On the land of eastern Jiangxi, by the banks of the Fuhe River, a modern new city featuring the big health food industry is rising. As the youngest functional new area in Jiangxi Province, Donglin New Area in Fuzhou City adheres to the principles of high standard planning and high-quality construction. Following the concept of "three life integration" of production, life, and ecology, it has created a provincial-level characteristic industrial park that integrates food processing, industrial sightseeing, exhibition and sales, product research and development, enterprise incubation, and living facilities: Fuzhou City Health Food Industry Demonstration Park.
The Tengqu Leisure Food Industrial Park in the Fuzhou Health Food Industrial Park has been put into operation, with an annual output value exceeding 1 billion yuan after full operation.
Strategic leadership: high-level planning for a new pattern of the big health food industry
In March 2025, the main leaders of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee stated during a survey in Donglin New Area that Donglin New Area must firmly attack and vigorously promote industries, expand and strengthen the real economy, and focus on developing the food industry.
The food industry is a fundamental industry, pillar industry, livelihood industry, and evergreen sunrise industry that is closely related to the national economy and people's livelihood. It is also one of the five key industries promoted by our city, with broad prospects and great potential. At the 36th government enterprise tea party with the theme of "High quality Development of the Big Health Food Industry" held recently, the main leaders of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee once again proposed to adapt to the situation, seize opportunities, select the right industrial track, strengthen scientific and technological support, strengthen deep processing, and make every effort to create industrial clusters to promote the high-quality development of the big health food industry in Fuzhou.
Donglin New Area thoroughly implements the spirit of the 8th Plenary Session of the 5th Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, closely adheres to the goal of "focusing on building a food industry cluster", anchors the strategic deployment of "strong attack on industry, big grasp of industry", and takes "one county, one product" as the starting point to comprehensively promote the infrastructure construction of the large health food industry park and the attraction of food enterprises.
The positioning goal of Donglin New Area is to create the most beautiful health food industry park in the country and strive to create a traditional advantageous food production area in Jiangxi Province. At the beginning of its construction, Donglin New Area planned a high standard scientific blueprint, innovatively explored the spatial layout of "one zone, multiple parks" and "park within the zone", built an industrial agglomeration area with complete functions, facilities, service support, and industry city integration, and promoted the healthy and sustainable development of "one zone, multiple parks".
The park aims to anchor the goal of becoming a "National Demonstration Park for Deep Processing of Agricultural Products" and build a full chain of "research and development production sales experience". China Construction Shanghai Design and Research Institute has been hired to scientifically plan 11000 acres of land, of which 3000 acres will be used for primary production. It is planned to introduce China National Building Materials to cooperate in the construction of a large-scale soilless cultivation intelligent glass greenhouse project, promoting the scientific and standardized production of raw materials; 6000 acres will be used for secondary industries to develop deep processing of functional foods; 2000 acres will be used for the tertiary industry, laying out industrial services and commercial operations, introducing digital service providers for agricultural wholesale, creating a leading digital platform for agricultural product wholesale, and achieving precise integration of product production and sales. At the same time, relying on more than 600 acres of lake landscape belt, we will create an "industrial+cultural tourism" scene and promote the transformation of the park into an integrated industrial and urban complex.
Donglin New Area adheres to the concept of "focusing on leading industries" and efficiently integrates resources to promote standardization construction. As of now, the first phase of the road network, industrial sewage treatment plant, food cold chain logistics park and other projects in the park have been fully completed, and supporting facilities such as water supply, power supply, and gas supply have been fully put into use. The accumulated investment has exceeded 1 billion yuan, and it has a complete industrial carrying capacity, attracting a large number of enterprises to negotiate and sign contracts in advance.
Employees in the production workshop of Tengqu Leisure Food Industry Park are working.
Located at the intersection of the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Haixi Economic Zone, the East facing New Area has built its core competitiveness with multidimensional advantages: a 1-hour aviation circle covers Changbei International Airport, a 4-hour high-speed rail economic circle radiates 8 provinces, and transportation arteries such as Dongchang Expressway, East facing Ring Expressway, and East Outer Ring Expressway run through the entire area, providing efficient logistics support and broad market radiation space for enterprises.
Policy Empowerment: Institutional Innovation Activate Strong Magnetic Field for Investment Promotion
The development of the big health food industry is not only an inevitable choice in line with the national strategy, but also an important path to leverage the ecological advantages of the new district in the east of Fuzhou City and cultivate new quality productivity, "said the main leaders of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee.
The leaders of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Government personally led the way and took the lead in attracting investment, successfully introducing multiple projects for the new district with precision. Donglin New Area has established a leading group for the development of the big health food industry, vigorously attracting investment and talent, providing comprehensive guarantees from land supply, policy support, talent introduction, financial support, and other aspects.
We are not simply attracting investment, but precisely laying out the big health food industry based on a high starting point and the entire chain, "the person in charge of the Party Working Committee of Donglin New Area, Fuzhou City, told reporters. The new area regards the big health food industry as the leading industry, builds specialized raw material bases and deep processing demonstration parks around industrial demand, enhances industrial agglomeration, radiates and drives the development of surrounding small and medium-sized enterprises, and forms a sustainable, innovative, and collaborative big health food industry ecology. At the same time, we will anchor the construction of a high-quality agricultural product distribution center in Jiangxi, create a deep processing center for green, organic and healthy food in the region, introduce a number of upstream and downstream supporting enterprises in the industrial chain, and form a competitive industrial cluster.
In the Fuzhou Health Food Industry Park, the first phase project of the world's leading seaweed production enterprise, Lilu Group, has been put into operation, with an annual output value of about 800 million yuan after full production.
We have launched special policies such as a maximum infrastructure subsidy of 50 million yuan and a subsidy of 10 million yuan for industry university research platforms. We have also established a research and development platform with the Food and Nutrition Development Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to promote the transformation of enterprise technological achievements. The main leaders of the Donglin New Area Management Committee stated that the park has also jointly established a Food New Quality Productivity Transformation Center with Nanchang University, and a professional research team has settled in to carry out seaweed extraction technology research and development. We have formed a joint venture with Harbin Institute of Technology Zhicui Biology to research and develop the medical value of blueberry anthocyanins. The transformation of achievements has been effective, and technology empowerment has covered 70% of the contracted enterprises in the park, effectively promoting the upgrading of traditional food towards functionality and health.
In terms of financial support, the park collaborates with financial institutions to establish guarantee companies and supply chain companies, and launches products such as technology loans. Through full cycle accompanying and financial support, the park fully guarantees the development of enterprises. Through investment and loan linkage, Agricultural Development Bank of China granted a credit of 2.52 billion yuan to ensure the infrastructure construction of the park; Deepen the "policy+finance" cooperation with Agricultural and Commercial Bank of China, provide 5 billion yuan in financial support to ensure accurate direct funding to projects, and promote the agglomeration of the big health food industry. Jointly establish a 1 billion yuan industrial development fund and a 300 million yuan special fund with multiple well-known institutions, focusing on investing in functional food and other fields. The fund adopts the "parent fund+direct investment" model, with supporting R&D subsidies, and constructs a full cycle service system of "investment+incubation+industrialization".
To attract talents and talents, the park focuses on the entire chain of "talent introduction, cultivation, utilization, and retention". A-class talents enjoy a 1 million yuan housing subsidy and family doctor services. The higher education park trains food professionals in a targeted manner, and a 100000 level talent reserve pool provides stable human resources support for enterprises. The relevant person in charge of Donglin New Area Economic Development Bureau (Investment Promotion Bureau) introduced that the park has introduced 5 high-level talents in the field of big health food, established 1 provincial-level or above research and development platform, and applied for a total of 32 patents.
The park has established a Big Health Industry Service Center to actively assist enterprises and construction units in connecting with relevant functional departments of the new area, assist enterprises in obtaining relevant certificates and licenses, and help them solve difficulties in daily production, operation or construction. It also resolves conflicts and disputes between enterprises and construction units and surrounding residents, ensuring that enterprises can efficiently promote factory construction and operate production with peace of mind. In order to optimize the business environment, the park strictly adheres to the principles of "no delay, no disturbance, and no invitation". If there is no delay, a "one-stop" policy realization model will be implemented, and policy dividends will be enjoyed without review and will be realized within one month; Open a green channel for investment promotion projects without disturbing, minimizing interference with business operations and achieving the principle of 'no disturbance, no need to respond'; Strictly implement the spirit of the Central Eight point Regulation and its implementation rules, and resolutely eliminate the problem of illegal eating and drinking. Those who violate the "three no's" principle will be held accountable and a good environment of safety, friendliness, and protection will be continuously created.
Focusing on the forefront of the big health food industry, the Fuzhou Big Health Food Industry Demonstration Park has built an industrial ecosystem that guarantees all factors and provides full cycle services with genuine financial support, sincere government services, and a warm business environment. The open industrial ecosystem has attracted the attention and cooperation of enterprises from all over the country and even overseas. A group of industry leaders and technology innovative enterprises have taken root and developed here, and the upstream and downstream industrial chains are accelerating their aggregation. A vibrant new highland of the big health food industry has begun to take shape.
The park receives three to four batches of visiting merchants every day, with a maximum of 15 batches received in one day, "said the person in charge of Donglin New Area Promotion Investment and Talent Development Co., Ltd. The combination of" cost+market+openness "has made Donglin New Area a hot spot for investment in the big health food industry.
Future prospects: Building a national level demonstration zone for the health food industry
In Tengqu Leisure Food Industry Park, the meat floss cake production line is running non-stop, and live streaming personnel and e-commerce customer service in the office area are busy with online sales. Administrative manager Hu Shuhui told reporters that currently the company produces leisure snacks at a full capacity of 40 tons per day, with an annual output value of about 200 million yuan.
Workers are busy inside the factory of Jiangxi Joyful Xixi Food Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the globally leading seaweed production enterprise, Lilu Group. Assistant to the President Guo Weile told reporters that the annual output value of the first phase project can reach 400 million yuan, and the factory is planning to invest an additional 1 billion yuan to build the second phase project.
There are 100000 square meters of standardized factory buildings in the park, which can meet the needs of enterprises for "settling in and starting production". Some companies that have already acquired land are accelerating the construction of their own factories, among which the prefabricated vegetable production enterprise Shanjude has entered the decoration stage, and the rice oil tea deep processing factory is also about to be completed. The entire park construction and investment promotion work is being comprehensively promoted, and the park is busy everywhere.
Since the beginning of this year, the park has signed 22 new projects with a total investment of 6.09 billion yuan, which is six times the total number of contracts signed in the past three years. Among them, multiple key projects are accelerating: the Donglin Youxin Coffee project is building a comprehensive coffee base that integrates research and development, storage, baking, and logistics, shaping a new cultural landmark for the city; The Linggu Xianniang Biotechnology Full Supporting Industry Chain Project focuses on traditional Chinese medicine and wine fermentation technology, and constructs a full industry chain of mid to high end health wine; The Fuzhou Blueberry Deep Processing and Full Industry Chain Demonstration Base Project aims to create an intelligent blueberry deep processing base, utilizing AI extraction technology to efficiently extract anthocyanins; The Anling (Jiangxi) Biotechnology Project focuses on stem cell and immune cell therapy, mastering large-scale production technology of extracellular vesicles, and continuously leading the forefront of the industry... A technology-based enterprise, intelligent factory building, functional food, and a group of industries at the forefront of innovation are rapidly blooming and bearing fruit in the Fuzhou Health Food Industry Park, building a diversified industrial ecosystem covering food health and biomedicine.
In the exhibition hall of Tengqu Leisure Food Industry Park, there are hundreds of types of leisure food on display.
The formation of industrial clusters is also beneficial for enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The park is deeply laying out the "zero carbon park" innovation pilot, taking the lead in building a trinity energy Internet system architecture of "distributed power+energy storage+intelligent load", building a green power development platform at the same time, reducing the comprehensive cost of enterprise power consumption by 0.2 yuan/kilowatt hour, realizing 60% green power self-sufficiency of the park in the next three years, and ultimately achieving win-win cooperation between ecological benefits and economic benefits; The park cooperates with Cainiao Company to leverage its advantages in supply side and warehousing logistics system to reduce logistics costs for enterprises; Establish a food supply chain platform to centralize the procurement of large raw materials such as flour, cream, and fillings, in order to reduce procurement costs for enterprises.
The park accelerates the formation of a modern industrial ecosystem that integrates production and manufacturing, research and development innovation, and logistics distribution through leading enterprises and innovation of technology-based enterprises, and draws a blueprint for the development of "three industry integration". It is expected to achieve the goal of exceeding 10 billion yuan in output value within three years, and build Donglin New Area into the core engine of regional food industry transformation and upgrading, a leading and national level health food industry cluster in the province.
The layout of a large-scale health food industry park in Fuzhou City is an active practice in response to the "Healthy China 2030" strategy, promoting the upgrading of the food industry, and serving rural revitalization. Zhu Danpeng, an analyst in the Chinese food industry and vice president of the Guangdong Food Safety Promotion Association, stated that this layout demonstrates a forward-looking grasp of emerging consumer trends and a persistent pursuit of high-quality regional economic development. It is expected to successfully create the "Fuzhou Healthy Food" regional brand, significantly enhance industrial competitiveness and regional influence, and has enormous development potential.
Wang Fengzhong, Director of the Food and Nutrition Development Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, evaluated that the development and innovation of the Fuzhou Health Food Industry Demonstration Park reflects the determination of the local government to promote industrial upgrading and explore ecological value. Through deep technological innovation, precise industrial positioning, resilient industrial chain construction, flexible institutional innovation, and strict quality control and sustainable concepts, it has created a health food industry cluster and brand IP with national and even international competitiveness. It is also expected that Fuzhou can explore a sustainable development path in the field of health food that prioritizes ecology, drives innovation, has distinctive characteristics, and benefits people's livelihood, providing useful reference for the whole country.
When the morning light shines again on both sides of the Fu River, the mountains and waters of the new district to the east of Fuzhou City surge with the majestic force of industrial takeoff. At the Planning and Exhibition Center of the Fuzhou Health Food Industry Demonstration Park, the slogan on the wall is particularly eye-catching: "We are not only creating an industrial park, but also a future model for the development of the health food industry
From the fragrance of thousands of acres of blueberries in the planting base, to the lighting of the national key laboratory for nutrition and health in the park, from the circular rotation of the workshop production line, to the continuous roar of construction machinery under the scorching sun, the Fuzhou Big Health Food Industry Demonstration Park is drawing a grand blueprint with a global perspective, high-level planning, and a spirit of hard work. In exploring the development of the big health food industry, it is firmly writing its own innovative and practical answer sheet.
Reporter: Wang Haoyang
Source:China News Service