It is famous for its mountains. Niuquan Town is located in the southwest of Laiwu, with the towering Lotus Mountain to the south, the trickling Wen River to the north, Gaozhuang Office to the east, and Tai'an Daiyue District to the west. Bordering Jiaoyu Town. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, sloping to the northwest, with mountainous areas in the south and hills and plains in the northwest. It was formed by the merger of the original Niuquan Town and Shengjing Township at the end of 2000. The town has a total area of ??150 square kilometers, including 80,000 acres of cultivated land, 75,000 acres of mountain fields, and 75,000 acres of hills. It has 69 administrative villages under its jurisdiction and a population of 75,000, including 12,000 urban residents and 63,000 rural residents. The permanent urban population is 23,000. In recent years, the Niuquan Town Party Committee and Government have been focusing on farmers' income as the key to promoting rural economic development. The forestry and fruit industry, planting industry and breeding industry, mainly focusing on Dahongpao pepper, drumstick and green onion, and black-eared rabbit, have been booming. It is known as "the hometown of Chinese pepper" and "the largest rabbit fur distribution center in East China". The total production and purchase and sales volume of Zanthoxylum bungeanum account for 1/5 and 1/3 of the national total respectively. The black-eared long-haired rabbit bred through genetic engineering has applied for a patent and won the second prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
Niuquan Town is rich in mineral resources and has an advantageous geographical location. There are more than ten types of underground mineral deposits that have been proven, including iron ore, coal, limestone, clay, gypsum, sulfur, quartz stone, swallow stone, etc. Among them, limestone and pottery clay are unique, and the lime firing and pottery processing industry that emerged from them are famous. The town's industrial foundation is relatively strong. In 2002, the town achieved a total industrial output value of 355 million yuan and a tax revenue of 37 million yuan. There are 8 township enterprises in the territory, including Jinniu Mining Company, Luzhong Cement Co., Ltd., and Luzhong Transformer Co., Ltd. The Laixin Iron Mine, jointly developed by the Provincial Geological Survey Institute, Xinwen Mining Group and the town, has a total investment of 128 million yuan and an ore reserve of 47 million tons (with an iron content of more than 55%). A total of 90 million yuan has been invested. Various The equipment is complete and is expected to be put into production in March 2004. It can produce 500,000 tons of ore and 300,000 tons of iron concentrate annually, and can realize annual profits and taxes of 24 million yuan. There are 26 village-run enterprises and 45 individual and private enterprises in the town. Niuquan Town is rich in tourism resources. The Yuntai Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone within the town has already completed an investment of 8 million yuan. In 2001, the Yuntai Mountain Monk Cave, the first site of the Laiwu County Party Committee, was renovated, and a statue of Liu Zhongying, secretary of the Shandong Provincial Working Committee and the first Laiwu County Party Committee secretary, and the inscription "Red Flag Flying for Eternity" inscribed by Yang Dezhi, former member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, were built. At the same time, it has become an important position for revolutionary traditional education. Yuntai Mountain has been built as a municipal forest park and is now undergoing approval for a provincial forest park. There are many natural and cultural attractions here and around it, such as Pigeon Cave, Jixin Cave, Bixia Yuanjun Palace, Huangchao Horse Landing Site, Yiyi Sanyan Well, Qi Laojing's Former Residence, etc. On the beautiful Bijia Mountain, the Chinese Wangxi Forest of Steles, invested 30 million yuan by the town government, the Chinese Calligraphers Association and all walks of life, will be the largest forest of steles in my country. After investigation and demonstration, it is now being built in full swing.
Majiazhuang is 36 kilometers away from Zhucheng.