Jiusuo Town is located in the southwest coast of Ledong County, which is one of the towns with relatively developed economy and culture.
The town governs 24 administrative villages (including 3 Li villages) with a total population of 70,096 (including 5,467 Li compatriots). The town covers an area of 248.6 square kilometers, and the cultivated land area is 959 10 mu (including 5065438 mu of paddy field and 47745 mu of dry land). There are more than 8,000 mu of farmland here, with fertile land and good irrigation conditions. It is mild and humid all year round, with spring-like seasons, with an average annual temperature of 20-26℃, average sunshine 1300 hours and annual precipitation 1653.4 mm. It is an ideal natural greenhouse in Ledong County. Since 1984, agricultural experts from many provinces and cities in China have come to this town to produce corn and rice seeds every year. It is an advanced township in seed production in China.
In recent years, the town has continuously improved and optimized the investment environment and made full use of the advantages of local resources to develop efficient agriculture. At present, companies such as Zhonghuan Manor, Lvnong Company and Hengsheng Company have carried out agricultural development in this town, investing 82 million yuan to plant tropical fruits 1.62 million mu. The town has 400 mu of pollution-free melon and vegetable production base and 9000 mu of banana planting demonstration base. In 2002, the town's agricultural output value was 376.25 million yuan, up 9% year-on-year, including melon and vegetable planting 18945 mu, output of 5.2612 tons, output value of 76.03 million yuan, tropical fruit planting of 9,500 mu, output of 90,000 tons, output value of 82 million yuan, and per capita net income of 3,502,002.
The transportation in the town is convenient, and expressway on the western line of the sea, expressway around the island and March 8th Railway pass through the town. It is listed as a demonstration town of "100 towns construction plan" in the province. At present, the construction of nine new areas is in full swing, the foundation has been basically completed, the development scale of new areas is growing, and the investment environment is increasingly optimized, which has become a good place for investment developers. .