嘉定区马陆镇是上海郊区著名的乡镇,在国内外久负盛名。早在五、六十年代,这个镇的农业生产在郊区各乡镇中,就已处于先进行列,粮棉油一直高产稳产。1959年正式被列为郊区最早一批对外宾开放的单位。这个镇的二、三产业起步也较早,乡镇企业的发展名列郊区各乡镇前茅,80年代初,就成为市郊第一个亿元乡,各项社会建 Malu Town, Jiading District, a well-known township in the suburbs of Shanghai, has enjoyed a good reputation both at home and abroad. As early as the 1950s and 1960s, the agricultural production of the town was already in the advanced stage among the towns and villages in the suburbs. Grain and cotton oil has been producing high and stable crops. In 1959 officially listed as the first batch of suburban units open to foreign guests. The secondary and tertiary industries in this town started earlier and the development of township and village enterprises ranked the forefront of towns and villages in the suburbs. In the early 1980s, it became the first billion yuan in the suburbs and the social construction