From 198 1, Huidong established its first shoe-making enterprise. Up to now, Huidong has cultivated four famous shoe-making towns, namely, Huangbu, Keelung, Pingshan and Daling. The number of shoe-making enterprises has grown to more than 4,800, and 9 national inspection-free products, 2 1 famous trademarks and 7 Guangdong famous brand products have been cultivated. There are 325,000 employees in the footwear industry in the county, accounting for two-thirds of the non-agricultural employees in the county. The annual output of shoes is 660 million pairs, and the output value exceeds 654.38+08 billion yuan.