Puxiong Township governs six village committees, namely Puxiong, Zhichang, Longcha, Qishkeshu, Wanjiazhuang, and Tala, and 46 natural villages. At the end of 2003, the total number of households in the township was 2,993, with a total population of 12,361 people, of which the agricultural population accounted for the majority. The township had 25,764 acres of cultivated land, including 6,499 acres of paddy fields and 19,265 acres of dry land. It is mainly inhabited by Han, Yi, Hani, Miao and other ethnic groups. The ethnic minority population accounts for 54% of the total population. It is a mountainous ethnic minority township in the county.

Marigold, an agricultural specialty

Puxiong Township has historically suffered from slow economic development due to geographical, transportation, and location restrictions, lack of information, and lack of information. Agricultural production has long been dominated by traditional agriculture. The masses follow the backward and extensive farming methods, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Since the reform and opening up, Puxiong Township, with the care and support of governments at all levels, has based on the actual situation of the township, followed the scientific concept of development, innovated development ideas, and relied on resource development. Focus on cultivating agriculture and developing and utilizing mineral resources. Thanks to the hard work of the leaders of successive township party committees and governments, and through the unremitting efforts of the people of the township, various undertakings and the economy of the township have developed rapidly. In 2003, the township's total grain output was 6,531 tons, the total rural economic income reached 26.92 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 1.41229 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 816 yuan.

Puxiong Township relies on natural conditions and rich resources, and in accordance with the principles of scientific planning, innovative development ideas, and comprehensive development of mountainous areas. The focus is on cultivating agriculture, followed by giving full play to the advantages of mineral resources and cultural resources, improving the poverty and backwardness of Puxiong, promoting the development of advanced productive forces and advanced culture, and consolidating the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in Puxiong Township. In 2003, the total rural economic income of the township reached 26.92 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 1.4129 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 816 yuan, and the total grain output of the township was 6531 tons.

Puxiong Township takes strengthening the agricultural foundation as the focus and breakthrough point to accelerate economic development, grasping the important pillars of flue-cured tobacco and sugar cane, and highlighting the fulcrums of mining and animal husbandry. Actively broaden development paths and actively cultivate high-quality pears, marigolds, navel oranges, Chinese medicinal materials Dacaowu, Chinese bee breeding and other characteristic industries with potential for development, initially realizing the development pattern of "one township, one industry" and "one village, one product" . The now registered trademark "Puxiong soaked pear" has become a best-selling brand due to its exquisite quality, delicious taste and ability to stimulate body fluids and quench thirst. Puxiong Township is known as the "Hometown of Soaked Pear".

In 2003, the township had 1 junior middle school, 1 central primary school, and 21 schools. The total area of ??student dormitories was 2,282.8 square meters, and the area of ??teacher dormitories was 6,406 square meters. There are 10 junior high school teaching classes with 534 students in school; 72 primary school teaching classes with 1,251 students in school. The enrollment rate of school-age children is 99.82. Completed the configuration of multimedia classrooms and computer rooms in Puxiong Central Primary School and Jianshui No. 8 Middle School, and opened foreign language classes in the Central Primary School.

The total number of private enterprises in the township is 165, including: 162 individual enterprises and 3 private enterprises. There are 4 production mining areas in the township's mines, with more than 800 mining personnel.

Puxiong Township has a long history and culture. The Puxiong Guanyin Pavilion, built in the Qing Dynasty, was approved by the Jianshui County Government in 1999 as the third batch of county-level key cultural relics protection units. Puxiong Township has a profound folk cultural heritage, and the traditional folk culture represented by Tawa traditional lanterns and the Hani drum dance in Longcha Daluojiazhai has a long history. Puxiong Township has ethnic unity, all ethnic groups live in harmony, have traditional and simple folk customs, and are warm and hospitable. In May 2000, Puxiong Township was named: "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Social Library Department of the Ministry of Culture. "The Yi family's cottage is ringing with cigarette boxes, the village of lanterns is busy dancing, the Miao family's cottage is playing the reed pipe, and the Longcha River is surrounded by drums." This describes the hometown of Chinese folk art in Puxiong. There is one health center in the township with 9 employees and 12 hospital beds. There are 6 village-level health centers and 12 rural doctors. There is a cultural station with a collection of more than 610 books. Program-controlled telephones are available in every village. The penetration rate of radio and television reaches 60%. The entire township actively carries out spiritual civilization creation activities such as civilized villages, civilized units, and ten-star civilized households.