The Taixing Economic Development Zone is staking its claim in China's booming low-altitude economy, channeling its smart manufacturing strengths into drone development, pilot training and aviation services.
Over the past five years, Taixing has systematically upgraded its industrial base, steering six pillar sectors toward higher value chains and laying the groundwork for three industrial clusters.
Companies in Taixing, a county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, are increasingly writing the rules rather than simply following them, with local enterprises leading the development of 23 national standards.
Taixing's regional GDP has surged past 150 billion yuan ($22.23 billion), powered by a five-year industrial transformation that has reshaped the county-level economy and strengthened its competitive position in Jiangsu province.
Taixing's signature jiangsha crab has grown from a once-unviable local aquaculture experiment into a 450-million-yuan core pillar of the local fishing industry.