Baishui, Jishui County


Baishui is a town in Jishui County, Ji'an Municipality, Jiangxi.
It has 11,000 residents in an area of.

History

Before Liberation, the town was known as Baishui Township.
In 1951 part of its territory was used to form the new township of Dongying. Seven years later, as the 2nd 5-year plan got underway, the two territories were recombined as Dongying.
Baishui was created as a People's commune in 1972, by the addition to Dongying Commune of two production brigades—Hengchuan and Chanxi—originally in Qiubei Commune.
Though differing from its pre-Liberation form in these additions, Baishui was made back into a township in 1984. It has been a town since 1993.

Administration

The town executive, CPC sub-branch and PSB sub-station are in Baishui Neighbourhood.
The town also runs 8 village committees :