Crayfish industry boosts rural revitalization in Xuyi County, E China’s Jiangsu

A chef cooks crayfish at a restaurant in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)

A farmer works in a crayfish field of a demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Qian Xianhua/Xinhua)

A worker operates at a crayfish condiment company in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Gu Binbin/Xinhua)

Crayfish are pictured at a crayfish breeding company in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Xu Shuying/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on March 8, 2025 shows a crayfish industry demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)

Farmers work in a crayfish field of a demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Yang Yugang/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on March 8, 2025 shows farmers planting aquatic plants in a crayfish field of a demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Gu Jihong/Xinhua)

A farmer works in a crayfish field of a demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)

A farmer works in a crayfish field of a demonstration base in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Zhong Xueman/Xinhua)

Crayfish are pictured at a crayfish breeding company in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Zhu Tianyu/Xinhua)

A chef cooks crayfish at a restaurant in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Zhou Qiang/Xinhua)

A worker operates at a crayfish condiment company in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Yan Xiuqi/Xinhua)

A chef cooks crayfish at a restaurant in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

Workers operate at a crayfish condiment company in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)

Trainees learn to cook crayfish at a training school in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)

People taste crayfish at a restaurant in Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, March 8, 2025. As the temperature rises, crayfish are on the market in Xuyi County, a well-known crayfish production hub in China. In recent years, Xuyi has vigorously developed crayfish industry. The ecological breeding area of crayfish in the county has reached one million mu (about 66,667 hectares), and over 210,000 people are involved in the crayfish industry. Crayfish industry has become a boost to the local rural revitalization. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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