Taiping Township has strong comprehensive economic strength. In 2001, the township's total social output value was 235 million yuan, an increase of 10% over 2000, of which the output value of township enterprises was 160 million yuan, and the income from agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry was 125 million yuan. The per capita net income of farmers reached 2,458.00 yuan.
Animal husbandry is an important pillar industry in the township. Taiping Township is the number one pig-raising township in Zhaodong City, raising 100,000 high-quality pigs annually. In 2002, the township established a pollution-free pig-raising village, 12 pig-raising villages, and two pig-breeding communities. The township has a relatively complete live pig market system, with Daqing Jinluo Company as the leader, the Rural Construction Association, a village branch, and a broker.
Using scientific and advanced feeding technology, all pig farms (households) in the township implement greenhouse feeding linear fattening technology. Excellent maternal stock was bred. Lean "three-way" hybrid and "two-way" hybrid pigs such as York, Landrace, Haberdash, and Dika are commonly raised. Pig breeding has been established as the leading industry in the township and is developing in the direction of green breeding. Broiler production takes the form of "company plus farmers", and broiler products occupy an important position in the Zhaodong market. Beef cattle are raised using a combination of farm and household methods. There are 20 cattle farms raising more than 50 cattle. The annual beef cattle breeding capacity in the township is 6,000, making it an important beef cattle production base in Zhaodong City. The number of sheep (goat) sheep raised reaches 10,000. Income from animal husbandry has become the main way for the villagers to increase their income, the village to increase accumulation, the township to increase financial resources, and the three levels of society to become rich.
Vegetable production has become the main direction of structural adjustment of the township’s planting industry. The existing vegetable planting area is 1,400 hectares, accounting for 20% of the cultivated land. It provides 60 million kilograms of commercial vegetables to the market every year and is the main vegetable producing area in Zhaodong City. In the past few years, the township government has invested more than 10 million yuan to build four vegetable base villages and two agricultural demonstration parks. We applied to register the "Tonghe Brand" vegetable trademark and established the Taiping Vegetable Wholesale Market. A total of 350 greenhouses have been built in the township, covering an area of ??400 hectares.
Qingfeng Village’s shed oyster mushroom production has not only become an important base in Zhaodong City, but has also entered the Harbin market. Specialty grain cultivation has become an important part of agricultural cultivation in the township. The area of ??cereals, millet and other miscellaneous grains, as well as red, white, black, yellow, green and other miscellaneous beans reaches 260 hectares.
The sericulture, flue-cured tobacco industry, and Chinese herbal medicine cultivation have become emerging industries in the township. The township has a mulberry tree nursery base, which can plant 1,500 acres of mulberry trees. The flue-cured tobacco industry is one of the seven towns where flue-cured tobacco is grown in Zhaodong City, and it is gradually expanding its scale and developing in the direction of tax-generating agriculture. Licorice cultivation is developing towards branding. The township's agriculture has formed a pattern of characteristic, green and profitable large-scale suburban agriculture.
Individual and private enterprises have become the main force of township enterprises. There are 270 individual and private enterprises in the township, of which 8 have an annual output value of more than 1 million yuan. The total output value of township enterprises accounts for 56% of the total social output value of the township. Continuously attracting investment and establishing large-scale enterprises have become the common sense of the township party committee, government and the people of the township.
The southern Taiping Township land of Zhaodong Reservoir and the original site of Zhaodong Sugar Factory have been established as Taiping Township Industrial Community. For those who invest and set up factories in the community, in addition to fully implementing the city's preferential policies, one issue will be discussed and one enterprise will be given full autonomy and maximum support services.
The "Green Bank" has become an important follow-up force for the development of the township. Taiping Township currently has 1,651 hectares of forest trees, and both the number of trees in existence and the amount of trees in stock rank among the top in the city. In 2001, 110 hectares of forests were planted in the township, and in 2002, another 133 hectares were planted. Taking advantage of the "Fourth Phase of Northeast Shelterbelt Transformation", the township has increased afforestation efforts and adopted a scientific and effective operating mechanism. The entire township has achieved a complete forest network, with forests in every village and every village, and trees planted in every household. The environment, ecological benefits and economic benefits have been highly unified, and it has become a "green bank" at the township, village and civilian levels.
Various social undertakings in Taiping Township have been developed in a coordinated manner. 2 kilometers of asphalt roads and 6.5 kilometers of standard gravel roads have been built. Efforts have been made to transform housing into bricks and tiles. The rate of bricks and tiles has reached 80%. The per capita living area in the countryside 25 square meters, 4 new deep wells have been built for disease prevention and water supply, and 4 villages have access to tap water.
In 2002, 500 new program-controlled telephones were added, bringing the total number to 1,500, and the telephone penetration rate reached 30%. Cable TV has been opened in the township, and the two villages of Donghe and Qunli have realized multi-channel microwave reception of TV. In the past few years, more than 4 million yuan has been invested in education, and a standardized Taiping Middle School teaching building has been built, with five rooms including an electronic classroom, a computer room, a library, a language room, and a laboratory. Five new standardized primary schools were built and six primary schools were renovated to meet standardized standards.