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| Feng county has been rich in natural resources.
Its agricultural and live Stock farming have been booming
since ancient times. There is an old saying that With the
deepening of reforming and the adoption of the opening-up
policy, the agriculture of Feng county gradually develops
a pattern of the over-all development of agriculture, forestry,
animal farming, sidelines and fishing. There is a rich resources
of agriculture and sideline products. The prospect of economic
development is very good. |
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Advantage
in grains
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Advantage
in fruits
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| Feng county
is an important grains base. The total products are
about 0.5billion on average, including 0.3 billion wheat
, 0.15 billion maize which lay a solid foundation for
the development of breeding and the processing of grains.
The Feng county with its advantage in cotton is the
national foundation for high-quality cotton. In 1990,
Feng county was honoured as the National Advanced county
for cotton production and for high-quality cotton. Every
year,cotton-growing area reaches 30,000 Mu , the output
of ginned cotton are 40,000 loads, which can provide
abundant material for textile industry and multiple
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| Feng county
is a national base for high-quality fruit. It has the
largest orchards in Jingsu province and is called "Fruit
Capital in North Jiang Su". The whole county has
fruit trees of 30,000Mu with Red Fuji apple as the dominant
variety. In 1992 the total output reached 0.1 billon
kilograms. In the national high-quality apple competition
Fuji apple has won the championship for successfully
five years and twice gained the title of Ministy Superior
Product. The prospect for the utilizations of fruit
and exploration is very good. |
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Advantage
in breeding
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Advantage
in special economic crop
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Feng county
is an exploration base for Blue hill sheep, high-quality
soft fur sheep and edible OX. Each year, the county
produces 50,000big animals, 500,000 pigs, 1,300,000
hill sheep, 700 tons of fleece, 700loads of silk.
The development of breeding provides sufficient resources
for the industry of leather, fur, wool-spinning, feather
clothing and processing of meat.
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| The superior natural environment
is fit for the cultivation of multiple economic crops.
Asparagus, which has been listed as one of the ten famous
vegetables in the world has formed considerable scale
in Feng county. 17,000mu of asparagus have been grown.
The high-quality asparagus of first and second grade
occupy more than 90%. It is planned to develop to 30,000mu.
Moreover, the production of yield, Chinese chives, garlic,
mint, the great burdock, the tuber of multiflower knotweed
and water melon are in great amount and enjoy a big
market. |
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Advantage
in woods
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Advantage
in farming
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Feng county is one of
the earliest county for the greening of the plain in
china. It has 140,000mus of Chinese parasol mixed with
crops, 1,230,000mus of fields and woods. The woods coverage
rate reaches 22% , the storage of woods gets to 80,000
cubic meters. Feng county has a good prospect for developing
parasol processing, furniture making and new material
for construction.
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| Feng county is an advanced county for the prevention
of sand spreading. The area of great sand river which
has been a desert of 330000 mus. After several years
of building, this area has formed a river reservoir
of 300 meters in width and 28 kilometers in length ,
with annual water storage reaches 0.15 billon cubic
meters. Thousands of mus of water surface has formed.
20000mus of fertile soil for crops and fruit growing
and wind-prevention belt of 5000mus, which provides
advantages conditions for fruit-growing , aquatic products,
woods and multiple developments. It is a multiple developing
zone for farming and tourism with great potentialities. |
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Mineral
Resources
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Local
products
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| The Feng county is rich in mineral products which
include coal, Potassium feldspar , petroleum, natural
gas and salt etc. Salt mine resources are very rich
and extremely worth tapping. According to the primary
exploration, the salt reserves are 30 billons tons within
the area of 135 kilometers. It has ascertained that
the salt reserves 2,174 billions tons in 22kilometers.
The grade of salt mine is high, buried deep in the soil.
It is easy to tap since the earth structure is simple.
The rate of mining containment is above 90%, and that
of Nacl in pure salt layer reaches 99.9%. The thickness
of a single layer is around 10meters. The thickest layer
is about 24meters. The total thickness of the primary
exploration of the first salt group is 51.45 meters.
The top and bottom of the salt mine is composed of gypsum
and Glauber's salt of calcium rock , solid and form,
fit for exploration with method of salt-mining area
construction have been approved. The exploration and
salt mine resources in vaccum make Reliable guarantee
for the brine used for industry , and offers advantageous
conditions to develop salt-making industry and series
of products of salt chemical industry. |
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Local products
in feng county is various, many of which are well-known
at home and abroad. Local products in Fiji apples, pears,
Chinese pear-leaved crabapple, cherry, plum and apricot,
vegetables include yam , asparagus, Chinese chives,
great burdock. The Chinese medicine include the Chinese
scholar tree, red flower, the root of Dahurian angelica,
monkshood, the tube of multi flowers knotweed. The breeding
species include blue hill sheep, fine fleece sheep,
fresh water fish and pearls; the food includes steamed
sponge cake, golden-thread crisp and natural fruit juice,
fruit tea fruit and vegetable chips.
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