Located in the middle of Chongming Island, Xinhe Town, a riverside town, has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has towering monuments, abounds in traditional Chinese musical instruments. It is red hometown, hometown of folk music and football town, and it has industrial cluster. With the faster and faster pace of development, more and more labels are stuck to Xinhe Town. What is the future development goal of Xinhe Town? What are the highlights and practical projects for the people's livelihood? Recently, the reporter visited Xinhe Town.

Xinhe Town, located in the middle of Chongming Island, is the main part in Chongming development plan. Relying on water, Xinhe Town is the core of Chongming's 100-mile coastline of the Yangtze River, with a 10-kilometer coastline. Xinhe Town has both passenger terminal and cargo terminal and is the center of Chongming water transportation. Here, we can see a lively scene with the sparkling sea and to-and-fro ships.

Xinhe Town does not only have the scenery, but also has the cultural heritage. It is known as the hometown of folk culture and art and has a profound and long tradition of folk music culture. "For example, the Yingzhou ancient tune Pipa in Xinhe is a true 'music of elegance'. Our 'Peony Pavilion' perfectly integrates Chongming folk gongs and drums with Jiangnan Sizhu." Cao Cuixiu, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and mayor of Xinhe Town, introduced that in Xinhe, there are special performances of folk music and related cultural activities every year, and the people are also happy. The region is full of artistic atmosphere.

A few days ago, Xinhe Town also released its original song Xinmeng Changhe. The song is based on Yingzhou ancient tune Pipa. With the sound of Sizhu, Cao cuixiu reviewed the development of Xinhe Town in recent years. "The development achievements of Xinhe Town in recent years can be described in three 'more'”, Cao cuixiu said. Firstly, the town is more livable.The transformation of villages in the whole town has realized full coverage. The demonstration village of rural revitalization and the beautiful village have been promoted meanwhile. A series of livelihood projects have been implemented one after another, making Xinhe people live in a more and more comfortable way.  Secondly, it is more suitable for industry. Modern agriculture, industry and new business forms of rural industry develop abreast. Third, it is more suitable to tourism. The local delicious food, three bases and characteristic homestays of Xinhe Town have attracted many tourists. Next, Xinhe Town will revitalize the idle farmland and houses in the town, create a "shared farmland" project, and further stimulate the vitality of the village.

Speaking of Xinhe Town, it is inevitable to mention Jingting Village. "Our ecological environment is getting better and better." Yang Shuai, Secretary of the General Party Branch and director of Jingting Village, told us that Jingting Village, named after "one well and one pavilion", not only has a vibrant football industry, but also the new cultural and tourism industry focusing on well culture has gradually become a new benchmark for rural revitalization.

During the "14th five-year plan" period, Xinhe Town will focus on the overall requirements of functional supporting, industrial agglomeration and landscape integration and the linkage of the three areas of the township, the parks and the rural communities, so as to achieve the development in the central part. Cao Cuixiu said that Xinhe Town would strive to transform ecological advantages into development advantages, ecological capital into development capital, and ecological factors into development factors. The whole town will welcome the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions of comprehensively and efficiently coordinating pandemic prevention and control as well as economic and social development.