Baiwan Community#

With the encouragement of local government, many families leave Baiwan to live in Qing Yuan. There are less than 1,000 people living in the community, who live mostly in small family farms. With the closure of the cement factory in early 2007, there are very few job opportunities left. More and more adults left home to work in the cities. Only the elderly people and children remain in the region.

Since September 2003, Baiwan has been downgraded to a district. It is now under the governance of Shitan town. The town government office is 23 km away from the centre of Baiwan, and this makes the district even more isolated.

Agriculture is the major source of income but the rocky nature of the land does not enhance water retention. Even when farming is possible during the warmer seasons from April to November, the output from the farmlands is poor.