The population of Shuidongwan New Town in Maoming has grown from 200,000 to 300,000 in one year, to 600,000 in three years, to 1.2 million in five years, and to 2 million in ten years. Shuidongwan New Town has become a new generation coastal city and a modern marine industry. Together with Maoming&;s original petrochemical industry and PX, Maoming has become the center of western Guangdong and even Guangdong and Guangxi.