In recent years, Hongiao village has focused on building fruit and vegetable picking gardens, building a whole industry chain of quality fruits and vegetables. [Photo/WeChat account: dream8086]

Hongqiao village in Juegang sub-district, Rudong county, Nantong, has won two provincial honors – being named a Jiangsu Distinctive Rural Village and a Jiangsu Leisure Tourism Three-Star Agricultural Park – for its efforts in developing distinctive industries and improving its living environment.

The village has two economic sectors, for industry development and for modern agriculture. At present, it has four family farms and three farmers' professional cooperatives.

To guarantee the smooth development of modern agricultural projects, Hongqiao village strives to solve the problems of imperfect infrastructure and to further improve the living environment.

In recent years, the village has focused on building fruit and vegetable picking gardens, integrating the agricultural functions of fruit and vegetable growing and processing, promoting deep integration of agriculture and tourism, education and culture, and building a whole industry chain of quality fruits and vegetables.

In 2019, the output value of the agricultural planting and agricultural product processing industries of Hongqiao village reached 17.8 million yuan ($2.73 million) and 600 million yuan respectively.