Maotang Township is located in the northwest of Xichuan County and adjacent to Xixia County in the north. Most of the township is in the deep mountains, and the forest coverage rate exceeds 50%.
Based on the advantages of local resources, Maotang Township is committed to developing an eco-economic belt integrating tourism, sightseeing and picking. They invested millions of yuan to open a 70km mountain road, and gave various preferential measures such as policies, funds and land transfer, which attracted 13 enterprises such as Jinguoli, Yuan Ke Bio, Lv Xin Company, Danjiangyuan Tea Industry and Chudu Hotel to enter the ecological construction in mountainous areas.