of times higher than before. After the merger, Kim Son Town has a population of 9,322 people, with 2,161 households, divided into 9 blocks (including: Dong Son, Nam Son, Trung Son, Tay Son, Bac Son, Bon, Thai Phong, Hong Phong and Co Nong), with 15 affiliated party cells with 622 party members.
To Kim Son town today
After 30 years of formation and development, with 8 Congress terms, especially after 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 7th Town Party Congress (term 2015 - 2020), under the leadership of the District Party Committee, the drastic direction of the People's Committee, the close supervision of the District People's Council, along with the efforts and determination of the Party Committee and people, Kim Son town has achieved many achievements, becoming a leading unit in the district in many fields.
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| Some photos at the Congress of Kim Son Town Party Committee for the 2020 - 2025 term. Photo courtesy |
The growth rate is quite good, the economic structure has shifted positively, production and business in some industries and fields have changed clearly, services have developed in both breadth and depth. The added production value by 2020 is estimated at 237.3 billion VND, the average economic growth in the period 2015-2020 reached 8.11%; Average income per capita (current price) increased from 49.7 million VND in 2015 to 72.6 million VND in 2020;
The economic structure of the sector continues to shift positively, the proportion of Industry - Construction and Service sectors accounts for 99.84% of the entire economic sector; Annual budget revenue in the area reaches and exceeds the estimate assigned by the superior, being the only locality in the area that self-balances 50% of the annual regular expenditure needs...
The cultural and social fields have made much progress, the cultural identities of ethnic groups have been preserved and promoted. The cultural and spiritual life of the people has been gradually improved. By 2020, the rate of families meeting the cultural family standards reached 72.5%; 12/14 public service units and blocks met the standards of "Cultural Unit" and "Cultural Village"; 5/5 schools met the national standards.
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| The yellow butterfly pea trees were planted by Kim Son town in 2008, on the main roads in the city, mainly on National Highway 48 with about 100 trees, mixed with many other green trees. In the photo: Yellow butterfly pea flowers blooming right at the starting point of Kim Son town. Photo courtesy of Quang An |
Employment and poverty reduction have been taken care of, with the poverty rate falling from 7.8% in 2015 to 6.7% in 2019, an average annual decrease of 11%. At the same time, national defense and security have been increasingly strengthened, and social order and safety have been ensured. The political security and social order and safety situation in the area are stable, with no sudden or unexpected incidents occurring.
Administrative reform has made remarkable progress. In 2019, Kim Son Town invested in building and installing an online meeting system from the town connecting with the district, creating favorable conditions for town and hamlet officials to attend meetings organized by the district. The town's office is newly invested, spacious and clean, with a camera system to monitor security and the performance of official duties. The one-stop transaction department operates effectively, creating convenience for people and organizations in handling administrative procedures, the rate of handling administrative procedures on time is over 100%.
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| Some activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Kim Son town. Photo: Ngo Chien Thang |
Along with the achievements in socio-economic development, Party building work has always been comprehensively taken care of. The Party Committee always thoroughly grasps and imbues the spirit of "economic development is the central task, Party building is the key task", so it constantly takes care of building a clean and strong Party, consolidating and building a strong political system in all aspects;
Respect and well implement the Party's principles and working regulations; Truly promote democracy, say what you do; Strengthen discipline, order, solidarity and unity within the Party as the foundation for unanimity and consensus in society; Promote the effectiveness and efficiency of State management, the positivity, proactiveness and creativity of the Fatherland Front and people's organizations, creating the combined strength of the political system in performing political tasks...
With the results achieved in the past time, the Party Committee, government and people of Kim Son town see more clearly their responsibilities, from which they join hands and unanimously set the goal of focusing on developing Kim Son town in the direction of promoting the advantages of the service industry, focusing on prioritizing the development of industry and handicrafts - construction, developing agriculture in the direction of specialization, enhancing product value... making Kim Son town become one of the Green - Clean - Beautiful towns and the scale compared to other towns in the province and reaching the standards of a civilized urban area by 2025.
