In recent years, around the idea of "government guidance, market operation, industrial support and rolling development", the town party committee and government have taken the new path of "Jade Capital, Greentown and Water Town" as the goal, and the industry supports the market, the market pulls the industry, and the market construction drives the urban construction and development. There have been 14 professional jade carving villages, and four professional markets have been built, including jade agate market, jade bracelet market, jade cabbage market, jade carving decoration market and jade carving bay comprehensive market. At present, there are more than 4,000 jade carving processing enterprises with more than 30,000 employees, and more than 30,000 pieces of jade carving products are produced and sold every year. Since 1985, 196 jade articles have won provincial and ministerial quality product awards, among which the unique jade article "Wan Li Great Wall" is displayed in the Great Hall of the People as a national treasure. The development of jade carving has led to the rapid rise of tourist handicrafts such as strange stones, antiques, calligraphy and painting, porcelain, bone carving, horn carving and copper products. At present, it has formed the largest distribution center for handicraft processing and sales in China, with jade carving as the main part and other jewelry and antiques as the supplement. The development of industry and the construction of market have promoted the all-round development of economic and social undertakings. Shifosi Town has been successively rated as "National Civilized Market Town", "Top 100 Small Town Construction Pilot Town in Henan Province", "Zhongzhou Famous Town" and "City Three-Star Town". Shifosi, a famous town in Zhongzhou, is located in the northwest of zhenping county, southwest of Henan Province, with 207 national highway in the east, National Highway 3 12 in the south, Funiu Mountain in the north, Ningxi Railway passing through the territory, and Zhaohe River running through the whole territory. Zhaowan Reservoir, a national secondary reservoir with a storage capacity of 6,543.8 billion cubic meters, is embedded in the north of Zhenbei like a bright pearl. The town covers an area of 148 square kilometers, governs 22 administrative villages, 1 neighborhood committee, and has a population of 5 1 person. It is a civilized ancient town with rich products and convenient transportation, and has the reputation of "the hometown of jade carving". It is the birthplace of Nanyang jade carving, the only jade carving production and sales center in Henan and the largest jade carving processing and sales distribution center in China.
The town is characterized by jade carving, rich in raw materials and complete in products. The raw materials mainly include Nanyang Duyu, Liaoning Xiuyu, Afu white marble, Canadian Jasper, Russian white jade and various crystals and agates. The products mainly include nearly 5,000 varieties of ornaments in two series and ten categories. The variety is complete and the grades are diverse, which makes the stone Buddha temple jade carving famous at home and abroad. There are 0/4 specialized villages and 4 specialized markets in the town, with nearly 20,000 jade carving employees and more than 4,000 jade carving processing enterprises (households). Among them, there are 4 enterprises with fixed assets1000000 yuan or more, including Nanying Jade Carving Craft Factory and Goldman Sachs Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd., and the annual production and sales of jade carving products are 138. In the past 1985 alone, 196 jade articles won provincial and ministerial quality product awards, among which the unique jade article "Wan Li Great Wall" was displayed in the Great Hall of the People. At the same time, the development of jade carving industry has led to the rapid rise of tourist handicrafts such as strange stones, antiques, calligraphy and painting, porcelain, bone carving, horn carving and copper products. At present, it has formed the largest distribution center for the processing and sales of handicrafts in China, with jade carvings as the mainstay and other jewelry and antiques as the supplement.
The professional jade carving market in Shifosi is huge. There are four professional markets: jade agate market, jade carving market, jade cabbage market, jade carving ornaments market and jade carving bay comprehensive market. Among them, Jade Carving Bay Comprehensive Market is a comprehensive jade carving professional market and political and economic center integrating processing, commerce, tourism, leisure and entertainment, with a total planned area of 2 square kilometers, which consists of five major parts: administrative area, business area, industrial park, villa area and leisure and entertainment area. Green grass and weeping willows are dotted with sporadic commercial villas. The Jade Culture Square and the Central Business District accommodate more than 500 jewelry and jade carving shops, with more than 5,000 passengers for leisure and shopping every day and a daily turnover of nearly 2 million yuan.