Xifeng boosts agricultural, rural development

Xifeng county has expanded its specialty mountain agriculture over the past five years, with growing industries in broiler farming, ecological fisheries, and premium fruit production. Rural infrastructure and living environments have also continued to improve.

Crops are harvested in Xifeng. [Photo/xifeng.gov.cn]

Xifeng has been recognized as a major broiler production county and a key county for the development of facility-based fisheries in Guizhou province. It has also been designated as a national point for comprehensive rural vitalization.

The county's annual grain planting area has remained above 200,000 mu (about 13,333 hectares), with annual grain output exceeding 70,000 metric tons. A total of 34,400 mu of high-standard farmland has been developed, and the mechanization rate of major crop production has reached 62.9 percent.

An aerial view of a village in Xifeng. [Photo/xifeng.gov.cn]

Cumulative broiler sales have reached 53.46 million birds, while fruit cultivation covers an average of more than 130,000 mu annually, producing 120,000 tons of fruit a year.

Rural residents' incomes have continued to rise, with per capita disposable income increasing 31 percent from 18,893 yuan ($2,834) to 24,745 yuan. As of the end of September 2026, 80.18 percent of registered poverty-alleviation households and monitored households had been assessed as no longer at risk of falling back into poverty, with no cases of a return to or new incidence of poverty reported.