There are 23,900 mu of cultivated land, 6,543.8+0.7 million mu of forest land, and the coastline is more than 50 kilometers long. The total population is about 250,000 (including 69,000 registered residents), and it has jurisdiction over 18 villagers' committees and 8 community neighborhood committees. Geelong has outstanding geographical advantages. Jilong Town is located in the economically developed area of the Pearl River Delta, with Chaoshan in the east, Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the west and Daya Bay in the south. It is 220km from Guangzhou, 98km from Shenzhen, 50km from Huizhou Airport and 70km from Huizhou Port. National Highway 324, Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway and the planned coastal railway pass through the territory. Guanghui Expressway is connected with Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway, and the transportation network is developed. Since 1980s, Geelong Town has earnestly implemented the economic strategy of "prospering the town through industry, stabilizing the town through agriculture and prospering the town through commerce" and vigorously developed the local economy. It has formed an industrial system with local characteristics, such as shoe-making processing, leather plastics, hardware and paper packaging. 1950 winter, belonging to the 17th district of Huiyang county. 1958, keelung commune was established. 1965 After the separation of Huidong County, it was under the jurisdiction of Huidong County. 1983 changed to district, and 1987 changed to town. In April 2006, Huangbu and Yanzhou merged into towns. Edit the development overview of this paragraph After years of development, Geelong footwear stands out and has made remarkable achievements. By August 2006, the town's shoe factories and related supporting enterprises had grown to more than 3,000, with more than 300 shoe production lines and 65.438+0.4 million employees, with an annual output of more than 600 million pairs of shoes, with a total output value of 65.438+0.8 billion yuan, accounting for 45% of Huidong County's total industrial output value. The shoe industry in the town has formed a shoe-making system with complete facilities, complete shoes materials, perfect shoe-making technology and circulation market, and a specialized, large-scale and intensive development pattern. Jilong Town has become a veritable shoe-making professional town in Guangdong Province and a well-known women's shoe production base in China. In order to set off a new wave of development, realize a new leap-forward development, and build a strong, dynamic, livable and green Geelong, the merged Geelong Town is preparing the Eleventh Five-Year Plan to further clarify the town's functional orientation and industrial development direction. It is believed that in the near future, a modern shoe-making town with distinctive shoe culture characteristics will stand tall on the coast of the South China Sea, integrating R&D, manufacturing, exhibition and logistics. Keelung has distinctive industrial characteristics. Geelong Town is a famous hometown of fashionable women's shoes in China. At present, a local industrial system has been formed, with the footwear industry as the leader and the industries of shoe material processing, leather plastic, hardware and paper packaging as the support. By the end of 2003, the town's shoe factory had grown to 1059280 shoe stores and more than 30 shoe material enterprises, with a shoe output of1400 million pairs and an output value of 2.09 billion yuan. Six enterprises were awarded "Top Private Enterprises 100" in Huizhou, and 12 enterprises were awarded "Top 50 Private Enterprises" in Huidong County. Enterprises in the town have set up more than 800 sales outlets at home and abroad, and their products are not only sold well in major and medium-sized cities in China, but also exported to CIS, Europe, Africa and other countries and regions. Geelong has an excellent development environment. There is 1 10000 volt power transmission and transformation, and the power supply is sufficient; With abundant rainfall, the Geelong River flows into the sea of Kau Chau through the town, which is rich in water resources. The daily water supply of Jilong Water Plant, Ji Bu Water Plant and Jijiang Water Plant is 654.38+10,000 cubic meters, which is sufficient. The installed capacity of program-controlled telephones is more than 20,000, and the communication is developed. The land is fertile and rich in resources, and there are nearly 10,000 mu of shallow sea beaches for breeding. In recent years, the level of agricultural industrialization has gradually improved, and the development prospect of agricultural investment is considerable; With the rapid development of culture and education, Jilong Town Central Primary School is the first-class school in Huizhou, Jilong Health Center is the "100 Civilized Health Centers" in the province, and Jilong Cultural Station is the second-class cultural station in the province, with good social customs, civilized institutions, stable social order and healthy development of social undertakings, which is known as the "Pearl on the Guangzhou-Shantou Line". Development prospects Geelong has broad development prospects. In order to further create a vibrant, livable and green Geelong, the development plan of the footwear industry has been compiled, and the overall planning of the town has been revised, further clarifying the functional orientation and industrial development direction of the town. A modern shoemaking town with R&D, manufacturing, exhibition and logistics, coordinated economic and social development, distinctive shoe culture characteristics and certain popularity at home and abroad will stand in front of people. Geelong has unlimited business opportunities. Geelong has a good industrial foundation and is located in the Pearl River Delta Economic Development Zone, so it can enjoy a series of preferential policies. The government of the Party Committee of Jilong Town has been adhering to the concept of "making investors rich and promoting local development", striving to create the best environment and provide the best service, so that investors can get the most satisfactory return. Geelong has been focusing on investment projects such as shoemaking, shoe material production, electronics, star-rated hotels, large supermarkets, mariculture, sightseeing agriculture, breeding bases and agricultural products processing. Since 1980s, industrious and intelligent Gironman has seized the huge market opportunity brought by the reform and opening up, and vigorously developed the shoemaking industry, making shoemaking enterprises mushroomed, and the scale and influence of the shoemaking industry gradually expanded. By August 2006, the town's shoe factory had grown to 2,429,497 shoe stores and 506 shoe material enterprises, of which 17 enterprises were rated as "100 Top Private Enterprises" by Huizhou City and 27 enterprises were rated as "Top 50 Private Enterprises" by Huidong County. The footwear industry has developed into the economic pillar and industrial pillar of Geelong, and Geelong has been well-deserved named as "Guangdong Shoe-making Professional Town" and has become a well-known production base for women's shoes in China. By the end of 2008, there were 2,450 shoe-making enterprises and shoe material supporting enterprises in the town, with an output of over 200 million pairs and an output value of over 4 billion yuan. Besides selling well in major and medium-sized cities in China, the products are also exported to CIS, Europe, Africa and other countries and regions. In 2008, the town's GDP was 226,543.8 billion yuan, the industrial output value was 4.752 billion yuan, and the footwear output value was 4.594 billion yuan. For more than twenty years, with the development of modern management mode, Geelong Shoe Factory has gradually developed from manual workshop to mechanization, standardization and branding, and actively introduced modern scientific management mode and professional technicians, and introduced the most advanced professional production equipment for shoemaking. At present, the town has 322 automatic shoe-making assembly lines, and more than 30 enterprises have passed the ISO international quality system certification. Modern scientific management has accelerated the development of Geelong footwear industry and effectively enhanced its international competitiveness. With the evolution of market competition mechanism, Geelong shoemaking enterprises have stepped up their efforts to build their own brands. More than 600 kinds of footwear products have applied for registered trademarks in the town, and more and more provincial famous trademarks and provincial famous brand products have emerged. Among them, Carmine, Caleriel, Shepherd Girl and Newman's four footwear products won the title of "Guangdong Famous Brand Products"; Swan Star, Caffeini, Mia, Newman's, Old Craftsman, Shi Ming Xishi, Bao Li, Xianglian, Luo Manqi, etc. 10 registered trademarks were awarded "Guangdong Famous Trademarks". Geelong Shoes, a global sales network, has stepped up its efforts to "go global" and established more than 65,438+0,800 sales outlets in major domestic cities and some foreign metropolises. The sales volume of Geelong footwear accounts for 60%, and the export volume reaches 7.8 billion yuan, which are mainly sold to the United States, Japan, Russia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and other countries and regions. The increasingly complete footwear industry chain and the rapid development of footwear industry have led to the rise of related industries. Now there are 497 shoe stores and 506 shoe material enterprises in the town, and the town has formed a shoe material industry chain consisting of raw material supply, mold processing, molding and assembly, decoration and packaging, product sales and other links. Growing Shoe-making Industry Cluster At present, Geelong Town has formed a shoe-making system with complete facilities, shoes, shoe-making technology and circulation market and a specialized, large-scale and intensive development pattern, and is fully developing in the direction of production base, marketing network, product name optimization, market internationalization and scale collectivization. A number of key backbone enterprises that are quite competitive in domestic and foreign markets have risen rapidly and become the leader of Geelong shoe industry cluster. China-Huidong shoe material production base China Huidong shoe material production base is one of the first batch of 2 1 key construction projects in Huidong County, which is located in Puzai Village of Keelung Town and Haozhaolou Village of Tieyong Town. The planned total land area is 6000 mu. China Huidong shoe material production base has a shoe material demand market of 4 billion yuan per year in Geelong, and will focus on attracting investment to set up shoe material production supporting projects such as shoe material production, processing and research and development. After three to five years of construction, the base will be built into the largest research, development, manufacturing and trade center of shoe materials in eastern Guangdong, and will further promote the development of Geelong footwear industry. Edit this part of the natural environment. As the highest peak in Geelong, Axe Stone Peak is the first peak at the southern end of the underwater mountain system, with an altitude of1105m. The underwater mountain system starts from Zengguang Town in the north, reaches Jilong Town in the south, Haifeng County in the east and Daling Town in the west. It is an extension of the entire Nanling Mountains and a high mountain near the coastline of Guangdong. Underwater mountain system mainly includes Axe Rock Top (1 105m), Shuixia Mountain (1283m), Niupi Mountain (118m), Jinpai Mountain (840m) and Yinpai Mountain. The whole mountain system is named after the highest underwater peak. As the highest peak at the southern end, Axe Stone Roof has blocked the passage of subtropical ocean airflow in the south to a great extent, resulting in different natural phenomena on the north and south slopes, and also brought sufficient water to Geelong. An important source of the Geelong River is the big puddle under the axe stone roof. Based on this geographical location, the south slope of the axe stone roof in Geelong has dense trees, abundant water and a wide variety of animals and plants. * Geelong River * Geelong Bay Editor This special seafood, Geelong Dongge Haodongge Oyster, is produced in Yeongdongge Bay in the southeast of Geelong Town, Huidong County. The meat is edible and the shell can be used as medicine. It is milky white, big and fat, with delicate and smooth meat and rich nutrition. It is waxy yellow after drying. Fresh food is good for nourishing, while dry soup is good for nourishing yin and reducing fire. The output of fresh products in 2004 was 45 tons. Jilong Zhaoxian crispy snacks are produced in Zhaoxian Bay, Kaozhou, southeast of Jilong Town, Huidong County. Its shell can be used as medicine. It is famous for its tender and smooth meat, delicious taste, nourishing yin and blood, and rich nutrition, and is exported to all parts of the world. The output in 2004 was 26 tons. Editor's Note: The cultural and educational undertakings in Jilong Town have developed rapidly. Geelong Central Primary School is a first-class school in Huizhou, Huidong Second People's Hospital (Geelong Health Center) is a provincial-level "hundred civilized health centers", and Geelong Cultural Station is a provincial-level second-class cultural festival station. Mass cultural and sports activities are rich and colorful, won the honor of national advanced unit of mass sports, and was named as "the hometown of folk culture-the hometown with dragon dance characteristics" by our city. The whole town has a good social fashion, the residents of villages and towns are industrious and wealthy, live and work in peace and contentment, the government departments are civilized, social security is stable, and various social undertakings develop harmoniously. Cai Jinqing, a historical figure in this passage, was edited into a mustard boat (18 13 ~ 1876). When he was young, he moved from Dongkeng Village in Jilong to Tangong Village in Daling Town with his family. During the reign of Emperor Daoguang of Qing Dynasty to Tongzhi, he was the magistrate of duchang county, Jiangxi Province, and the magistrate of wucheng town Branch Defense Office. He was ordered to simply use roads, so that Jiu Nan garrison road was widely used, and Jiujiang Customs tax revenue was managed, and Yidong garrison road in Yunnan was simplified, and Zhenbei garrison road was supplemented, and it was also used as a grain storage road. Guiyouke promoted officials to civil and military officials in Yunnan, awarded the title of minister (second class), rewarded "Batulu" wearing Hualing, yellow jacket and strange car, and awarded senior ministers. He cares about education. He built a "Qin Hexuan" school in his hometown, with three floors and seven bungalows on both sides for teachers to stay. There is a garden in the school, surrounded by eight flower ponds. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the school was expanded into Yongxi People's Commune Central Primary School and Tangong Central Primary School, which was demolished by the local government in the mid-1970s. Jinqing is enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings. In the rural area from Zoumagang to Xincun, three small stone bridges, Erduli, Hezai Bridge and Wuxianye, have been built to facilitate pedestrians. In the 12th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1873), Cai Jin retired in Qing Dynasty and enjoyed his old age. He died in the second year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1976) and was buried in Mukeng, Tang Ge.