During the Japanese rule, the government set up a sugar factory in the area.

The township comprises 21 villages: Damei, Datang, Goubei, Guoxi, Hubei, Jilin, Minghe, Minghua, Neilin, Pailu, Pinglin, Sancun, Sanhe, Sanjiao, Shanglin, Tunglin, Xijie, Xilin, Yihe, Zhongkeng and Zhonglin.

Agriculture produce in the township are rice, bamboo shoots, oranges, tangerines, pineapples and orchids.

[3] The development of Dapumei industrial area has attracted corporations such as Canon to build factories.

The Mianchiuag Taiwan Sugar Railways maintains a "Dalin Station."