Three companies in the Xinghua Economic Development Zone were included in the fifth list of national "little giant" companies.

President Xi Jinping has reemphasized the importance of promoting scientific and technological self-reliance and developing the real economy in pursuing high-quality growth, during his inspection in Jiangsu.

Xinghua city is striving to build a full agricultural industrial chain and expand paths to improve regional economic benefits, said Chen Fengjian, the city’s Party secretary.

Xinghua city – administered by the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in East China's Jiangsu province – recently acquired some 1,763 mu (117.53 hectares) of construction land.

Jiangsu Natural Food Co Ltd, located in the Xinghua Economic Development Zone, was recently included on the list of Jiangsu National Key Flagship Enterprises in Agricultural Industrialization.

The county-level city of Xinghua is continuing to beef up its efforts to build itself into a 100-billion-yuan food industry cluster.

Xinghua city was recently honored as a national leading county for agricultural science and technological modernization, crowning three years of efforts.

The Xinghua Economic Development Zone – located in Xinghua city in East China's Jiangsu province – is pushing hard to expand aggressively into the prepared food market in China.