A Brief Introduction to the

Agriculture of Deqing

    Deqing County is situated in the west part of the Hang-Jia-Hu Plain of the Yangtse Delta. To the south it is connected to the provincial capital city of Hangzhou, to the north, it is 160 kilometers to Shanghai. The distances to Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi and Ningbo are all within 200 kilometers. Xuan-Hang railway, 104 National way, Hang-Ning express highway, 09 Provincial Way all run through the territory, transportation being extreamly convenient and fast.

    Deqing is a semi-mountainous county, the topography being high in the west and low in the east. The West part is mountains, with the beautiful scenic spot Mogan Moutain being situated within its territory. The east part is a network of rivers and plains. The middle part is hills. The natural conditions are excellent, the agricultural resources are rich, the scene is beautiful, the land is fertile, the weather is mild, and the rainfall is plenty. The yearly average temperature is 16℃, the average yearly rainfall is 1373mm, and the average yearly frost-free period is 239 days. The total area of the whole county is 936 square kilometers, among which there are 290 thousand mu of cultivated land, 80 thousand mu of mulberry field , 100 thousand mu of water surface, 170 thousand mu of Mao bamboo field and 100 thousand mu of early garden bamboo field. The county has jurisdiction over 16 villages and towns, 169 administrative villages, and has a population of 430 thousand.

    All along Deqing has the honouring tile of "The Place of Fish, Rice, Silk, Bamboo and Tea". Traditional agriculture is mainly engaged in rice or mulberry. After the reform and the open-door policy, aquaculture, livestock and poultry, bamboo and bamboo shoots gradually rise to be leading trades. In the year 2002, 6,000 ton of freshwater shrimp, 30,000 ton of freshwater fish, 60,000 tons of early garden bamboo shoots, 8,000 ton of silk worm and 360 thousand live pigs were produced all over the county. The number of domestic fowls reaches 5 million. In addition, there are agricultural special products like Mao bamboo, tea, pear, peach, and Chinese chestnut. In the year 2002, the total agricultural economic revenue of the whole county is 1.44 billion yuan, average income per peasant is 5178 yuan. Based upon its comprehensive economic strength, the county has been rated among nation's one hundred strongest counties in two consecutive years.

    In recent years, while pushing hard on the adjustment of agricultural structure, developing benefit agriculture, strength has been put on the development of the processing business of the agricultural prouduct, executing agricultural industrialization. At present, there are 116 agricultural product processing enterprises all over the county, among which there are 31 bamboo, bamboo shoot processing enterprises, 25 wood processing enterprises, 20 silkworm cocoon processing enterprises, 17 cereal and oil, and food processing enterprises, 10 feed processing enterprises, 10 aquatic product processing enterprises, 3 tea processing enterprises (tea plantations not included) . Among these agricultural product processing enterprises, there are 8 enterprises whose yearly sales income exceeds 100 million. Among them, Zhejiang Oushiman Group Company is national agricultural "Dragon Head" enterprise, Zhejiang Xinshi Grease Co. Ltd., Zhejiang Deqing Dongli Industrial General Company, Deqing County Mogan Mountain Bamboo-glued Board Factory are provincial agricultural "Dragon Head" enterprises.

    At the same time, we also lay heavy stress on the constructiong of the brands of the agricultural produets. By now, early or late, the county's "Mogan mountain" brand honey green plum, Hua Plum have won national "Green Food" title; the high moutain tea plantation of the Mogan Moutain Yunhe Organic Tea Co. Ltd. and Nanlu Agricultural Sevice Center has passed "Organic Tea" attestation; "Shui Jingling" brand freshwater shrimp, "Shanyaer" brand early garden bamboo shoots, "Lake Tai No.3" pig used pre-mixed compound feed, "Oushiman" peal seriels cosmetics, "Tu Baobao" brand furring board, "Mogan Moutain" brand seriels candied fruit, "Dongli" brand goose product, "Mogan Moutain" brand model board for bamboo-glued boards, and so no, won provincial famous brand product. Seven agricultural products, including "Gu Jian" brand Mogan yellow tea bud won provincial "Green Agricultural products" title. In addition, more than ten products won gold or silver prizes in various activities held by the province or the nation.

    In order to attract capital from out of the territory to our county to make investment, we also attatch great importance to the construction of the investment enviroment of the a whole county. Deqing County Party Committee [2002] No.2, Deqing County People's Government [2003] No.8, No.10 documents were issued, giving ventures exclusively with one's own investment or joint ventures financial subsidies or tax remission policies (see abstract of Deqing County People's Government [2003]No.10 ducument for detail.) To Important projects, "one-project-one-policy" will be implemented. To intermediary organization or person(s), 6~12‰ of the actually reached capital will be rewarded. The examining and approving of joint ventures or ventures exclusively with one's own investment will be done for you by us in full. To important projects, we will implement "fast-traffic-lane" examining, approving and issuing certificates.

    Deqing, in the period of reform and open-door policy, wholeheartedly welcomes friends all over the world to come to make investments and do business, creating the splendid future of Deqing.


浙江省德清县人民政府

The People's Government of Deqing County,Zhejiang Province

地址:浙江省德清县武康永安街

Yongan street,Wukang Town,Deqing county,Zhejiang provinec

电话(TEL):0572-8270058

传真(FAX):0572-8270110

邮编(P.C):313200

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