Fuyuan, Heilongjiang, held a cranberry harvest festival on Sept. 21, 2025, showcasing its rise as China’s key cranberry hub.

On September 21, 2025, Fuyuan, Heilongjiang Province, hosted a cranberry harvest festival as workers gathered cranberries using flooding techniques across a 4,200-mu (280-hectare) planting base. The event highlighted the city’s emergence as a major cranberry production hub in China, driven by a growing industrial chain that includes research, cold-chain storage, and processing. This expansion has boosted local employment and farmer incomes, supporting rural economic development in northeast China.