Guantao county has a solid industrial foundation and obvious characteristics and advantages. Guantao is "the hometown of laying hens in China", and the laying hens industry is a characteristic industry with the largest scale, the highest output value and the most benefits to the people in the county. The number of laying hens in the county is 0/90,000, ranking first in the country per capita. It is known as "a Guantao county in Handan, and two eggs per capita in the country". The vegetable planting area in the county has grown to 1.55 million mu, including 80,000 mu of pollution-free vegetables, which is the "hometown of vegetables in Hebei Province". The bearing industry has developed rapidly. Relying on Shandong Yandian Market, the largest bearing market in China, a 5-kilometer-long low-speed micro-bearing processing belt has been built, with 45 enterprises and 0/3 specialized villages. Annual processing capacity of bearings 1 100 million sets, with an annual output value of 520 million yuan. Taoshan black pottery is as black as paint, as bright as a mirror, as thin as paper and as hard as porcelain. It was named "Black Pottery Painted Pottery Creation Research Base" by the relevant state departments. At present, thousands of ceramic products have been developed, with an annual output value of 654.38+0.2 billion yuan, which are exported at home and abroad and favored by Chinese and foreign customers. The cotton spinning industry is led by Hongyuan Textile and Best Textile, with an annual output value of over 400 million yuan. A series of famous brand products such as "Donglong" wine, "Peacock" pickles, "Epidermal factor" biopharmaceuticals and "Huierwang" drinks have been formed in the pharmaceutical and food industry. The five leading industries of laying hens, vegetables, OEM processing, cotton spinning and medicine and food have effectively enhanced the core competitiveness of Guantao.
Guantao County has a rapid market construction and a prosperous commercial economy. Formed a number of large-scale professional wholesale markets such as Jinfeng Market, Taoshan Market and Jinlong Building Materials Market. Among them, Jinfeng Market is an agricultural and sideline products trading market integrating poultry and eggs trading, vegetable, fruit, feed wholesale and storage, with an annual trading volume of 3.8 billion yuan, which has been successively recognized as "designated market of the Ministry of Agriculture", "National Key Leading Enterprise of Agricultural Industrialization", "Top Ten Wholesale Markets of Meat, China Poultry and Eggs" (ranking 1) and "Top 100 Wholesale Markets of Agricultural and Sideline Products in China" (ranking No. Jinfeng market has become one of the largest wholesale markets for agricultural and sideline products in China.
Cixian County, formerly known as Cizhou, is located at the southern tip of Hebei Province. The total area of the county is 104 1 km2, and the total population is 6 1 10,000. It is one of the counties approved for opening to the outside world in the State Council. Cixian enjoys a superior geographical position and convenient transportation. Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces are thoroughfares, and Beijing-Guangzhou electrified railway and Beijing-Shenzhen expressway run through the north and south. Handan Airport is located at 10 km north of the county seat. Cixian county is rich in resources and special products. There are more than 20 kinds of proven mineral resources, including bituminous coal, limestone, refractory clay, clay, red sandstone, bentonite and water stone 10, with a total reserve of 2.3 billion tons. The recoverable amount of bituminous coal is 650 million tons. Liuhegou Coal Mine in Cixian County belongs to the main coking coal and high-quality power coal, which enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Cixian county has 700,000 mu of cultivated land, 240,000 mu of Yilin mountain farm and 50,000 mu of freshwater aquaculture area, and it is a grain-gathering county in Hebei Province. Cizhou rice, white lotus root and Fuyang River carp have long enjoyed a good reputation. Cixian has a long history, splendid culture and complete public service facilities. It is an ideal tourist destination. There are national and provincial cultural relics protection units 145 and county-level cultural relics protection units 16 in the county.
In 2008, the county's GDP reached 654.38+04.5 billion yuan, and its fiscal revenue was 654.38+04.5 billion yuan. In that year, the investment in fixed assets was 5.5 billion yuan, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3.5 billion yuan, and the balance of county deposits reached 5.8 billion yuan at the end of the year. In July 2008, Hebei Province announced the ranking of the comprehensive strength of the county economy in the province, and Cixian County ranked 29th, ranking among the top 30 in the province.