The practice of Nantai town shows that the construction of small towns has a great influence on rural economic and social development, which is the Nantai effect. 1. promoted the rapid development of regional economy. 1999, the total social income of Nantai Town reached 510.50 billion yuan, which was 2.6 times higher than 199 1 year. The fiscal revenue reached 38.23 million yuan, 8.7 times higher than that of 199 1; The market turnover reached 3 billion yuan, up 199 1 year; The per capita income of farmers reached 4680 yuan, 5.2 times that of 199 1. Residents' savings deposits reached 520 million yuan, an increase of seven times compared with 199 1. Nantai Town has successively ranked among the top five towns in Haicheng, the top ten towns in Anshan and the top 100 towns in Liaoning Province. 2. Promote market development and enhance market radiation function. Now, the luggage market in Nantai Town has become the largest professional wholesale market for luggage in China and one of the important tourist attractions in Anshan. Its products are not only sold to more than 20 provinces and cities in China, but also exported to Russia, the United States, South Africa, Romania and some countries and regions in Southeast Asia. The egg market has also become the largest fresh egg circulation, price guidance and information transmission center in China. Eggs are mainly sold to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and Nantai has become the largest fresh egg reserve and supply base in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The increasing market radiation has effectively stimulated consumption, expanded domestic demand and brought about the rapid development of the tertiary industry. There are more than 200 hotels and restaurants in Nantai Town, and 18 passenger and cargo transportation lines have been opened in Guangzhou and Baigou, and 12 packing and tally points have been set up. There are nearly 1,000 motor vehicles in Nantai Town and more than 5,000 employees in the tertiary industry. The proportion of employees in the primary, secondary and tertiary industries reaches 18:43:39. 3. Improve the investment environment and promote the development of township enterprises. The improvement of urban environment has stimulated social investment. At the same time, with the formation of leading industries such as luggage processing, Nantai Town has become a hot spot for domestic and foreign merchants and people of insight to compete for investment. At present, there are 5 new foreign-funded enterprises, of which 2 have invested more than 1 100 million yuan. A high-grade luggage industrial park with more than 20 related enterprises has been initially built, and the largest integrated and specialized luggage and laying hen development enterprise group in Northeast China has been built, with an annual output value of 3 billion yuan. 4. Promote agricultural scale operation. The development and transformation of cities and towns and the prosperity of the market have accelerated the division of labor in rural areas and promoted the rational flow of rural surplus labor. A group of farmers left the land to live in towns and engage in processing and business activities. They gradually transferred the contracted land to large farmers, which effectively promoted the moderate scale operation of agriculture. At present, there are more than 50 large-scale breeding households in Nantai Town, which cultivate more than 100 mu of land and manage more than 9,000 mu of land, accounting for the total cultivated land area of Nantai Town. It has improved the living environment and promoted the progress of social civilization. With the continuous expansion of urban radiation area and the multi-directional inflow of foreign population, the information of various places has been aggregated and the degree of openness has been continuously improved. At the same time, the gradual improvement of urban supporting facilities and the increase of various cultural education and modern entertainment have profoundly changed people's consumption concept and lifestyle, and their urban awareness, health awareness and civilization awareness have been generally enhanced, and their quality of life has been significantly improved. Nantai Town has been rated as a civilized town in Liaoning Province for 10 years.