It covers a land area of 70.93 square kilometers[1] and administers 6 communities and 48 administrative villages.

[5] Before 1949, the entire area of Chenyu Town belonged to Chenao Township (陈岙乡).

[7] On November 6, 1993, the Damaiyu Economic Development Zone was approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Government,[8] and Chenyu Town and the Damaiyu Economic Development Zone Management Committee shared offices.

[1][6] Currently, Damaiyu has gradually formed an economy centered around cookware, industrial sewing machines, eyewear accessories, and plumbing equipment manufacturing.

Supor and Zhongjie Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. are the earliest two listed companies in Yuhuan.