The economy of the port town

Since the reform and opening up, the economic construction and various social undertakings of the port town have made great progress. It has been awarded by China and Jiangsu Province as the National Advanced Town for the Fitness Activities of Hundreds of Millions of Farmers, the National Top 100 Rural Water Plants, the National Financial System Dual Civilization Advanced Town, the Provincial Top 100 Famous Towns, the Provincial New Demonstration Small Town, the Provincial Telephone Well-off Town, and the Provincial Science and Technology Honorary titles such as Advanced Town, Provincial Advanced Town for Mass Culture, Provincial Top Ten Sports Towns, and Provincial Advanced Greening Unit.

Industry is the pillar industry of the port town. There are more than 20 national, provincial, municipal and district large and medium-sized enterprises in the town, including the Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group and the Port Shipbuilding Industry Company of the Ministry of Domestic Trade. There are 91 town and village enterprises, including 1 enterprise exceeding 100 million yuan, 11 enterprises exceeding 10 million yuan, and more than 1,000 individual and private enterprises. Chemical fiber, electronics, building materials, automobile antennas, pharmaceutical machinery, pearls and gems, rubber machine belts and other distinctive industrial categories and strong scale operations. Taizhou City Gaogang District Economic Development Zone is located on the north side of the port and on the east bank of the Yinjiang River. The development and construction of the Gaogang Economic Development Zone will further implement the export-driven strategy for the port's industrial economy, increase industrial scale, optimize product structure, and promote outward cooperation. , providing superior development conditions.

The agricultural and sideline industries of Port Town are rich in products. It is known as the hometown of ginkgo at home and abroad and is one of the main producing areas of "Big Buddha Finger" ginkgo. The Yangtze River is rich in valuable specialties such as turtles, turtles, crabs, shrimps, eels, anchovies, saury, puffer fish and other rare products. In accordance with the overall goal of developing suburban agriculture, Port Town is working hard to form: a special aquatic product development belt along the river, a vegetable and flower development belt along the road, an economic forest and fruit development belt along the river, and a special livestock and poultry breeding area. Gaogang Flower Gardening Center and Vegetable Gardening Center have been built. A number of industrial bases and large professional households have emerged in the town. The port town's water supply, power supply, transportation, post and telecommunications and other infrastructure are increasingly improving. It has two 110,000 volt and 35,000 volt substations, and a 50,000-ton water plant per day. The town currently has 4 middle schools, 12 primary schools, and 17 kindergartens. Port Middle School is a key middle school in Jiangsu Province and has implemented nine-year compulsory education. A new cable TV station has been built, cultural and sports activities are rich and colorful, people live and work in peace and contentment, and all industries are prosperous.

In 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Taizhou City Gaogang District was established as a port town where the district people's government is stationed, thus making the town an important part of the prefecture-level Taizhou city. Relying on the construction of the new district and the standards of a modern riverside city, with a high starting point and generous efforts, we will accelerate the construction of infrastructure such as roads, water and electricity, communications, and old city reconstruction, and vigorously develop the tertiary industry. The port has become a hot spot for construction. The large-scale Yangzijiang Hotel, Yangtze Hotel, and the port small commodity wholesale market have been completed and opened for business; the Duojing Kangyuan Park with a total investment of more than 20 million yuan and the largest agricultural, sideline and native products wholesale market in northern Jiangsu have broken ground; Yangzijiang Medicine The projects of Yecheng and Binjiang Scenic Area have been approved.