新中国成立后,怀集县各级党委和政府积极带领人民,兴办企业、推广先进耕作技术、大修水利和农田基本建设,鼓励造林,为今后的发展打下良好的基础。1978年党的十一届三中全会后,特别是党的十七大以后,怀集县坚持以经济建设为中心,进一步解放思想,全面贯彻落实科学发展观,开拓创新 After the founding of New China, Party committees and governments at all levels in Huaiji County actively led the people, set up enterprises, promoted advanced farming techniques, overhauled water conservancy and farmland infrastructures, encouraged afforestation and laid a good foundation for future development. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1978, especially after the 17th National Congress of the CPC, Huaiji County persisted in taking economic construction as its center to further emancipate its minds, comprehensively implement the scientific concept of development and blaze new trails