As of the 2000[update] census it had a population of 14,532 and an area of 42.8 square kilometres (16.5 sq mi).

[1] The local people grow industrial crops including tobacco, Tea, peach, Weishan Maojian [zh], tofu, fish, silicon and capsicum annuum, which are important to the local economy.

The Huangcai-Weishan Road runs east to west from Huangcai Town to Weishan Township.

Miyin Temple, was built in 813 on Wei Mountain by Weishan Lingyou, in the eighth year of the Yuanhe era of the Tang dynasty (618–907).

The Wei Mountain is also a scenic spot in the township and has water sports such as fishing, boating, and rafting.