岳池县地处四川省东部、华蓥山西麓，渠江和嘉陵江交汇的三角台地，幅员面积1479平方公里，辖23个镇、2个乡、2个街道，406个村、63个社区，总人口116万、常驻人口74.2万，是广安第一人口大县、第一经济大县、第一财税大县，是国家农产品质量安全示范县、国家卫生县城、全省县域经济发展先进县、四川省文明城市、四川省园林城市。
Yuechi County is located in the east of Sichuan Province, western foot of Huaying Mountain, and the triangle platform where Qujiang and Jialing rivers converge. Covering a total area of 1,479 km2, it has 23 towns, 2 townships, 2 subdistricts, 406 villages and 63 communities under its jurisdiction. With a total population of 1.16 million and a resident population of 742,000, it is the county with the largest population in Guang’an. Yuechi is also the largest county in terms of economic, fiscal and taxation revenues in Guang 'an. In addition, it is recognized as a county to demonstrate the agricultural product quality and safety in China, a national health county, an advanced county in terms of economic development in Sichuan province, a civilized urban area in Sichuan province, and a garden urban area in Sichuan province.
千年银岳池。岳池置县于唐武周万岁通天二年（公元697年），距今1325年，成邑至今从未更名，因地势平坦、土地肥沃、百姓精耕细作而盛产水稻，呈现“两江渔米万代耕”的繁荣景象，展现风吹稻浪、如诗如画的田园风光，形成源远流长的农耕文化，享有“银岳池”美誉，拥有“黄龙贡米”等“岳池稻米”知名品牌，是全省34个农产品主产区县之一，8次获评全国粮食生产先进县，岳池县粮油现代农业园区获评省四星级现代农业园区。抗美援朝“特等功臣”、志愿军一级战斗英雄、党内最高荣誉“七一勋章”获得者柴云振，以及为守卫祖国边疆献出宝贵生命，追记一等功、批准为烈士、追认为中国共产党党员的李波，彰显了“对党忠诚、敢于担当、淡泊名利、无私奉献”的精神，体现了岳池人民勤劳朴实的优良传统，让千百年历史积淀下的千年银岳池名副其实。
Silver Yuechi County with a history of over a thousand years. Yuechi County was firstly established in AD 697, the second year during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. Since then, it has never changed its name. Because of its flat terrain, fertile land and intensive cultivation by the farmers, Yuechi is rich in rice. This has created a prosperous scene featuring golden ears of paddy and idyllic landscape, and formed a long-standing farming culture. Therefore, it enjoys the reputation of "Silver Yuechi County". With some well-known rice brands including Huanglong Royal Tribute Rice, Yuechi is one of Sichuan province's 34 major agricultural production areas. It has been rated as one of China's advanced grain production counties for eight times, and the modern agricultural park for grain and oil production in Yuechi County is awarded a four-star modern agricultural park in Sichuan province.
Chai Yunzhen, a "Special Hero" in the war to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, was recognized as a first-class combat hero in the volunteer army, and a winner of the "July 1 Medal", the highest honor in the CPC; Li Bo, a citizen of Yuechi, who sacrificed his life to guard the border area of the motherland, was approved as a martyr, and was posthumously recognized as a member of the CPC. Their spirits of showing "loyalty to the party, courage to bear responsibilities, indifference to fame and wealth, and unselfish dedication" have demonstrated the fine tradition of the people in Yuechi County of being hard-working and simple.
川渝合作生物医药城。岳池生物医药产业从2004年引进科伦药业，历经18年发展成为岳池主导产业、广安优势产业，建成包括精细化工（医药）园区和医美妆容产业园，产值全省前三、专业化配套系统13项、拥有3个全省第一的广蓉生物医药产业园，成为岳池融入成渝地区双城经济圈建设的主战场。园区先后被授予“中国生物医药最具特色园区”“中国生物医药最具潜力园区”“药品上市许可持有人制度试点示范区”“优秀省级开发区”“省级绿色园区”称号，入驻化学原料药及制剂、中药提取、药用辅料及卫材等企业64户，其中全国百强医药企业7户、上市医药企业7户，拥有药品品种375个，2021年实现产值151亿元、税收1.2亿元。目前，岳池正以建设川渝合作生物医药城为具体定位，构建以高端特色原料药为主，医美化妆品、现代中药、医疗器械、医贸物流四大产业协同发展，加速向制剂迈进的“1+4+1”产业体系。
The Biomedical City jointly built by Sichuan and Chongqing. Since 2004 when Kelun Pharmaceutical was introduced to Yuechi, the biomedical industry in the County has developed into a leading industry in the local area and a competitive industry in Guang 'an. It has established a fine chemical (pharmaceutical) park; an industrial park for medical beauty and cosmetics; and Guang’an-Chengdu Biomedical Industrial Park with its output value ranking top three in Sichuan province, with 13 specialized supporting systems, and three indicators ranking first in the province. Therefore, the Biomedical City has become the main part for Yuechi County to be integrated into the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-city Economic Circle.
The park has been successively awarded many titles, including "China's Most Characteristic Biomedical Park", "China's Most Potential Biomedical Park", "Pilot Demonstration Zone for Drug Marketing Authorization Holder System", "Excellent Provincial Development Zone" and "Provincial Green Park", etc. 64 enterprises have established presence in the park, covering chemical raw materials and preparations, traditional Chinese medicine extraction, pharmaceutical excipients and healthcare materials. Among them, seven companies are listed as top 100 pharmaceutical enterprises in China and seven are listed pharmaceutical enterprises, which have 375 drug varieties. In 2021, the park realized an output value of 15.1 billion yuan and a tax revenue of 120 million yuan.
At present, Yuechi County is building the Biomedical City Jointly Built by Sichuan and Chongqing. It is establishing a "1+4+1" industrial system that focuses on manufacturing high-end characteristic drug substances, achieves the coordinated development of four major industries (i.e., medical beauty and cosmetics; modern traditional Chinese medicine; medical devices; and medical trade and logistics), and accelerates the shift towards manufacturing preparations.
高品质公园城市。岳池立足“广安副中心”功能定位，以县城、城镇、空港总面积达50平方公里为目标，推动与广安机场、枣山园区相向发展，加快实现广岳同城化。坚持“智慧、生态、人文、健康”城市发展理念，按照“东扩西靓、北绿南工”功能布局，依托“两环三向七射”道路网络，持续完善“三湖四河一链”生态体系，规划建设商业综合体和“五馆三中心”，推进“两站三院四校六园”公共配套，打造凤山历史文化公园、东湖阳光公园等城市公园，加快建设高品质宜居宜业宜游公园城市。深入开展“我的家乡我的城，我的岳池我的根”系列活动，传承城市记忆，激发岳池人民故土难离的情节和对岳池山水的热爱、骄傲、自豪，吸引知名乡友回乡建设、积极为家乡建言献策，让更多在外创业岳池人回到岳池、更多外地人来到岳池，加快建设“闻者向往、来者依恋、居者自豪”的美丽岳池。
High-quality garden city. As a Sub-center of Guang’an, Yuechi County uses its total area of 50 km2 covering the county seat, towns and airport to grow together with Guang 'an Airport and Zaoshan Industrial Park, and accelerate the integration of Guang 'an and Yuechi. By adhering to the urban development concept of being "smart, ecological, culturally advanced and healthy", Yuechi follows the functional layout of "expanding eastward, beautifying the west, greening the north and developing industries in the south", and depends on the road network of "two rings, three directions and seven expanded areas". It will continuously improve the ecological system of "three lakes, four rivers and one chain", plan and build a commercial complex and "five venues and three centers". Furthermore, it will promote the building of public supporting facilities, and build urban parks including Fengshan Historic and Cultural Park, and East Lake Park, so as to speed up the building of a high-quality garden city for living, working and travelling.
A series of activities themed with "My Hometown: Yuechi County " are being implemented to pass down the memory of the city, inspire the homesickness of the local people and their love and pride for the landscapes of the county. These activities are also aimed to attract well-known fellow villagers to return to their hometown, actively offer suggestions for the development of local areas, allow more local people to return to Yuechi to start their business, and enable more outsiders to come to Yuechi to run their business, so as to speed up the building of a beautiful Yuechi which the people yearn for, are unwilling to leave and are proud of working and living in.
中国曲艺之乡。岳池曲艺兴起于唐宋时期，历经千年发展，曲艺种类包含灯戏、高亭、竹琴、清音、盘子等20种，现有民间职业演出团体22个、曲艺学校10所。“岳池灯戏”于1988年进京到中南海演出，代表曲目大型民俗风情曲艺剧《岳池农家》获巴蜀文艺奖，杰出演员罗捷凭借《小姑出嫁》获第十一届中国曲艺牡丹奖新人奖，反映华蓥山起义的曲艺剧《红杜鹃》在成都成功展演，2007年岳池被中国曲协授予“中国曲艺之乡”称号，成为中国西部首个曲艺之乡，每两年举办“岳池杯·中国曲艺之乡”曲艺展演。目前，岳池正深入挖掘“曲艺”内涵，加快建设中国曲艺百花园，创新曲艺发展机制，激发曲艺工作者活力，丰富曲艺业态产品，打造曲艺阵地，办好曲艺展演，让岳池曲艺更加贴近生活、贴近群众，形成群众广泛参与、自觉热爱的良好氛围，真正实现“白天游小平故里，晚上听岳池曲艺”。
Hometown of Chinese folk arts. The Chinese folk arts in Yuechi County flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties. After nearly 1,000 years of development, it now includes 20 kinds of folk arts, such as Lantern Opera, Gaoting (a Parade on Big Tables), Zhuqin (Bamboo-made Stringed Musical Instrument), Qingyin(Clear Tune), and Panzi (Plate-beating), etc. There are 22 professional troupes and 10 schools of folk arts in the county. In 1988, "Yuechi County Lantern Opera" troupe went to Beijing to perform in Zhongnanhai, which serves as the central headquarters of the CPC and the Chinese government. Its representative repertoire "Yuechi County’s Peasant Families" won the Bashu Literature & Arts Award. The outstanding actress Luo Jie was granted the Young Actor Award of the 11th China Peony Awards of Folk Arts for her performance of "My Sister-in-law Gets Married"; the folk art drama of "Red Rhododendron" reflecting Huaying Mountain Uprising was successfully performed in Chengdu. In 2007, Yuechi County was awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Arts" by China Quyi Artists Association, becoming the first hometown of Chinese folk arts in west China. Once every two years, the performances of Yuechi Cup-the Hometown of Chinese Folk Arts are staged in the county.
Yuechi County is innovating the development mechanism of Chinese folk arts to spur the creativity of folk art workers, diversify the folk art products and well organize the performances. This is designed to make the folk arts be closer to the life and the local people, allowing the people to "visit Xiaoping's Hometown during the day time and enjoy Yuechi County’s folk arts in the evening".
中国输变电之乡。岳池输变电产业起步于上世纪70年代，经过40余年发展，走遍全国，踏足亚、非、欧、拉美4大洲17个国家，参与和独立承包架设高压电线路2万余条、建设变电站1万余座，架线总长度约100万公里，可绕地球赤道25圈，现有输变电企业25家，年输出劳动力16.8万人，实现了企业增收、农民增收、财政增收三增收，成为岳池的特色产业、富民产业、强县产业，“岳池输变电工”成为首批“川字号”特色劳务品牌，是小平故里“走出去”的一张闪亮名片。2021年实现产值130亿元、税收5.51亿元。目前，岳池正坚持“政府引导、企业主体、市场机制、产业发展”十六字工作思路，聚焦总部经济、劳务服务、装备制造，做大做强输变电总部经济，提升输变电劳务输出组织化程度，发展以输变电装备制造为主的装备制造业，推动输变电产业由“打工经济”向“产业经济”升级，唱响输变电劳务品牌。
China's Hometown of Power Transmission and Transformation. The power transmission and distribution industry in Yuechi County started in the 1970s. Over the past four decades, the people of Yuechi County have traveled all over China and beyond, including 17 countries in four continents: Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. The people of Yuechi County have participated in and independently contracted the erection of more than 20,000 high-voltage lines and built over 10,000 substations. The total length of these lines reaches about 1 million kilometers, which can circle the Earth's equator for 25 times. Yuechi has 25 power transmission and transformation enterprises, with an annual outflow of 168,000 workers. This has helped increase the incomes of local enterprises, farmers and financial revenues, making " Electricians of Power Transmission and Transformation from Yuechi County " become a special labor service brand.
In 2021, the output value of power transmission and transformation sector in Yuechi reached 13 billion yuan (USD 19.3 billion), with a tax revenue of 551 million yuan (USD 81.5 million). At present, Yuechi County is adhering to the working concept-"government provides guidance, and enterprises act as the major part, using market mechanism to promote the industrial development". It is focusing on the headquarters economy, labor service and equipment manufacturing to establish stronger headquarters economy of power transmission and transformation, improve the organization skill of power transmission and transformation labor service, and develop the equipment manufacturing industry mainly based on power transmission and transformation equipment manufacturing. This is aimed to promote the upgrading of power transmission and transformation industry from "rural migrant economy" to "industrial economy", and to build a famous labor service brand in terms of power transmission and transformation.
中国米粉之乡。岳池米粉始于康熙、盛于民国，历经300余年传承，选取优质“岳池稻米”作为原料，始终保持自然石磨发酵、蒸粉等最传统工艺，并与现代蒸化自熟、散丝摊薄等工艺充分结合，味道鲜美，质地细软，老少皆宜，是岳池最具特色的味觉符号。2012年获得国家地理标志证明商标，海外市场拓展至西班牙、英国等13个国家（地区），2021年实现产值32.1亿元。岳池人对米粉情有独钟，天长日久，衍生出一副关于岳池米粉的上联——“岳池好，好岳池，岳池米粉越吃越好吃”，曾广发“英雄帖”，面向全社会征集下联，至今仍然没有人工对下联。目前，岳池正坚持“打造名片，形成知名品牌”理念，按照“种、研、产、销”一体化发展思路，大力实施“米粉+”战略，探索“示范园+大基地”种植方式、“大商标+小品牌”营销模式、“鲜食体验+宣传展示+生产加工”经营模式，加大开店、品牌推广、龙头企业培育等工作力度，推进岳池米粉全产业链、全业态融合发展，真正实现飘香全国。
Hometown of Rice Noodle in China. Yuechi County’s Rice Noodle emerged during the reign of Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) in Qing dynasty and flourished during the period of 1912-1949. After more than 300 years of inheritance, high-quality "Yuechi County rice" is selected as the raw material. The most traditional techniques, such as natural stone mill fermentation and steaming rice noodles have been maintained. These traditional techniques are fully combined with modern techniques, e.g., steaming and self-cooking, scattering and thinning to produce delicious and soft rice noodles that are suitable for different types of people. Yuechi Rice Noodle has become the most distinctive taste symbol/food brand in Yuechi.
In 2012, it won the National Geographical Indications Certification Trademark. Its overseas markets have been expanded to 13 countries (regions) including Spain and the U.K.. In 2021, it achieved an output value of 3.21 billion yuan (USD 459 million). For a long time, the local people in Yuechi have a special feeling for rice noodles. They wrote the first line of a couplet about Yuechi County Rice Noodle-"Yuechi good, good Yuechi, the more you eat Yuechi Rice noodle, the better it will taste" (The tricky problem lies in the fact that the name of the county (Yuechi) is homophone of “the more you eat” (Yue chi)). Unfortunately, up to now, there is still no one who can give an appropriate second line of the couplet.
At present, Yuechi County is following the concept of "creating well-known brands" to implement the "Rice Noodle Plus" strategy in accordance with the idea of integrating "planting, research, production and marketing". The planting model of "demonstration fields + large production bases", the marketing model of "famous trademark + small brands", and the operation model of "fresh food experience + promotion and display + production and processing" are used to open more stores, promote brands and cultivate leading enterprises. These efforts are made to promote the integration of the whole industrial chain of rice noodles in Yuechi and make “Yuechi Rice Noodle” become well-known across the country.
中国农家乐之源。公元1172年，南宋爱国诗人陆游旅居岳池，写下千古名篇《岳池农家》，岳池因此成为名副其实的中国农家乐发源地之一，2019年农家生态文化旅游区创建为国家AAAA级景区。目前，岳池正按照“一诗、一村、一片、一园、一县”工作思路，完善“吃、住、行、游、购、娱”配套，不断延伸“农家”内涵，深度挖掘农家文化，种好农家的田、用好农家的房、做好农家的乐，让“有其田而乐、有其房而乐，生产快乐、生活快乐”展现得更加充分。充分利用大地景观、万顷良田，让“三月赏菜花、陶醉春风里，四五月栽秧苗、听取蛙声一片，七八月闻稻香、稻花香里说丰年”得到游客交口称赞，打造独具岳池魅力的“诗和远方”，将农家生态文化旅游区建成农文旅融合助力乡村振兴示范景区。
A Source of Farm Stay in China. Lu You (1125-1210), a famous poet in Southern Song dynasty visited Yuechi in 1172 and stayed here for a few days, and then wrote a famous poem-Farmers’ Life in Yuechi. This makes Yuechi, in a true sense, become one of the source areas of farm stays in China. in 2019, the Yuechi Farm Stay Eco-cultural and Tourism Area was designated as a national 4-A Scenic Spot in China.
At present, Yuechi is improving the services in terms of food, accommodation, transportation, travelling, shopping and entertainment to extend the connotation of "farm stay" and further explore the farm stay culture by fully taking advantage of local farmland and residential resources. In different seasons, tourists can enjoy and experience different scenes/activities: watching the scene of rape flowers in March; planting rice seedlings in May; and tasting the fragrance of rice in August… This is aimed to create an idyllic Yuechi County and build the Farmers Eco-cultural and Tourism Area into a demonstration scenic spot to help revitalize the rural areas.
目前，岳池正围绕“全域全程全力融入重庆都市圈，加快创建成渝地区双城经济圈建设示范县”发展目标，立足“川渝合作生物医药城”“广安副中心”具体定位，坚定实施市委同城融圈、优镇兴乡、品质主导、产业支撑“四大战略”，擦亮“千年银岳池”“川渝合作生物医药城”“高品质公园城市”“中国曲艺之乡”“中国输变电之乡”“中国米粉之乡”“中国农家乐之源”七张名片，全面建设社会主义现代化岳池。
With an objective of "being fully integrated into Chongqing metropolitan area, and speeding up the building of a demonstration county to promote the development of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle", Yuechi is positioning itself as the Sub-center of Guang'an, and is resolutely implementing its “four strategies”. Depending on the afore-mentioned "seven honors", it is sparing no efforts to build itself into a modernized socialist county in all respects.
（中文编辑：何紫宁。翻译：吕京/四川师范大学教授，博士生导师； 吕丁/四川省安州中学教师）