The economic status of Hepu Town

Based on the actual situation of the island, Hepu Town actively implements the development strategy of "stabilizing the town through agriculture, strengthening the town through industry, developing the town through ocean, establishing the town through port, and expanding the town through trade". The town's economic and social undertakings have made great achievements. With better development, it has gradually become an emerging island town with ten pillar industries such as marine fishing, aquaculture, shipbuilding, and mechanical processing, and ten leading products such as mud snails, seaweed, swimming crabs, defatted yellow croaker, and loquats.

Hepu Town is the second largest fishery town in Ningbo City, with more than 600 fishing boats and a sea and freshwater aquaculture area of ??26,800 acres. The territory has a provincial-level modern mariculture demonstration park and the largest seaweed processing and seedling center in the province. In addition, the island region has obvious advantages in characteristic and efficient agriculture. "Fan'ao brand" loquat has been recognized as a provincial green agricultural product, and "Xiangshan Red" and other improved citrus varieties cover an area of ??3,200 acres. The bases for exporting artemisia, mustard and eastern Zhejiang white goose are well constructed, with output and area increasing steadily year by year.

The industrial economy in Hepu Town has developed rapidly, with a total of 287 enterprises of various types. Among them, the port-facing industry is particularly prominent. Shipbuilding enterprises have the ability to build 10,000-ton ships, and it is a famous shipbuilding base in Ningbo. Products such as defatted yellow croaker and mud snails from Ningbo Jinhong, Xiangshan Seafood King, Yuanhu Aquatic Products and other companies have a high reputation in the market. Others such as Jinbaoda handicrafts, Brother brand bamboo mats, "Hometown Tour" raincoats, Yongquan brand medical equipment, etc. have become famous domestic products. At the same time, island urban construction has taken on a new look. With the successful development of the business district and the completion of the Citizen Leisure Plaza with a total investment of more than 6 million yuan and the Hepu Vegetable Market with a total investment of 3.5 million yuan, the urban agglomeration function has been further strengthened and the urban quality has been further improved.