According to the website of Muping District Network Publicity Office in Yantai City, the town has a total area of 160 square kilometers, with 53.6 1 square kilometers of cultivated land and 2.25 mu of cultivated land per capita. It has a population of 36,000, governs 56 natural villages, and has the largest local medium-sized reservoir, Gaoling Reservoir, with a storage capacity of 67 million square meters. The town is dominated by agriculture, mainly producing corn, wheat, peanuts and apples.
There are two Sino-foreign joint ventures in this town, including textile, construction and installation, gold mining, chemical industry and private enterprises.
In 2004, the town's GDP was 250 million yuan, and its export earned 4.44 million US dollars. There are 1 health center, 68 rural medical points and 2 high schools. Seven primary and secondary schools. There is a quadrangle Gezhuang hot spring sanatorium in the territory.