涟水县地处苏北平原腹地,全县共有39个乡镇场圃,1995年财政收入只有7578万元,农民人均收入1457元,是全省有名的贫困县。贫困制约了教育事业的发展,在全省1995年末实施“普九”的4个县38个乡镇中,涟水就有13个,占34.2％。省政府规划在1996年全面完成“普九”任务,涟水县任务 Lishui County is located in the hinterland of the northern Jiangsu Plain. There are 39 township gardens and nurseries in the county. In 1995, the fiscal revenue was only 75.78 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 1457 yuan. It is a well-known poverty county in the province. Poverty has constrained the development of education. In the 38 counties and towns of the 4 counties that implemented “universal nine” at the end of 1995, there were 13 in Surabaya, accounting for 34.2%. The provincial government plans to fully complete the “universal nine” task in 1996, the task of Qinshui County.