Since 1968, the
government has planned to establish a
new town in Linkou to relieve the overcrowded
Taipei City. In 1975, it was released and implemented with the Linkou Interchange of
National Freeway 1 as the center, including the planning of both industrial and residential areas. To the north of Linkou Interchange is Linkou District, New Taipei City, and to the south is
Guishan District,
Taoyuan City. The new town spans the two cities but was still named
Linkou. However, some facilities and businesses in the planned new town that use "Linkou" in their name, such as
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Fullon Hotel Linkou, are actually located in Guishan District rather than Linkou District. At the early stages, development of the new town was slow due to various reasons, and the original estimated scale of 250,000 people was also reduced to 80,000. It was pointed out that the reason for the failure was that the industry was not properly introduced, the transportation was inconvenient, and it was quite far away from the
Taipei metropolitan area. People were not willing to relocate due to the difficulty in finding employment. However, the subsequent opening of the
Taoyuan Airport MRT Linkou metro station in 2017 and the development of
Huaya Science and Technology Park in Guishan District have improved the traffic between Linkou and Taipei City and Taoyuan International Airport, respectively. ==Education==