Machang New Town, a historic town in Huaihai Economic Zone, is located 23 kilometers east of Shuyang County. Racecourse New Town covers an area of 222.06 square kilometers and governs 52 villages, 7 neighborhood committees and 45 administrative villages with a population of about 200,000. In 2065,438+03, the total fiscal revenue was 380 million yuan. The ancient town of Machang covers an area of 2.6 square kilometers. It is said that the cavalry of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, won the battle in the south. When the team was resting, they saw that the grass was rich, the water was sweet and the climate was pleasant, so they set out to rest here. When people saw Maddox, they called it "Racecourse", which later evolved into "Racecourse". It has a history of more than 600 years. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was the seat of Racecourse Township, and 1954 was the first town in Shuyang, namely Shucheng Town and machang town. 1958 set up people's commune, 1984 changed to ma chang xiang, 1986 abandoned villages to build towns. 20 13 in order to further realize the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and give full play to the overall linkage effect of Suqian city, Suqian city put forward the urban layout development strategy of "one axis, two auxiliary nine cities". As an upgrading model of "expanding power and strengthening towns", Suqian planning has gradually formed a development axis of Suqian central city with Suqian central city, Yanghe New District and Siyang City as the core nodes, Shuyang County and Sihong County as the sub-centers of urban and rural spatial development, and 9 towns such as Racecourse and Shuanggou as the main bodies. . Racecourse New Town has convenient transportation and elegant environment. Provincial Highway 326 runs through the east and west, and Liutang River and Chainan River run through the hinterland. East 12km and west 12km are respectively connected with Ninglian Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and Xinchang Railway, and it takes only 40 minutes from Racecourse to Lianyungang Airport and Port. The region is rich in natural products and developed in economy. It has always been the economic, political, cultural and transportation center in the east of Shuyang County.