China News Service, Shantou, November 14 (Sun Qiuxia and Feng Jiankui) In the new industry cluster and comprehensive experience area of Dahao Fishing Port in Haojiang District, Shantou City, the clear Haojiang River flows gracefully along the harbor shoreline. The harbor embankments are neat and solid, fishing boats are moored quietly at the pier, and several white buildings with smart shapes are scattered along the shoreline.
A few years ago, this area was just an old fishing port, scattered with a large number of inefficient land. In recent years, Haojiang has implemented "acupuncture-style" transformation of inefficient and idle land, meticulously revitalizing every inch of sleeping land.
The low-efficiency land at Dahao Fishing Port in Haojiang District, Shantou has undergone a transformation after contiguous renovation. Photo by Feng Jiankui
Haojiang is located in the south of Shantou. For a long time, land inefficiency has been a problem that has hindered the development of Haojiang. In April 2025, the "Implementation Plan for Comprehensive Land Improvement in Haojiang District, Shantou City" was approved by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources, becoming Shantou's first implementation plan with a county as the overall planning unit.
Haojiang insists on "promoting industry through trade, promoting trade through industry, and promoting industry and commerce simultaneously" and implements "acupuncture-style" transformation of inefficient and idle land. The first phase of the "industrial-to-engineering" project in the new industry cluster and comprehensive experience area of Dahao Fishing Port has been completed and accepted. On 154 acres of inefficient land, six new buildings were built with a total construction area of 88,000 square meters.
"After the investment in the factory is completed, it is expected that the annual output value will exceed 1 billion yuan and 5,000 new jobs will be created. The original Qingyan community land involved in the project has been replaced by the new factory at an equivalent price, and it is expected to increase the collective income by about 1 million yuan per year." The relevant person in charge of Haojiang District Jinhao Urban Service Technology Co., Ltd. said.
"Haojiang District is rich in fishery resources. The annual fishing volume of Dahao Fishing Port reaches 15,800 tons. The 140,000 tons of cold storage capacity supports the cold chain logistics network. More than 40 aquatic product processing companies are gathered together, and 5 provincial-level leading agricultural companies are leading the deep processing upgrade." The relevant person in charge of the Haojiang District Natural Resources Bureau said that Haojiang is building a "fishing-processing-warehousing-logistics" full industry chain, striving to build a bridgehead for the distribution of aquatic products in eastern Guangdong.
In the Yuwei area of the Haojiang River, flat and open fields stretch as far as the eye can see, and not far away there are flocks of egrets flying low to feed. It is hard to imagine that this place was once a saline-alkali tidal flat that had been abandoned for more than 30 years.
It is understood that Haojiang District is dominated by low hills, and the problems of decentralized and fragmented farmland are prominent, which not only affects the concentrated and contiguous development of agriculture, but also restricts the layout of construction projects. To this end, Haojiang District has launched three agricultural land consolidation projects, planning to renovate approximately 2,730 acres of agricultural land with a total investment of approximately 220 million yuan. At present, about 96% of the first phase of the comprehensive farmland improvement project (east and west areas) has been completed, and about 800 acres of high-standard farmland will be built.
The concentrated cultivated land consolidation area in Heyuwei area is a highlight of the agricultural land consolidation project. This piece of land was reclaimed from the sea by Hepu and Yuxin subdistricts. In the past, it was invaded by seawater intrusion, water conservancy facilities were damaged, and the land was severely salinized.
"Through water diversion, salt removal and soil improvement, seaside saline-alkali land can also be turned into high-yield fields." said Xiang Chenjie, commander of East Guangdong, South China Regional Headquarters of China Railway 16th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. The company is responsible for the integrated "construction + operation" of the cultivated land consolidation area project in the Heyuwei area. It has invested 138 million yuan to fill in the existing breeding pits and ponds, provide supporting water diversion and salt drainage, soil improvement, salt-alkali tolerant rice trial planting, and simultaneously improve irrigation and drainage and field roads. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.
"We broke the administrative boundaries of towns and streets and the boundaries of village ownership, and unified the scattered pits, ponds, and abandoned land, unified planning, and unified management." said the person in charge of natural resources in Haojiang District. "Field", it is expected that about 1,200 acres of new cultivated land will be added here, and more than 600 acres of fragmented permanent basic farmland in the region will be adjusted and gathered. In the past, the salt-alkali land was abandoned, and it has gradually transformed into an "urban central pastoral", and has firmly established the rice bowl fields in eastern Guangdong. (over)
