China News Service, Shaoxing, March 10 (Xiang Jing) Now, as the weather gets warmer, Zhangcun Cherry Blossom Valley, the "most beautiful cherry blossom valley in China" located in Zhangzhen Town, Shangyu District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is gradually becoming lively.
Every March, more than 600 acres of cherry blossoms stretching in the valley will gradually bloom. The blooming cherry blossoms not only attract customers, but also help farmers generate income at their doorsteps.
Zhangcun Sakura Valley in previous years.
Photo courtesy of Zhangzhen Town People’s Government
As the "gears" of new urbanization construction in the country accelerate, Zhejiang's township industries are booming, projects are returning, and business types are diversified, and the development of towns has ushered in a beautiful turn.
Zhang Town, a "strong agricultural town" located on the south bank of Hangzhou Bay, on the bank of Cao'e River, at the junction of Shangyu and Shengzhou, is a typical representative.
Zhangzhen is the hometown of Wang Chong, a famous thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After being included in the fourth batch of small city cultivation pilot projects in Zhejiang Province, the town has taken a new step in urbanization construction towards its positioning as "Wang Chong's hometown, smartly built new town".
Data show that the GDP of Zhangzhen area will reach 6.787 billion yuan in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%.
Behind the analysis, projects and innovation ballast the town’s economic development.
Shangneng Boiler Clean Energy Storage, Nanshen Technology Environmental Protection Equipment, Guoxiang Fan Elevator Accessories, Haosheng Ventilation Fan Manufacturing, Yutong Pipeline New Building Materials... Looking back to 2023, five high-end intelligent manufacturing projects with a total investment of 400 million yuan are in Zhangzhen has been implemented one after another, laying a solid foundation for industrial development.
Project construction is the "backbone" and the industrial economy is the "backbone".
The release of new momentum is also reflected in innovation.
The newly built Tianxingjian R&D building.
Photo courtesy of Zhangzhen Town People’s Government
Shortly after the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, a group of researchers moved into a brand new R&D building at Zhejiang Tianxingjian Water Co., Ltd. in Zhangzhen.
Chen Feng, the company's general manager, said in an interview, "Next, we will increase investment in research and development, accelerate the transformation of scientific research results in ceramic membrane technology, and develop towards civilian and household use."
Chen Feng was born and raised in the local area. After growing his career abroad, he introduced innovative projects back to his hometown.
He said that the company is deeply engaged in the research and development and application of ceramic membranes. As people's requirements for water safety are increasing, the requirements for research and development technology are also getting higher and higher.
"Thanks to the support of the town government, the company started construction immediately after receiving the land for the R&D building in July 2023. By the end of the year, the 6-story building with more than 20,000 square meters had been completed." Chen Feng said, "We originally The R&D base is located in Hangzhou, and Zhangzhen focuses on production. Now that a R&D building has been built in Zhangzhen, at least more than 100 of our R&D personnel will move here to better integrate production and research."
Looking at the town’s “Innovation Report Card” last year, Yasha Decoration won 4 science and technology awards in the China Building Decoration Industry, Tianxingjian Water Service was successfully cultivated into a national-level specialized, special and key “Little Giant” enterprise, and Jindun Fan was built as a “Little Giant” enterprise. Postdoctoral" workstation, there are also a large number of market entities innovating and improving, such as cultivating 2 national high-tech enterprises and 7 Zhejiang Province science and technology small and medium-sized enterprises.
Zhangzhen scenery.
Photo courtesy of Zhangzhen Town People’s Government
As Zhejiang accelerates its high-quality development and construction of common prosperity demonstration zones, while enlarging the industrial "common wealth cake", high hopes are also placed on local distinctive and advantageous agriculture.
Take kiwifruit as an example. As the hometown of kiwifruit in Zhejiang, Zhangzhen was introduced from Sichuan in 2001. After more than 20 years of development, the "Shunyang" brand red-heart kiwifruit was successfully selected as one of the "Famous Fruits of China".
In 2022, the "Shunyang Red Heart" co-prosperity workshop will be established locally to extend the reach of the "co-prosperity workshop" through professional cooperatives and effectively absorb employment for farmers.
With the help of the "Gongfu Workshop", fruit farmers not only received expert planting technical guidance, but also opened up the market in sales, and also enjoyed real discounts in express delivery services. For example, when sending express delivery in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, a fruit farmer sent I bought more than 100 boxes of kiwi fruits, and the express delivery fee was directly discounted by more than 300 yuan.
Building a brand is a "long-term solution" for the development of the agricultural industry.
In 2023, empowered by the "Shangyu Shangpin" brand, Zhangzhen created a new consumption field for the Kiwi Fruit Festival online and offline. The sales of kiwi fruits exceeded 10,000 boxes on the first day, and it was also established as an advanced township for common prosperity in Shaoxing City.
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