(260422) -- HUAI'AN, April 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Crayfish are pictured at a modern agriculture demonstration base for Xuyi crayfish in Xuyi County, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 27, 2026. A modern agriculture demonstration base for the Xuyi crayfish industry is located in Maba Town of Xuyi County, covering an area of 1,200 mu (80 hectares). With a total investment of 18 million yuan (about 2.639 million U.S. dollars), the demonstration base, formerly a rice-crayfish co-culture base, has been transformed into a seedling breeding center, a standardized rice-crayfish farming base, and a facility for digital agriculture and water-saving irrigation.

Xuyi's crayfish industry now features a complete industrial chain that covers breeding, farming, processing, dining, and cultural tourism. By 2025, the total farming area for crayfish in Xuyi County had expanded to 1 million mu (about 66,667 hectares), achieving an annual output of 150,000 tonnes. (Xinhua/Cheng Li)