On July 27, the "2024 Exchange Conference on High-quality Development of Towns" was held in Hunan. The "2024 Report of Comprehensive Competitiveness of Towns in China" was released at the conference, and the lists of China's Top 100 Towns, Top 100 Towns in Central China, and Top 100 Towns in Western China in 2024 were announced. Shiling Town won the title of "2024 China's Top 100 Town in Comprehensive Competitiveness"!

Located in the northwest of Huadu District, Shiling Town is the China's capital of leather goods, the hometown of Pangu King culture, and one of the first central towns of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City. With a three-dimensional system of air, high-speed railway, railway, port and land transportation, Shiling is an important pillar of the one-hour economic and living circle of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The town occupies a total area of 136.31 square kilometers, with a permanent population of about 400,000 and an urbanization rate of 100%.

In recent years, Shiling Town has been implementing in a deep going way the "Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Project" with the "number one" efforts, and relying on the local luggage and leather goods characteristic industries, the Town endeavors to optimize the industrial layout, integrate land resources, and promote the high-quality integrated development of economy and society. As the leader of the three major luggage bases in China, Shiling Town has more than 40 years of history of developing leather and leather goods industry.

It is not only one of the areas in the industry that has the earliest development, the highest degree of concentration and the most complete industrial chain, but also a characteristic pillar industrial base in Huadu District, Guangzhou that has the most innovative and dynamic power. Shiling Town produces more than 700 million bags and leather products every year. Its products can be found in 142 countries and regions worldwide, accounting for more than 60% of the European and American imitation luggage market, with an annual transaction volume of more than 60 billion yuan, of which 28 billion yuan from e-commerce sales. 17,000 enterprises produce and operate in Shiling Town, and 63,000 sole proprietorships, including 488 "four-type above-scale" enterprises, 316 industrial enterprises above designated size, 1,501 large-scale sole proprietorships, more than 110 high-tech enterprises, over 45 specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative enterprises, and 362 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.