Datong Town is located in the northeastern part of Chengdu City, the northern part of Qingbaijiang District, east of Chenggang Town, south of Xiangfu Town, west of Dabang Street, north of Guanghan City, is the main urban area of Qingbaijiang District and the core component of the new city in the northern part of Chengdu City, the North New Economic Development Zone (i.e., the industrial centralized development area), northern new area, Phoenix Lake Ecological Wetland Tourist Resort, northern logistics building materials distribution center, western railroad logistics hub (including bulk cargo) and other five major industrial functional areas are located in the town area. Logistics Park) and other five major industrial functional areas are located within the town. Covering an area of 21.65 square kilometers, there are 5 villages and 3 farming communities within the jurisdiction, with 117 village (residential) groups and a total population of 33,400 (2017), of which the urbanized area covers 17.75 square kilometers, accounting for 82.6%.
Datong Town has a long history, deep cultural deposits and rich tourism resources, and there was a market town in its embryonic form in the Han Dynasty, which was quite prosperous. The territory has been found wall hill head Han tomb group, fighting village Han tomb group and many other Han Dynasty tomb group, our region unearthed national level cultural relics such as bronze horses, rapping figurines are from Datong Town. The "Phoenix Lake Ecological Wetland Tourism Resort" and "Wenlan Autumn Moon", one of the eight scenic spots in Jintang County, are located in Datong Town.