The groundbreaking ceremony of the Pingtan International Marine Industry Park, located at Aoqian Taiwan-style Town was held on Nov 28. Chen Wenbo, deputy director of the administration committee of Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone attended the ceremony.

The 40,000-square-meter park, when built, will consist of a seven-story cold storage facility, a three-story aquatic products processing workshop, as well as an equipment warehouse. A distribution center, garage, and office buildings will also be built.

The cold storage facility will have a storage capacity of 50,000 tons, with an annual storage volume estimated to reach almost 500,000 tons. After the marine industry park is completed, it will be able to freeze and process about 3.4 tons of aquatic products every year.

The park is expected to drive further development of the aquatic products processing industry in Pingtan. In light of its geographical and transportation advantages, the park will also promote aquatic products trade with neighboring countries and regions including Taiwan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), making contributions to the development of the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone.

Source: China daily.com