On Jan 6, crab farmers started to catch crabs in an area covering about 3500 mu (233 hectares) in the Dazong River aquiculture area in Xinghua.

The charms of Shagou town in Xinghua, will be featured in a documentary series named Nostalgia in Mind, to be broadcast on China Central Television 4, or CCTV-4, on Jan 11.

The economy of Xinghua – the county-level city, administered by the prefecture-level city of Taizhou in East China's Jiangsu province – remains stable to positive, with regional GDP last year estimated at 110 billion yuan ($16 billion), up 5 percent.

The second session of the 17th People's Congress of Xinghua – a county-level city, administered by the prefecture-level Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – was held on Jan 2.

Foreign investment in Xinghua – a county-level city, administered by the prefecture-level city of Taizhou, in East China's Jiangsu province – is remaining strong in the current year.

A new English portal for the city of Taizhou in East China's Jiangsu province – www.etaizhou.gov.cn – was launched on Dec 27.

China will manage COVID-19 with measures against Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases, in a major shift of its epidemic response policies.

An extended cold snap is hitting Xinghua and growers in Lianzhen village are rushing to transplant their crop of onions to protect them from the biting cold.