The Economic Situation of Chihuai Town in Kaihua County

Chihuai Town, Kaihua County is located in the southwest of Kaihua County, bordering five towns, namely Chengguan, Chinatown, Tongcun, Changhong and zhang wan, with a total area of 133.2 square kilometers. The total population is 22,725, of which the agricultural population is 2 183 1. It governs 36 administrative villages, 1 residential area, and 27 are immigrant villages. The existing cultivated land area of the town is 16949 mu, and the grain output in 2006 was 7674 tons. Woodland area 176527 mu, forest coverage rate of 80%, good ecology and beautiful environment. In 2007, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 5180,000 yuan, of which the total industrial output value was 370 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 3.62 million yuan and the per capita net income was 6,689 yuan. There are 150 enterprises in the town, with 1067 employees and 4 enterprises above designated size. There are 6,658 mu of famous tea bases in the town, with an annual output of 163 tons and an output value of160,000 yuan. There are more than 20 families, and the tea planting area is 100 mu. There are 5,223 mu of mulberry fields in the town, and nearly 6,000 silkworms are raised annually, with an annual output value of about 8 million yuan. These two industries alone will increase the per capita income of farmers by about 1 100 yuan. Last year, the per capita income of farmers in this town reached 796 1 yuan, which was more than the per capita net income of farmers in the county 1 10,000 yuan.