The resident was originally a new land reclaimed from land. In 1972, Wei Town was formed, and it was named Xinken Town. In 1973, the Xinken Commune was established, the district was changed in 198, and the town was built in 1986. Xinken Town was developed from Wanqing sandbar, and was later reclaimed by manpower, hence the name Xinken. It has jurisdiction over 1 neighborhood committee and 6 administrative villages. It is one of the only two fishing towns in Guangzhou and one of the key fishing ports in Guangdong Province. In 2, the population of the town was 5,433, the land area of the administrative area was 66 square kilometers, and the town belonged to 1,6 mu of agricultural land. The town has flat terrain, fertile land, flowing rivers, abundant water sources and abundant products, including newly cultivated lotus roots and bananas, as well as famous and well-known famous aquatic products such as Sanli fish (shad), prawn, blue crab, Longli, wind eel, yellow skin head and mackerel.
Xinken Town has fertile land, beautiful environment, clean soil and water, and fresh air. In addition, the town attaches great importance to ecological environment protection and actively invests in construction. In 2, it was identified as the first batch of ecological demonstration towns in Guangdong Province. After comprehensive monitoring by Guangzhou Environmental Monitoring System, it was confirmed that the water source and soil in Xinken area are suitable for developing pollution-free and pollution-free green food.
Newly cultivated agricultural products have unique flavor and excellent quality. Newly cultivated lotus root and banana are recognized as green foods by the Green Food Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, and newly cultivated lotus root is listed as one of the top ten agricultural brands in Guangzhou. Green Food Company, a leading agricultural enterprise in this town, has established a production base and built a product processing factory, which has broken through the vacuum fresh-keeping packaging technology. "Newly cultivated lotus root" has registered its trademark and its products are exported at home and abroad.
Therefore, Xinken Town is an ideal base for developing famous and excellent agriculture and aquatic food. It has been listed as a green food production and processing base by the Guangzhou Municipal Government and a national green food production and processing base by the Ministry of Agriculture.
In p>2, the town planted 6,62 mu of bananas with a total output of 14,89 tons. Planting 2746 mu of lotus root, with a total output of 4468 tons; Aquaculture 1374 mu; The total output is 985 tons; There are 437 marine fishing vessels (with a total tonnage of 1,717 tons and a total horsepower of 6,995 kilowatts), with a fishing output of 1,21 tons. The total output value of agriculture and fisheries in the town reached 75.9 million yuan, an increase of 13% over the same period of last year; The average income of farmers and fishermen is 1477 yuan, and the average income of rural people is 685 yuan.