gantang town, one of the three ancient towns in Binyang, is a well-known distribution center for agricultural products. it is located in the southeast of Binyang county, along the Banjiang river, 48 kilometers away from the county seat, with a total area of 189 square kilometers, and borders Hengxian county and Yongning county in the east and west respectively. The town has jurisdiction over 15 village (neighborhood) committees and 96 natural villages, with a total population of 5,, of which Zhuang nationality accounts for 86%, belonging to ethnic minority towns. The cultivated land area is more than 5, mu, and it is a big agricultural town. The main crops are: rice, sugarcane, silkworm, corn, peanuts, cassava and fruits, among which sugarcane and silkworm are the main local cash crops. Rich in forest resources, the town has a forest area of 15, mu, which is rich in wood resources. Wood processing and resin mining have great development potential. Convenient transportation, perfect power supply and communication facilities, Bingheng Highway, Guihai Expressway and Xianggui Railway run through the territory, 1 kilometers away from Gula exit of Guihai Expressway, and the annual power supply of Gan Tang Power Supply Station is 27 kilowatts. The program-controlled telephone network and mobile communication signals cover the whole town.
Private enterprises are relatively developed. There are 13 private enterprises in the town, and the associated industries include castings, agricultural machinery, paper making, pesticides, bamboo wares and red brick factories. Among them, the casting series products are traditional products with a certain scale in Gantang Town. In recent years, the production of agricultural machinery series products has more local characteristics. The main products are: threshing machine, wind-threshing machine, vine cutter, barn machine, miniature rice mill, etc. The products with an annual production capacity of more than 18, sets are of excellent quality and reasonable price, which are well-sold in all parts of the region and in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan and Guangdong, and are well received by users. Gantang Town is rich in labor resources. At the beginning of 23, there were nearly 1, migrant workers.