Located in the southwest half of Ruian City, 25 kilometers away from the urban area, it has a superior geographical position and is the seat of the people's government of Caocun Town, Ruian City. It is the center of economic, political, cultural activities, finance, transportation, telecommunications, electric power, education and other units in Caocun ancient town. The traffic is very convenient, and Mangao Highway, Cao Liang Highway and Ma Qian Highway pass through the territory. Villages are centralized and easy to manage, and now a village structure with three verticals and three horizontals has been formed. The three verticals are: Caochuan Road, Fule Road and Zhendong Road; The three horizontal lines are: Shuyuan Road, Qingquan Road and Yang Highway.
The resident population of the village is 376, with a total resident population of 140 1 and a cultivated area of 590 mu. Since the reform and opening up, economic construction and social undertakings have made brilliant achievements, and it is a village with rapid economic development in Caocun Town. The industrial economy is dominated by food machinery, electric ovens and liquid packaging machinery; Agriculture is dominated by rice and bayberry. Gross industrial and agricultural output value in 2008 14072300 yuan. Village-level infrastructure is perfect, and street lamps are installed in the main streets within the jurisdiction; Streets and lanes are fully hardened; There is also a good sewage drainage system. There are three public toilets and the new office building covers an area of 800 square meters. A small cultural and sports park was specially built, equipped with a set of large outdoor sports equipment for villagers to exercise.
There is a united, strong and progressive leading group. The "village two committees" team is complete and United, with strong combat effectiveness and cohesion. Both the birth rate of family planning and the birth rate of population meet the requirements of superior indicators; The public security is good and the villagers live and work in peace and contentment.
At present, there are 36 students in party member, including 4 students from party member and 6 women from party member. Now the average age in party member is 49.8. There are 39 villagers' representatives, including 25 from party member. Continue to strengthen the team building in party member, so that party member can play a leading role in rural construction.
Near Caodong Village, there are tourist attractions such as Yuhailou, Caocun and Qingyun Valley, the former headquarters of the South Zhejiang Special Committee and the former headquarters of the South Zhejiang Guerrilla Column, the former site of Meishan Guerrilla Base and the eighth enlarged meeting of the South Zhejiang Special Committee, and special products such as Ruian White Cat Tea, Ruian Qingming Jujube, Wenyujin, Li Datong Double Fried Cake and Fried Double Powder.