Around the time of Shuangjiang, the villagers in Linhu village in Xinghua city were busy collecting chrysanthemums.

The National Aquaculture Mechanization, Intelligence and Digitalization Promotion Conference was held in Xinghua and it looked at the future of the aquaculture sector.

Xinghua city has been promoting its rice harvest and planting work as the recent cluster of sunny days has proven a golden time for those engaged in agricultural work.

Ten companies from Xinghua city recently participated in the first phase of this year's China Import and Export Fair, or Canton Fair.

The Chinese women's chess team won the championship in the 19th Asian Games – held in Hangzhou city, capital of East China's Zhejiang province.

A crab and chrysanthemum music and food festival took place in Xinghua city – administered by Taizhou city, Jiangsu province – from Sept 26 to Oct 6.

The first Taizhou Green and Healthy Agricultural Products (Shanghai) Exhibition took place in Shanghai on Sept 26-27.

Crab farmers in Xinghua city have been hard at it of late, with 630,000 mu (42,000 hectares) of crab ponds now fully harvested.