Primary Industry In 1949, the grain yield per mu was 87 kilograms, and the total output was 5.8145 million kilograms. After cooperativeization, the grain yield per mu reached 166 kilograms in 1958, and the total output was 11.918 million kilograms. In 1978, the grain yield per mu was 240 kilograms, and the total output was 14.033 million kilograms.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the household contract responsibility system was implemented, which mobilized farmers' enthusiasm for production. The town's agricultural science and technology personnel sent science and technology to the countryside to advocate scientific farming. In 2000, the town's grain sown area decreased, with an output of 653 kilograms per mu and a total output of 5.8 million kilograms.
The town has fertile land. In 1979, 16 production brigades were classified as Qingdao's professional vegetable teams, with a vegetable field area of ??2117.07 hectares, accounting for 67.29% of the arable land, and an annual supply of 260.51 million kilograms of vegetables to Qingdao. In May 1994, Chengyang New District was built in the center of the town. The area of ??vegetable fields was greatly reduced. The town adjusted the planting structure in a timely manner and established 8 high-efficiency agricultural demonstration parks including Houtian Village, Gumiaotou Village, and Zaohu Village. Houtian Village Demonstration Garden covers an area of ??44 hectares, planting more than 40 kinds of foreign famous, high-quality, rare and special potted flowers and a variety of famous and high-quality pollution-free vegetables, with an annual economic income of more than 11 million yuan. The pollution-free vegetable garden in Gumiaotou Village has been designated as a municipal vegetable demonstration area by the Qingdao Municipal Finance and Trade Commission. It cultivates 3 million high-quality vegetable seedlings in each season and produces 3.5 million kilograms of commercial vegetables annually. Fruit trees such as apples, peaches, and grapes are planted in the eastern hills and mountains, with an annual output of 501,000 kilograms of fruit.
The town attaches great importance to afforestation and creates a beautiful and comfortable environment. Plant 45,000 cypress, black pine, juniper and other trees in mountainous areas. There are 178,000 plain forest nets and 178,000 poplar, Salix, metasequoia, and French paulownia trees planted on all sides. There are 74.6 hectares of economic forest land such as ginkgo and tea, and 51.7 hectares of nursery land.
In 2000, the town achieved a total agricultural output value of 130.25 million yuan (constant price) and an added value of 158 million yuan (current price). Among them, the planting industry is 86.47 million yuan, the forestry and fruit industry is 1.18 million yuan, and the livestock and fishery industry is 42.6 million yuan. The output value ratio of grain and economic crops is 3:7.
Second Industry Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, apart from a few small private factories such as matches and flour in Chengyang Village, there were only individual handicraft industries such as brick-making, pot-burning, and oil-pressing in the area. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was little development. After 1958, enterprises such as Chengyang recycled cotton weaving factory, repair factory, pellet factory, cement factory, barrel making factory, woodware factory, Donglin reduction machinery factory and Chengyang tractor station were established. In 1978, there were 59 commune and brigade enterprises, with a total output value of 23.2 million yuan, profits and taxes of 4.69 million yuan, and 3,200 employees. After 1978, Chengyang Cultural, Educational and Chemical Factory, Transformer Factory, Shoe Factory, Cable Factory, Powder Coating Factory, Boiler Factory, Valve Factory, etc. were established. In 1984, there were 203 enterprises. After the reform of the rural system, commune and brigade enterprises were transformed into township and village enterprises, and their development accelerated. In 1990, there were 307 enterprises in towns and villages, with 18,255 employees and a total annual output value of 449.24 million yuan. In 1991, in the selection of "Top 100 Township Enterprises in China", the town ranked 39th among the top 100 towns with the highest output value in the country. In 1992, the company implemented industrial restructuring, vigorously improved product quality and technological content, and enhanced market competitiveness. The town's three seafood processing group companies - Qingdao Jiayuan Aquatic Products Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao Yilufa Group Co., Ltd., and Qingdao Zhengjin Industrial Group Co., Ltd., are composed of Chengyang Particle Factory, Chengyang Second Cement Factory, Chengyang Ruyilin Food Factory was restructured. The three companies now have the annual processing capacity of 108,500 tons of seafood, own cold storage of more than 75,000 tons of frozen products, and have self-operated import and export rights. Their products are sold to the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. More than 20 countries and regions. The "Yilufa" brand Fu, Shou, Xi fish cakes and simulated crab meat produced by Yilufa Group Company won the gold medal at the second China Agricultural Expo, the gold medal at the first China International Food Expo, the new product award and the best-selling product award. The frozen cod fillet series produced by Zhengjin Group Company won the gold medal at the 5th China New Technology Products Expo.
The "Xiyingmen" brand towel and quilt series produced by Qingdao Xiyingmen Group Company won the Golden Bridge Award for the country's best-selling domestic famous brand product for four consecutive years from 1992 to 1995, as well as the honors of China Famous Brand Product, China Home Textile Industry Famous Brand, and Shandong Famous Brand Product. . The "Qingte" brand 10-40T container semi-trailer produced by Qingdao Special Automobile Group Co., Ltd. won the gold medal of the Second China High-Quality and Famous Brand Products Expo and the title of Shandong Famous Brand Product. The WL worm gear reducer developed and produced by Qingdao Donglin Reduction Machinery Factory won the gold medal at the 8th National Invention Exhibition. The IDM-S remote-controlled electric telescopic door produced by Qingdao Tongshuai Electric Door Co., Ltd. has filled the gap in domestic products of this type. In 1992, the total output value of enterprises in towns and villages was 932.06 million yuan, and profits and taxes were 97.64 million yuan. It formed advantageous industries such as light textiles, machinery, food and beverages, chemical building materials, etc., and famous and high-quality products such as quilts, container trailers, seafood, and transformers. 11 leading enterprise groups. Qingdao Special Automobile Group Co., Ltd. and other 17 companies have passed ISO9001 and ISO9002 international quality standard certification. Famous trademarks include "Xiyingmen", "Qingte", "Kaifu", "Tongshuai", "Yingchunle", etc. In the 1980s, with the first foreign (Thailand) wholly-owned enterprise in Shandong Province, Qingdao Zhengda Co., Ltd., settling in the town, the pace of opening up to the outside world further accelerated. In 1994, the town introduced 15 foreign investment projects, with contracted foreign capital utilization of US$13.03 million and actual utilization of foreign capital of US$8.6 million. In 2000, the scale of the town's introduction of foreign investment continued to expand, with a total of 220 foreign investment projects introduced, with contracted foreign investment of 210 million US dollars; actual foreign investment utilization of 100 million US dollars, the introduction of 88 domestic investment projects, contracted domestic investment of 1.16 billion yuan, and actual utilization of domestic investment of 278 million yuan. billion, and foreign-funded enterprises paid US$40.12 million in taxes. More than 300 corporate products have entered the international market, generating an annual foreign exchange of US$340 million.
Construction industry: In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the town only had masons who combined agriculture and industry. After 1958, infrastructure teams of each brigade were established one after another. In 1977, the Chengyang People's Commune Construction Team was established. In 1978, *** had 10 construction teams with 580 employees. After 1984, 12 construction companies were established in the town. Construction companies have upgraded their qualification levels by learning advanced construction techniques and updating equipment. Chengyang Hengtai Construction Co., Ltd. undertook the construction of the No. 3 residential building in the New District North Community of the Chengyang District Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China in 1996, which was rated as a quality project in Shandong Province. In 2000, there were 12 construction companies in the town, with 2,832 employees and 365 professional and technical personnel, with an output value of 281.2 million yuan and profits and taxes of 27 million yuan.
In 2000, the number of enterprises run by towns and villages increased to 560, with 28,236 employees and 1.17757 billion yuan in fixed assets. The town completed a total industrial output value of 7.50912 billion yuan, completed an added value of 1.582 billion yuan, and generated profits and taxes of 4.12 billion yuan. billion.
Tertiary industry Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, only Chengyang and Zhongcun villages in the town had markets and shops in the commercial, catering and service industries. In 1951, Chengyang Town Consumer Cooperative and Zhongcun Liancun Supply and Marketing Cooperative were established. In 1953, socialist transformation of private industry and commerce was carried out. In 1956, Chengyang and Zhongcun cooperatives were merged to form Chengyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative. In 1961, it was renamed Chengyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which consisted of 11 village supply and marketing stores and 6 purchasing and sales agencies. point, collective commerce is growing day by day. In 1972, Chengyang Department Store was built and became a shopping mall in Chengyang area. After 1978, individual and private commerce, the catering industry, and the service industry became increasingly prosperous, with the number of individual industrial and commercial households reaching 1,305. In 1985, the Chengyang Vegetable Wholesale Market was established, housing more than 16,000 stalls of vegetables, aquatic products, fruits, non-staple food, and department stores. In 1994, Chengyang Vegetable Wholesale Market was rated as one of the "Top 100 Industries in China" by the National Bureau of Statistics, ranking fifth among the top 100 markets. In the 1990s, the individual and private economy developed rapidly. There were more than 3,600 stalls in the town's Zhongcun, Xichenghui, Dazhoucun, Beiqu and other markets, as well as the small commodity and food streets in Nantuan and Xiaozhaizi villages. In 2000, the town had 2167 individual industrial and commercial households in commerce, catering, and services, employing 13,000 people.
In 2000, the added value of the tertiary industry was 486 million yuan, and taxes paid were 46.22 million yuan.
Featured industries: There are 11 large enterprise groups in the territory, including Qingdao Xiyingmen Group Co., Ltd., Qingdao Transformer Group Co., Ltd., and Qingdao Special Automobile Group Co., Ltd., and 7 industrial parks and 8 high-efficiency agricultural parks have been established. The establishment of these enterprise groups and parks has built characteristic industries with township enterprises as the backbone and suburban-type efficient foreign exchange-earning agriculture as the basis. The town is located in the suburbs of Qingdao and is the seat of the Chengyang District Government. As Qingdao further opens up to the outside world, the export-oriented economy and real estate development industry have become emerging industries.