Jiujiang Town was formed on January 10, 2005 from the integration of the original Jiujiang and Shatou towns.
After the merger, New Jiujiang is located in the southwest of Nanhai, close to Xiqiao, Shunde, Gaoming, Heshan, Xinhui and other towns, covering an area of ??94.75 square kilometers, with a registered population of 102,000 and a migrant population of 84,000. It has 5 community committees.
With 23 administrative villages, it is one of the few typical water towns in the Pearl River Delta and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in the South China Sea.
There are 150,000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese in the town, with footprints in more than 60 countries and regions around the world.
Jiujiang's dragon boat culture is famous all over the world, and the Jiujiang team once represented China in the Asian Games.
Jiujiang Double Steamed Wine and Jiujiang Jiandui are also specialties of civilizations at home and abroad.