In the first half of this year, the Xinghua Economic Development Zone in Xinghua, Jiangsu province, broke ground on eight projects with a planned investment of 4.94 billion yuan ($386.95 million), and completed the construction of three projects with an actual completed investment of 1.81 billion yuan.
Among the eight new projects, the airline meal food processing project co-funded by Shanghai Zhaowei Industrial and Jiangsu Xinlei Food Technology has officially been recognized as a major provincial-level project for 2025.
With an investment of 1.22 billion yuan, the project started construction in February and is projected to be completed in December this year. It is expected to produce 36,000 metric tons of frozen cooked noodles, braised noodles, and other types of airplane food.
Another new project is a high-end seasoning product project operated by Xinghua Dinglixin Food. The company will build three factory buildings and new production lines for seasonings, low-temperature food, and composite seasonings.
The project started construction in May this year and is scheduled to be completed in December 2026.
The fruit and vegetable concentrate and instant fruit and vegetable powder project operated by Jiangsu Dingneng Foods is another new project. The first phase of the project will mainly consist of four factory buildings, introducing eight world-class freeze-drying and vacuum drying equipment lines, two freeze-drying coffee granule production lines, and two carbon dioxide technology plant ultra-low temperature extraction lines.
A rendering of Jiangsu Dingneng Foods's fruit and vegetable concentrate and instant fruit and vegetable powder project. [Photo/WeChat account: xinghuafabu]
The project began construction in May this year and is scheduled to be completed in March 2027.
Among the three recently completed projects, one is the Changxing Zhigu Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park. The project involved the construction of 21 standard factory buildings, supporting equipment and facilities, which will provide technology intermediary services, intellectual property services, and other high-tech services for enterprises in the zone.
The project started construction in January 2024 and has now been completed. It is expected to generate 1 billion yuan in invoice sales annually.
The Changxing Zhigu Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park. [Photo/WeChat account: xinghuafabu]