以二、三产业为内涵的城市经济,在现代经济社会发展中起着十分重要的“龙头”作用,这已日益为人们所认识,也为我们的实践所证明。怀化市从一个经济基础十分薄弱的山区农业县起步,城区的前身榆树湾在70年代初仍只是一个面积不足1平方公里、人口不过4000人的山区小镇。建市15年来,城市经济迅速发展,带动了市域经济的发展,促进了城 The urban economy with secondary and tertiary industries as its connotation plays a very important “leading role” in the development of modern economy and society. This has been increasingly recognized by people and also proved by our practice. Huaihua City started from a mountainous agricultural county with a weak economic foundation. The predecessor of the urban area, Elshwan Bay, was still only a small mountain town of less than 1 square kilometer in area and less than 4,000 in the early 1970s. In the 15 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the rapid development of urban economy has led to the economic development in the urban area and promoted the development of the city