The geographical environment of Guichao Town

Guichao——a piece of jade hanging in the southwest border of the motherland, 37 kilometers away from Funing County, bordering Gula to the east, Banlun to the west, and Longhe, Dingye, Napo, Guangxi to the south. There are three towns in Chengxiang, adjacent to Dongbo and Zhesang Townships in the north. National Highway "323" and Hengkun Expressway pass through the country, which is an important passage from Yunnan to the coastal areas. It is also one of the areas in southeastern Yunnan where the original ecological culture of the Zhuang people is relatively intact. The town has a total area of ​​531.5 square kilometers and a cultivated area of ​​32,008 acres (0.78 acres per capita). The cold-liangshi mountainous area, the warm-soil mountainous area, and the low-thermal valley area each account for one-third. The highest altitude is 1067 meters (climbing Maomaokang Mountain), the lowest altitude is 470 meters (the same as Jiuzhaigou), the average temperature is 21°C, the annual sunshine is 1919 hours, the average annual rainfall is 1020 mm, and there are Puting River and Lihu River in the territory. The five rivers, Jiajie River, Mengcun River, Baiyou River and Jiajie Reservoir are known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". Economic forest fruits mainly include star anise, tung oil, camellia oleifera, oranges, peaches, plums, pears, grapes, watermelons, almonds, etc.; mineral resources mainly include gold, manganese, iron, titanium, etc. The town mainly drives economic development around the four pillar industries of agriculture, forestry, livestock and electricity.

In 2007, the total agricultural output value was 84.85 million yuan, the total fiscal revenue was 12,178,767 yuan, the total grain output was 13.6 million kilograms, the per capita grain production was 337 kilograms, and the per capita net income was 1,270 yuan.