Shangmatai Township, belonging to Wuqing District, Tianjin City, is located in the southeast of Wuqing District, adjacent to Baodi District and Ninghe County in the east, bordering Beichen District in the south, Meifang Township and Caozili Township in the west, and Dahuangbao Township in the north.The township's People's Government is 20 kilometers away from the district government and 25 kilometers away from the downtown area of Tianjin, with a total area of 67.08 square kilometers, and as of the end of 2019, there was a household population of 18,700 people in Shangmatai Township.
In 1957, it belonged to Kangyuzhuang Township.In October 2001, Shangmatai Township was changed to a town. As of June 2020, Shangmatai Township has 1 community and 8 administrative villages under its jurisdiction; the township people's government is located in Shangmatai Village.
In 2011, the total financial income of Shangmatai Township was 1.52 billion yuan, an increase of 17% over the previous year, of which the local financial income was 352 million yuan, an increase of 24.6% over the previous year, and the net income per capita of the farmers was 12,800 yuan.In 2019, there are 79 industrial enterprises in Shangmatai Township, there are 10 enterprises above the scale, and there are 23 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with business area of more than 50 square meters or above.