In 2000, Yangqu Town was identified as one of the 65,438+000 pilot towns by Shanxi Provincial Government, and in 2004, it was identified as one of the six key towns in China by ADB's small town loan project.

In recent years, a group of people from the Party Committee and Government of Yangqu Town have united and led the people of the town. Based on "One Park, One Belt and Four Bases", with the goal of solving the problems of agriculture, countryside and farmers, especially increasing farmers' income, we will pay close attention to the three industrial constructions and comprehensively promote various social undertakings. Significant progress has been made in the construction of small towns, and the pattern of agricultural industrialization has taken shape. The settlement of stainless steel eco-processing industry in Yangqu Town has also injected fresh blood into the economic development of Yangqu Town. In 2004, the total rural economic income of the town reached 480 million yuan, the fiscal revenue was 7.33 million yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 34,465,438 yuan +0 yuan RMB, and the total industrial output value was 660.5 million yuan. The development pattern of small towns dominated by industry has been initially realized.