Since the reform and opening up, under the leadership of Hanshan County Party Committee and government, Cao Yun Town has seized the opportunity to accelerate its development, and its social and economic outlook has undergone tremendous changes. The transportation is more convenient. Caohe River is navigable for 500-ton freighters, with an annual circulation of over10 million tons. Tayun Expressway runs through the whole territory, and the water goes up along Chaohu Lake and inaction, down along yuxikou, and directly reaches Wuhu and Nanjing. There are more than 10 land shuttle buses to Hanshan, Hexian, Chaohu, Wuhu, Maanshan, Hefei, Nanjing, Shanghai and Beijing every day. The land in the town is very fertile. Besides rice, cotton, melons and fruits, vegetables, water chestnut and water lotus root, it is also rich in mandarin fish, crucian carp, mandarin fish (chubby fish), mandarin fish (snakehead fish), bighead carp, silver carp, carp and eel. "Sanchahe Crab" is generally healthy, with fat yellow meat and tender meat. Because of the rapid water flow here, it can be flipped freely on the smooth glass plate, and it tastes delicious and sells well both inside and outside the province. Cao Yun cuisine "roast duck with pine branches" is crispy and delicious, with a unique flavor and a long-standing reputation; "Yun" brand series liquor won the international gold medal and national excellent products; "Gynostemma pentaphyllum" low-alcohol health wine fills the gap in China. Cultural, educational and health undertakings have also developed rapidly. There are 1 complete middle schools, 2 junior high schools, 12 complete primary schools, 3 kindergartens, 4 health clinics, 20 clinics, cultural stations, radio stations, cable TV, program-controlled telephones, tap water and other towns with complete functions. Cao Yun Primary School is a provincial rural demonstration primary school. Cao Yun Hospital was rated as a first-class and first-class hospital and baby-friendly hospital by the Provincial Health Department. The newly-built "Liaohuazhou Vegetable Market" is one of the large-scale farmers' markets in towns and villages in the province.

In recent years, Cao Yun Town has focused on economic construction, concentrated its efforts and accelerated its development. Taking agricultural industrialization as a breakthrough, the cotton planting area has expanded and the acquisition and processing enterprises have soared. At present, there are 2 1 enterprises such as Yufeng and Zhenhua cotton industry, with an annual output value of 400 million yuan and a profit and tax of150,000 yuan. In 2005, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Cao Yun Town was 680 million yuan, the per capita income was 33,865,438 yuan, and the fiscal revenue was 8.5 million yuan. In the near future, the ancient town water transport will be more magnificent and colorful, and it will be displayed on the land of Jianghuai with its brand-new face.