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Village in Hai'an wins national recognition for vegetable industry

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Updated: 2022-11-15

Guangming village in Libao town in Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province recently made the list of the 2022 national villages that have a characteristic industry worth more than 100 million yuan ($14.19 million).

The village has made the list for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022 because of its vegetable industry, official statistics show.

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An aerial view of Guangming village in Hai'an, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: hafbwx]

Guangming village is a provincial key village for vegetable production and a green food production base in Jiangsu.

The village is now home to 6,000-mu (400 hectares) of farmlands used for vegetable cultivation.

To date, the village has established 12 specialized vegetable wholesale markets and two 2,000-metric-ton cold storage facilities for vegetables.

The two vegetable cooperatives in the village presently have more than 300 members.

In addition, the village has been rated as a provincial demonstration area for modern agriculture.