Jilin province will boost its ginseng industry to climb the global high-end ginseng market in the next five years, said Bayin Chaolu, acting governor of the province.
Since it was established in 1991, the Changchun High-Tech Industries Development Zone in Northeast China's Jilin province has made substantial progress toward becoming a world-class base for innovative industry.
China's fledgling agricultural insurance sector has buffered farmers against greater losses after hail, pest outbreaks and a massive typhoon hit China's breadbasket, the northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin.
South Korea's largest ginseng company Korea Tomorrow & Global (KT&G) will open its first production plant in Yanji, Jilin province, in October, to cash in on China's booming healthcare market.
