Qiaotou Town is located in the southwest of Yongjia County, on the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of Oujiang River. Jinliwen expressway and Provincial Highway 49 extend from west to east, and Guxi River runs through the whole territory from north to south. It is adjacent to Qiaoxia Town in the east, across the river from Lucheng District of Wenzhou City in the south, Wenxi Town of qingtian county City in the west and Xixi Township Basin in the north. Qiaoxia Town and Xia Qiao Street are adjacent to the whole town.

It covers an area of 90.60 square kilometers and has a population of 64,600. The town government is located in Qiaoxi Village with the postal code of 325 107. It has jurisdiction over 2 residential areas (Qiaodong and Vientiane) and 57 administrative villages (Baisha, Baixia, Baiyang, Dahuoxia, Di Xin, Eastbound, Dong 'ao, Dianbu, Fengshan, Gulian, Guangtou, Tanghe, Huangbao, Huangtan, Jietou, Jincun, Jinyao and Jingda) Songkeng and Tantou.

It is one of the top 100 towns with the best investment environment in China, a pilot town for comprehensive reform of small towns in Zhejiang Province and a top 30 town with strong economy in Wenzhou. In 2002, "China Zipper Town" and "China Button Capital" were worthy of the name.

In 2004, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 4.427 billion yuan, up15.3% year-on-year; The total industrial output value was 4.322 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of15.6%; The fiscal revenue was 65.438+0.32 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 654.38+0.6%; The per capita income of farmers was 10 12 1 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The comprehensive economic indicators rank 556th among the top 1000 towns in China and 9th among the top 30 towns in Wenzhou.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, people at Qiaotou, who had a business tradition, started an unprecedented general mobilization of wealth under the inspiration of the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party. From 65438 to 0979, Qiaotou people began to sell buttons from Huangyan and other places in Zhejiang, and set up the first button booth. From 65438 to 0982, there are more than 300 booths selling buttons in the town. 1983, Yongjia County People's Government officially approved the opening of Qiaotou Button Market. At this point, China's first rural professional free market-Qiaotou Button Market has quietly formed.