Business environment

8. Modern Agriculture 

Yangzhou, rich in agricultural resources, is widely known as the "land of fish and rice". It is the country's major grain production base and main producing areas of aquatic waterfowl. 

A group of famous local agricultural products, such as Yangzhou fried rice, Yangzhou steamed buns, Gaoyou double-yolk eggs, Baoying lotus roots, Baoying Lake crabs, Yangzhou Bonsai and Lyuyangchun tea, enjoy fine reputations at home and abroad. It has been hailed as a string of dazzling pearls alongside the Grand Canal. 

Yangzhou's agriculture boasts obvious features. Baoying county is the Lotus Flower and Root Town of China, and Baoying lotus root is one of the national geographical labeling products. Gaoyou is the famous hometown of duck, and Gaoyou Duck is one of the three famous ducks in China. Yizheng is the hometown of Lyuyangchun tea, which has been awarded the grand prize many times in "Chinese Tea Cup" competition. Jiangdu is the famous hometown of flowers and trees of China with an annual production of 10 million potted flowers and bonsai. Hanjiang is the hometown of goose industry, and Yangzhou goose was awarded as the first new goose variety of China. Guangling is the hometown of gourmet, and Huaiyang cuisine, one of the four major Chinese cuisines, was born here.

The city will further focus on developing biological agriculture, organic agriculture, processing agriculture, sightseeing agriculture and digital agriculture.

We are able to provide: 

1. Talent and technology support. Teams represented by academicians Liu Xiufan, Cheng Shunhe, Zhang Hongcheng, and researcher Chen Kuanwei takes the lead in animal disease research, crop breeding and poultry breeding of new varieties. 

2. Carrier support. Yangzhou will provide platforms for the smooth settlement of various projects, such as the "two zones and four parks" of the Cross-Straits (Yangzhou) Agricultural Cooperation Experimental Zone, and the national-level Yangzhou Agricultural Science and Technology park.

The city boasts four national-level and 50 provincial-level leading modern agricultural enterprises with their sales income of agricultural products reaching 132 billion yuan. 

3. Raw material support. Yangzhou is rich in agricultural resources, boasting strong industrial base for agricultural product processing. The city's total grain output per year is stable at three million tons. The efficient facility agricultural (fishery) park covers an area of 900,000mu (60,300 hectares) and the gross production of aquatic product reaches 400,000 tons.