Rural revitalization paints a new landscape in Fuqing, SE China’s Fujian

FUQING, China, June 1, 2026 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/–

An on-site conference on accelerating rural revitalization through specialty industries was held in Fuqing City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, from May 27 to 28. The conference focused on scaling up the proven experience of the “Green Rural Revival Programme.”

 

In recent years, leveraging its status as a sub-central city of Fujian’s provincial capital, Fuqing has optimized the spatial layout of agriculture and adopted industrial chain models. The city pursues area-specific revitalization strategies: bolstering modern agriculture as the cornerstone, unlocking ecological value through green circular economies, integrating agriculture with culture and tourism to diversify rural functions, and ensuring farmers share in the dividends via robust benefit-linkage mechanisms. This holistic approach has culminated in a landscape where industries thrive, ecosystems flourish, farmers prosper, and rural communities are revitalized.

 

Fuqing has secured 15 national-level honors, including designation as a National Modern Agriculture Demonstration Zone and a National Industrial Park. It has established six signature industrial clusters centered on loquats, poultry, clams, eels, hogs, and cross-strait agribusiness. Notably, the city hosts China’s largest seedling base for Manila clams, eel farming and processing hubs for export, and leading egg product exporters. It has also been selected for Fujian’s “10-Billion-Yuan Upgrade Initiative” for specialty agriculture.

 

In 2025, Fuqing’s total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fisheries reached 25.06 billion yuan, ranking second among all county-level jurisdictions in Fujian province.

 

Source: Convergence Media Center of Fuqing City