Social economy of shuidong town

Xuancheng City is one of the regions with relatively good comprehensive development level of national economy in Anhui Province, and its per capita GDP and industrial output value rank among the top in the province. Shuidong town is close to the mountainous area in southern Anhui and Xuanzhou, a regional central city with rich products, with convenient transportation. It has been a famous commercial quilt in history.

It is one of the towns with superior natural conditions and good economic development level in Xuanzhou City and even Xuancheng area. According to the data of urban system planning in Xuancheng area, among the 62 towns in Xuancheng, the town scale and comprehensive strength rank behind Xuanzhou District, Ningguo City, Jingxian County, langxi, Guangde County and Jixi County, and rank in the forefront among other established towns.

Historically, in addition to traditional agriculture, commerce is the characteristic of water music economy, and it is the distribution center of local specialties (firewood, wood, bamboo, paper and charcoal) in Yanbian, where it is transported to Wuhu and Nanjing by land and water.

Before the 1980s, the old street in the countryside was a "clothing street"; It shows that Shuidong people have a strong sense of commodity economy traditionally.

Since the reform and opening up, township enterprises have risen and formed a new economic center integrating trade, industry and agriculture.