Laozhai Town has a developed agricultural industry, with wheat and rice breeding as its leading agriculture. The main breeding products are mutton sheep and pigs, and the main aquatic products are river crabs, lobsters, and improved fish species. Modern characteristic agriculture has formed characteristic aquaculture parks centered on Houyao, Qianliu, Donglixi and Chaozhuang, characteristic wheat and rice breeding bases centered on Biianzhuang, Xulou and Xichengxi, and Liuzhai, Wang Zhuang, Xulou and Xichengxicun chicken demonstration parks and Yiweizhuang, Sihe, Yihe and Laodong pig demonstration parks.
In 2012, the cultivated land area of ??Laozhai Town was 35,400 acres, with an average cultivated land of 1.1 acres per capita. All of it was irrigated land, mainly planting rice and wheat. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery reached 332.16 million yuan, an increase of 1.2% over 2011. In 2012, the sown area of ??grain crops was 4655.2 hectares, with a total output of 36,200 tons; melons and vegetables were 30 hectares, with a total output of 0.0981 million tons; cotton was 30 hectares, with a total output of 0.0096 tons; the output value of the planting industry was 112.61 million yuan. 16 hectares of forest were planted throughout the year, with the forest coverage rate reaching 33.1%. The total fruit output was 93 tons; the forestry output value was 13.58 million yuan. At the end of the year, there were 43 large livestock, 27,400 pigs, 8,700 sheep, 107,000 poultry, and the total output value of animal husbandry was 58.72 million yuan. The total volume of aquatic products is 9,017 tons, and the total fishery output value is 127.531 million yuan. The total power of agricultural machinery reaches 80,000 kilowatts. Relying on Huxi Mine and Shuanghe Coal Mine, Laozhai Town focuses on planning the upstream and downstream industrial chain projects of the two major projects and other related industries, and builds 5,000 acres of coal washing, coal chemical industry, coal electricity and alkali, thermal power, coal machine services, etc. The integrated Yutai County Huxi Industrial Park has turned Laozhai into an important coal chemical industry base in Jining City.
In 2012, the total industrial output value of Laozhai Town was 1.86 billion yuan, and profits and taxes were 216 million yuan, an increase of 41.7% over 2011. There are 3 projects with fixed asset investment exceeding 100 million yuan: Huxi Mine of Daizhuang Shengjian Coal Mine in Shandong Province with a total investment of 800 million yuan, Shuanghe Coal Mine with a total investment of 1 billion yuan, and Xindong Chemical Project with a total investment of 320 million yuan.
Laozhai Town holds the Spring Festival mass art evening, the Lantern Festival mass art performance and the square dance competition. 28 villages have formed their own cultural teams. During major holidays, each village's art teams are organized to conduct cultural and art performances at the right time. Show.
At the end of 2012, the town had 1 town cultural station, 28 village-level cultural activity centers, 30 cultural professional households, 20 libraries of various types, and a collection of more than 100,000 books. Highway
The Zaocao Line Provincial Highway runs through Laozhai Town.
The Laozhai Passenger Transport Point was built in 1988, with 50 passenger buses running daily and an average daily capacity of more than 890 passengers.
In 2007, the village-to-village access project was implemented, and all administrative villages within the territory were connected to cement roads.
Waterway
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes by, and the Fuxinghe Laozhai operating area is built at the port. Thousand-ton ships can reach Suzhou and Hangzhou directly.
Railway
The Laolong Railway (Yutai Laozhai to Longgu, Pei County) is under construction. The construction of small towns in Laozhai Town is based on "two mines and one area" and drives the development of the town through industrial agglomeration. Plan and construct industrial areas, commercial areas, residential areas, and administrative service areas to improve the resident functions and build Yutai economic sub-center.
In 2012, more than 5,800 meters of new village-level roads were built in Laozhai Town, 4,600 meters of drainage pipes were laid on both sides of the main roads in the town, and 342 street lights were installed. At the end of 2012, there were 3 flower beds in the town and a green area of 2,000 square meters and more than 3,200 meters of green streets. Road hardening was fully completed in 2013. In 2014, the town greened, lit up and beautified 28 administrative villages. A fitness cultural square was built in all villages, and a large central cultural square was built in the town residence.
In terms of the construction of new rural communities, the construction of new communities in Dushan Community (coal relocation) and Xulou Community has been launched. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Laozhai was a barren lake with floodplains and suffered nine disasters in ten years. Since the rice reform was implemented in 1965, Laozhai has carried out large-scale farmland water conservancy infrastructure construction, forming a relatively complete water conservancy network that ensures harvests during droughts and floods.
As of the end of 2012, Laozhai Town has 15 drainage and irrigation stations, 22 irrigation stations, and 37 stations, responsible for the 28 administrative villages and military farms in Laozhai Town. More than 40,000 acres of drainage and irrigation tasks. 37 stations have 93 organic rooms and 97 management rooms; 16 water conservancy station buildings and 14 tile-roofed houses; 24 transformers of 4350 (KVA); 69 electrical panels; 27 70-type water pumps and 21 50-type water pumps. There are 23 30-type water pumps and 71 water pumps; 24 80-type motors, 21 55-type motors, and 23 30-type water pumps with a total output of 3800 (KW); 133 employees.