Xinrong Town

Xinrong Town

Xinrong Town

Xinrong Town enjoys highly convenient transportation. It is only 10 kilometers away from the Beijing-Baotou Railway and National Highways 109 and 208. The Deda Expressway, Yunfeng Highway, and Xinda Highway all run through the town.

The three areas of the town cover a total area of 103 square kilometers and govern 19 villages including Anlezhuang, Lujiaogou, Pangou, Xiaoguanyao, Wangtangyao, Lidatouyao, Xinrong, Guangming, Xingsheng Village, Qianjinggou, Houjinggou, Zhangbudai Gou, Pangjiayao, Xiagan Gou, Shanggan Gou, Liichang Gou, Waichang Gou, Zonggaodun, and Xinyao. The main agricultural products are flax, millet, and potatoes.

Xinrong Town is bordered by the ancient Great Wall to the north and the Yuni River to the south. It is only 10 kilometers away from the Beijing-Baotou Railway and National Highways 109 and 208. The Deda Expressway, Yunfeng Highway, and Xinda Highway all run through the town. The town covers a total land area of 103 square kilometers, with 41,066 mu of arable land. It governs 15 administrative villages (19 natural villages) and one community service center, with a total population of 8,823 households and 28,839 people, including 4,400 agricultural households and 11,310 agricultural residents.

Xinrong Town has a long and rich history. As far back as the Neolithic Age, humans lived and thrived here, within the distribution areas of the Yangshao and Longshan cultures. In ancient times, Xinrong was a place where multiple ethnic groups, including Mongolian and Han peoples, lived together in harmony. The various ethnic groups learned from and influenced each other, forming a unique local culture. During festivals and celebrations, large-scale performances of Shanxi opera, majestic gongs and drums, stilt walking, and yangge dances take place, as well as smaller performances of Shuai Haier, Erren Tai, and Daoqing, accompanied by various colorful lantern displays, creating a lively atmosphere. The town also boasts a fine revolutionary tradition passed down through generations. It takes pride in caring for Li Dengyuan, the only “Old Red Army Soldier” in Xinrong District and one of only four in Datong City. The culture of “supporting the military and their families, and the military loving the people” is deeply rooted, earning the town recognition as a “Model Double-Support Town” at both the provincial and municipal levels.

Xinrong Town has since ancient times been a strategic and economic hub between Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. It serves as the political, economic, cultural, and technological center of Xinrong District, as well as a commercial distribution hub for the entire district and even the Shanxi-Inner Mongolia region. In 1995, it entered the ranks of the city’s billion-yuan towns, and in 1997, it was named a “Well-Off Town” by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. In recent years, Xinrong Town has strengthened “four constructions” and actively built “four pillars”: strengthening economic development to build a prosperous Xinrong; enhancing political development to build a democratic Xinrong; advancing cultural development to build a civilized Xinrong; and promoting social development to build a harmonious Xinrong. The town has demonstrated a positive momentum of comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable development in its economy, politics, culture, and society.

Under the correct leadership of the District Party Committee and District Government, the Town Party Committee and Town Government have fully implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development. With the goal of increasing farmers’ income, they have established “four major planting bases” for coarse cereals, organic food, alfalfa, and fodder, as well as “two major breeding parks” for dairy cows and sheep. Seizing the opportunity of building a new socialist countryside, they have vigorously enhanced small-town construction, improved infrastructure such as electricity, housing, and water supply and drainage, constructed Kaiyuan Shopping Mall and a bus station, added 52 kilometers of cement (asphalt) roads, and initially built a small town with complete facilities, comprehensive functions, and a beautiful environment. They have also vigorously developed the private economy, resulting in a positive trend of “multi-point prosperity” in economic growth. In 2007, the town’s total rural economic income reached 301.65 million yuan, the total income of township enterprises reached 238 million yuan, industrial added value reached 35.22 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 3,602 yuan. In 2006, it was awarded the title of “Provincial Advanced Unit in Humanities Work” by the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and recognized as an “Advanced Collective in the Green Channel 68 Project” by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.