Grain crops are mainly wheat and corn, and cash crops are mainly cotton. It is an important commodity grain and high-quality cotton production base. Animal husbandry has developed rapidly, with 900,000 laying hens and nearly 20,000 live pigs. Township enterprises have sprung up suddenly, and their development fields involve more than ten industries such as wine making, oil and fat, food processing, mechanical paper making and construction. A well-known agricultural and sideline products processing park in Weihui City has been formed along Xinfan Highway. The economy with regional characteristics is booming, and the five agricultural production bases of forest fruits, vegetables, high-quality wheat, laying hens and pigs have achieved economies of scale. 1997 Xinxiang was named xiaokang town, and 1998 was identified as the pilot town of comprehensive reform in Henan province.