Outer sand town is the only import and export in shantou in eastern urban areas. The town a total of 1168 enterprises of all types, forming a distinctive wool Chaoshan clothing, agricultural products processing industry, two major characteristics, is the town of Shantou food processing professionals

    Outer sand plains of the town is located in Guangdong Hanjiang River to the sea, Shantou International Airport location, Chenghai District, Shantou Special Economic Zone with the golden zone of convergence is the only import and export in Shantou in eastern urban areas. State Highway 324 runs through the township center, Shanfen Xiamen expressway entrances and exits at the township has a Shantou railway passenger and freight stations, deep-water port in close proximity, location advantages, transportation is very conspicuous.

    ”Ninth Five Year Plan” period, the town outside the sand to give full play to its unique geographical advantages, to develop suburban economy with local characteristics, the GDP average annual increase of 26.1%, industrial and agricultural output value and the total income of an average annual increase, respectively 35. 6% and 16.8%, rural per capita income of an average annual increase of 12.4%. To 2001, the town’s GDP reached 584 million yuan, industrial and agricultural output value 2.056 billion yuan. 1 “to industry as the main body, the coordinated development of farm workers” in Shantou City of satellite towns basically formed. At present, the town formed the characteristics of wool with the Chaoshan clothing, agricultural products processing industry, two major characteristics, is the town of Shantou food processing professionals. A total of 1168 town all kinds of enterprises, industrial output in 2001 reached 1.979 billion yuan.

    Among them, more than 250 town farm and sideline products processing, an annual output of 9.7 million tons, production value of more than 300 million yuan, woolen apparel industry developed, the town has a woolen garment enterprises in more than 350, the annual output value of more than 600 million yuan. Sand’s products outside the reputation at home and abroad, Yu Lei, Food Industry Co., Ltd production of jade bud brand Chaozhou style dishes, is a key protected trademarks of Shantou, china Food Industry Association have been well-known food brand reputation title, “Peng-Sheng” brand has been province as well-known trademarks, products are exported to Southeast Asia, the United States, Europe and throughout the country. “Lucky”, “Le-Tian”, “shipment”, “Fidelity”, “Dongxing” and other brands were Shantou City as a priority to protect trademarks. Beginning to take shape outside the sand suburban agriculture, anti-season vegetables, pollution-free vegetables, livestock breeding industry, the degree of rising. Catering services, sports and fitness, fair trade is very active, social order and stability, and the people live and work.

    This year, the town committee, the town government will unite and lead the people of the town, take the party congress of the spring, adhere to Deng Xiaoping Theory and the “Three Represents” as guidance, seize the opportunity to advance with the times, blaze new trails, speed up development, and strive to regional advantages into economic advantages of development and economic advantages, the accelerated pace of modernization sand.

- The development of industrial economy and strengthen the development potential. One is to increase pengnan industrial zone construction and Investment supporting efforts to attract a large number of urban areas and in Chenghai, Shantou SEZ; Second, increase the characteristic industries — woolen garments, agricultural processing, the pace of technological innovation, brand-name , tree brand, quantity and quality play a leading role; third competition accession to the WTO in order to promote brand-name products leading enterprises as the core, take the road of joint development to expand the scale and intensive operation; Fourth, stepping up investment work enhance the development potential and increase the economic aggregate.

- The development of a base type of agriculture, walking path of agricultural industrialization. Good grasp of vegetable cultivation and livestock breeding, agricultural processing of the three major production bases, the development of suburbs, the base for agriculture, optimizing planting and breeding industry, the variety and layout, leading industry to establish a specialty obvious, rational layout, into a film developed by the pattern of agricultural production . Featured dishes Chaoshan do a good job base construction, the development of deep processing of agricultural products.

- Relying on superior geographic advantages, the development of local characteristics of the tertiary industry. Mainly to do a good job of existing food service industry, and promote its quantity and quality, enhance the external appeal; strengthen key business areas, focusing on Commercial Street and the construction of the professional market, so that the goods outside the sand become a veritable hub; to Zhengda Stadium Relying on the development of recreational and sports fitness, and other supporting services; the use of Xinjin River, Sand River outside the folder outside the sand and sea superiority of natural resources, careful planning, protection, do a good job, “2 River” in development; to play a peri-urban and traffic conditions advantages, the development of warehousing, transportation, real estate and logistics industry, the growth of tertiary industry.

- Do a good job building the town center, and promote sustainable development. To be set as the central town of province and Shantou City regional adjusted to an opportunity to further amend and improve the overall town planning, high starting point plan, high-standard construction, high performance management, and the outer sand-invest into the most appropriate and most suitable for living life emerging small cities and towns.