Xinshao County
Xinshao is located in the west of Shaoyang. The total population is over 720000; there are 73900 non-agricultural persons. There are 23654 village enterprises, 6567 industry and enterprise units, and 12 enterprises which investment comes from three parts in the county. In 1998, the national total output value is 1,145,000,000 yuan of the whole county, and it increases 12% than the last year. The financial income is 80846000 yuan, and it increases 7.8%. The average annual income of the working people is 5575 yuan, and the pure profit of the farmer is 2022Yuan.
　　The national economy of Xinshao is increasing steadily from reform policy. In 1998, the industry total output value is 1,770,000,000 yuan, and it increases 16.2%. The agricultural total output value is 570,000,000 yuan, and it increases 1%. The retail output value of the social resume products is 670,000,000 yuan, and it increases 5.8% of that of the last year. The industry includes building material, cigarette, machinery, metallurgy, chemical industry and other industries. The main agriculture products are grain, cotton, oil-beard grain and others. The main resources of mine are coal, gold, antimony, wolfram, lead, zinc, limestone and others. The urban and rural trades are active, and the price of the market is steady.
　 The whole county focuses on the aim of strengthening the county and richening the people. It is carried on in all aspects and gets some achievements. First, the industrial agriculture gets a new step. There are 10 agricultural bases of the whole county, such as livestock and fowls, grain and oil, forest and bamboo, fruit, flur-cured tobacco, Chinese herbs and so on. Second, the people run economy gets on a new step. The total output value of town enterprises is 5,060,000,000 yuan. Some regional economy structure is forming with different characteristics such as Shawan industry zone, Chengjiafang clothes center, and Pingshang engine building material base and so on. Some key enterprises zone is stepping to comprehensive usage of resources and scale profit through capital originally adding up and extensive running, such as Xinshao glass product limited company, Youxi cement limited company, Hongxi cement limited company, Xinshao medical equipment factory, Gaoqiao automobile body factory and so on. Third, the external development has new break. The steps of the building for basic facilities are fasting. It completes fixed capital investment is 250,000,000 yuan of the whole year. Daping personal run economy experiment zone is approved the second personal run economy experiment zone of the Hunan province. The first period investment of Zhongnan Chenjiafang clothes center is over 8000000 yuan. The investment of Baishiu Cave scenic spot is 3000000 yuan. The Yuxihe agricultural comprehensive developing area has finished the ending work of the third period. The removement and building is smoothly of the Xinshao period of Zhuliu multiple tracks, which is the third key project of the country. The building of extending of 207 national road, Daping Post Tower, and the extension of No, 1 middle school is quickening in developing. The length of new built road is 62.5km of the county; the length of extension road is 186.5km. The coverage of city telephone is 11.17%, and builds 72 telephone villages. The income of post and telecommunication is 31080000 yuan, and it increases 52.11% of that of last year.
　　Every aspect of social career gets improvement. There are 362 schools in Xinshao County. In it, there are 2 polytechnic school, and 44 middle schools. The rate of attending to the school is 99.98%. There is 2 science studying institutes and 30 health centers with completed medical and health-keeping facilities. Other careers also get improvements such as civil administration, social welfare, group, and nation, religious, external affairs, Taiwan affairs, senior citizen problem, climate and files.