The western area of Dongting lake is one of the main marketable grain base in our country,and an important marketable base for pork,reed hemp and the freshwater aquiculture.

• 东洞庭湖区是国内主要商品粮基地之一,也是国内重要的牲猪、芦苇、苎麻商品基地和举足轻重的淡水品养殖基地。