Thirty-year-old Beijing resident Liu Yijun swears by the quality of fruits and vegetables that she procures from a plantation in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
"During the Chinese New Year holiday, I bought several boxes of cherry tomatoes from Shijiazhuang. Some were given as gifts to my friends, and some were sent to my hometown for my family to eat," said Liu, who is a regular customer of Xinxing Cathy (Hebei) Agronomic Ecology Co's plantation in Shijiazhuang's Luquan district.
Liu places her orders online, and the fresh produce is delivered to her home in Beijing. "I saw online that their planting technology is very advanced, and the tomatoes have a rich flavor, reminiscent of the taste from my childhood," Liu said.
Since the implementation of the coordinated development strategy for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region 11 years ago, Hebei is now fully leveraging its geographical advantage of being surrounded by Beijing and Tianjin to accelerate its own development. There are many examples to illustrate this point, not least of which is the fact that more than 40 percent of the vegetables on the dining tables of Beijing residents are from Hebei.
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