『 Xiqiao Town: Famous Textile Town, Touristy Resort 』
General Situation: Area: 176.63 square kilometers, Registered population: 144.7 thousand, floating population: 70 thousand. GDP 6.25 Billion Yuan achieved in 2004.
Industrial Predominance: Tourism and textile exist as two distinctive industries in Xiqiao. Xiqiao Hill is a national forest park, always enjoys the good fame of "Talking of the famous mountains in Southern Guangdong, Two Qiaos (Xiqiao and Dongqiao Hill) rank first". Textile, a traditional distinctive industry, features an annual production capacity of 1 billion meters fabrics of various kinds. As a famous town of textile fabric in China, it is also the first model zone of textile industrial upgrade in the whole country.
Development Orientation: Gives full play to industrial predominance, making textile industry larger and stronger; Relies on Xiqiao resort, making touristy characteristic more and more prominent.