China: Shandong’s ‘backyard garden’ hopes to lure investment and tourists from city
The rural complex enables visitors to experience tranquil pastoral life amid seas of flowers, peach forests, lucid waters and lush mountains
By Hu Min
Shine
Dec 8, 2020
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The rural complex covering 38 square kilometers in Yishui County’s Quanzhuang Town strings together farm land, mountains and water resources that blend agriculture, tourism, sightseeing, shopping and entertainment with a unique combination of science and technology and idyllic pastoral life.
The complex operator signed cooperation agreements with the Shanghai Tourism Alliance, several travel agencies and science and technology companies in Shanghai yesterday.
The rural complex enables visitors to experience tranquil pastoral life amid seas of flowers, peach forests, lucid waters and lush mountains; enjoy the fun of farming and strawberry picking; take a stroll in ancient towns; and explore a slew of aeronautical and space-experience projects like astronaut training, space shuttle operations and even a moon walk.
Advanced farming technologies such as aeroponic cultivation and aquaponics systems are on display.
Part of the complex is still under construction. It has benefited more than 50,000 impoverished farmers of Yishui County and is estimated to increase the annual income of local farmers by more than 50,000 yuan each with jobs created and agricultural industry bases built.
