2022, Taigu Malleable Iron and Steel, Qixian Glassware , Pingyao Beef and Pushing Paint were selected as the first ten provincial characteristic towns in Shanxi Province, with the largest number in the province. By the end of December 2022, the three provincial-level specialized towns had involved more than 200 enterprises, including 71 regulated enterprises and 24 "specialized, special and new" enterprises, which had promoted employment of nearly 200,000 people and achieved a total output value of 11.22 billion yuan.
Glassware industry is a unique traditional industry and advantageous industry in Qixian County, which now has 50 glassware enterprises, more than 200 upstream and downstream enterprises, 25000 employees, annual production capacity of about 250000 tons, covering more than 8000 varieties of 10 series such as wine, tea and coffee sets. Qixian's hand-blown glassware products account for about 50% of the national output, of which the output of hand-blown goblets accounts for more than 80% of the national output. The products have successfully entered the state banquets of international summits such as the G20 Summit, the "the Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum and the Boao Forum for Asia, and have been exported to more than 80 countries and regions with European and American markets as the main market, and have the National Glassware Quality Inspection and Testing Center.
Qixian Glassware has been awarded the honors of "China Glassware Production and Export Base", "National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Professional Demonstration Base", "China Glassware Capital", "the Belt and Road" Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Characteristic Industrial Cooperation Zone "," Top 100 List of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Characteristic Industrial Clusters ". In 2022, the glass industry achieved an output value of 2.2 billion yuan, paid taxes of 53.36 million yuan, industrial agglomeration began to take shape, and the integration of production and city in specialized towns began to take shape.