The unique location advantages and profound cultural heritage have laid a solid foundation for Shuitou’s economic development. In 2004, the town achieved a total industrial and agricultural output value of 6.366 billion yuan and paid a tax of 242 million yuan. Its comprehensive economic strength ranked eighth among the "Top 50 Townships in Fujian Province". Industry is the economic backbone of Shuitou Town, and many production industries such as building materials, textiles, food, crafts, machinery, and chemicals have been formed. There are 680 enterprises, 126 of which are above designated size. Panlong Development Zone is the first comprehensive development zone developed by foreign investors in the province, with an area of ??1,800 acres developed in the first phase. There are 136 foreign-funded and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises. 6 companies won the title of “Provincial Famous Brand Products” and 5 products were listed as famous trademarks. The first building materials market in southern Fujian is a large-scale building materials wholesale market with the largest scale and the highest grade that radiates across the country and affects the Asia-Pacific region. It is led by stone, with a daily transaction volume of more than 3 million yuan. Since 1999, a large-scale building materials economic and trade fair has been held grandly from May 18th to 20th every year. Global Furniture City is a large-scale shopping mall integrating furniture production and sales. The first phase of the project invested 120 million yuan and was opened for investment in May 2005.

Shuitou Town has unique industrial base advantages. Since 1999, Wang Guangying, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, inscribed "China Stone City" on the No. 1 Minnan Building Materials Market in Shuitou, the stone industry has established its unshakable pillar industry status in Shuitou Town and contributed to the economic development of Shuitou Town. It has held up a blue sky and promoted Shuitou Town to gradually become an important distribution center for the flow of people, money, materials and information for international building materials.

In 2007, there were more than 1,000 stone companies in the town, with more than 300 sets (sets) of advanced professional production equipment, and nearly 70,000 management, technical and sales personnel engaged in stone industry production. The annual production and processing capacity is more than 100 million square meters and more than 30 million stone carvings, accounting for more than 40% of the national market demand. Among them, nine of the top ten stone companies in the country, including Global Stone, Gaoshi Stone, and Kangli Stone, have settled in Shuitou. Coupled with the rapid development of local companies such as Dongsheng Group, Huahui Group, and Xishi Group, Shuitou Town has gradually become a It is a place where the stone industry gathers and industry giants gather.

In order to better serve the development of the stone industry, Shuitou Town vigorously promotes the extension of the industrial chain and industrial supporting facilities, so that stone machinery, auxiliary materials, abrasive grinding tools, cutting tools, and stone handicrafts matching the stone The rapid development of other industries has formed a relatively complete stone industry supply chain. In 2007, there were 10 stone machinery companies, 8 abrasives production companies, and 100 diamond production companies in the town; among them, the nationally renowned stone machinery manufacturers Shanghai Feizhou and Guangdong Keda have settled in; artificial stone, round profiles, Special-shaped materials, thin plates, composite panels, mosaic processing, etc. are all available, and the technology is leading in the country.

The positive interactive development of market, industry and base is a major feature of the rapid expansion and rapid development of Shuitou stone industry. In accordance with the requirements of "big market, big commerce, and big circulation" and the goals of "high starting point planning, high-speed construction, and high-level management", Shuitou Town has accelerated the pace of market construction and built the first building materials market in southern Fujian. It is the country’s largest “building materials supermarket” consisting of five major sectors: stone raw materials market, stone ceramics comprehensive city, stone processing area and stone exhibition center. It is also the largest, highest-standard and most-managed stone wholesale market in Southeast Asia and one of the first batch of “five-level building materials supermarkets” in the country. Star Building Materials Market", Asia's largest stone logistics center and largest stone import and export base. Through the drive and radiation of the market, the flow of people, logistics, information, capital and technology in Shuitou has been greatly accelerated, attracting many elites in the stone industry to invest in Shuitou, driving the rapid development of the stone industry and becoming a global The largest industrial cluster in the province.