In 1913 the subprefecture became a county , a county council was established , and during the following decades the towns and districts expanded . In July 1931 the government started to build the first road through the county . In 1940 the new county seat Kaihuajie was built , and in October 1943 Taoyuan Reservoir was constructed . In November 1949 the People 's Liberation Army occupied Ludian , 5 months later the people 's government was established . It launched Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries and Land reform from 1951 . In the end of 1968 the Revolutionary Committee was established , in February 1975 the Primary Power Station in Shaba River was built . From the 1980s the agriculture in Ludian developed quickly . From 1982 to 1985 , the first soil survey , land resources survey and cultural relics survey were conducted . In August 2014 the county was struck by the 2014 Ludian earthquake which killed over 600 people
2014 Ludian earthquake
2014 Ludian earthquake
Ludian County