Rich Natural Resources and Great Potentialities in Fine and Deep Processing of Its Agricultural & Sideline Products

The outputs of soybean, potato, flax and sugar beet in Harbin rank the first in China . A large number of local native products are well knon at home and abroad, such as pelt of marten, hog bristles, horse tail, blak fungus, hedgehog hydnum, black currant, fiddlehead, royal jelly and linden honey, etc. The qualities of such precious medicinal materials as saposhnikovia divaricata, licorice, wilsonii, ginseng, astragalus membranaceus, etc. lead the country. To the north and the east of Harbin grow the precious tree species, such as Korean pine, Kakihatea, northeast China ash, golden cypress, etc. Harbin is also important commodity grain production base in China . In 2001, the total output of grain reached 6.81 billion kg.,The total annual output value(at the present price)in agriculture, forestry, animal hubandry and fishery reached RMB 29.54 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year.

The development and utilization of Harbin 's agricultural and sideline product resources, as well as its great potentialities in fine and deep processing, provide sufficient raw materials to its processing industry, and favorable conditions to the further development of the industry, and to the value increase of the products processing. Such enterprises with foreign investment as Heilongjiang CHIA TAI Enterprise Co. Ltd., in Hulan and NESTL¡ã¢IS OF SHUANGCHENG co. LTD have grown into the leading enterprises in agricultural industrialized management.

Harbin is also a famous scenic city for tourists. It's quite well known at home and abroad for its ice and snow arts. Jin Dynasty origin culture, forest tours,and other rich tourist resources, such as ice and snow festival and ice lantern show, snow carving and winter swimming, which are held every year. Its Confucius Temple, Jile Temple (Sakhavati), Sofia Church, Xiaohong's former residence, the mansion of Huining Prefecture, i.e. the upper capital of the Jin Dynasty and other cultural & historic relics, together with the following scenic areas for sightseeing, such as Yuquan Hunting Fields, the Manchurian Tiger Garden, Yabuli Tourist & Skiing Resort, Zhalong Natural Protective Region and Jingbo Lake Scenic Area, have formed a tourist network characterized by a distinctive Northern Style in China.