Recently, in the list of the second batch of national agricultural product quality and safety create pilot units determined by Ministry of Agriculture, Zixing City was successfully selected for the creation pilot.

It was reported that creation pilot units for national agricultural product quality and safety county is determined on the basis of the recommendation of the provincial agricultural administrative department and public consultation of the third party commissioned by Ministry of agriculture in accordance with the requirements of "national agricultural product quality and safety county create activities program" and "national agricultural quality and safety county assessment method".

Zixing City, a total of more than 200,000 agricultural population, the annual crop sown area of 534.4 thousand mu, has 6 agricultural pillar industries of fruits, vegetables, tea, aquatic products, animal husbandry and camellia, has tea and citrus national green food raw materials standardized production base, and creates the "Dongjiang Lake tangerine", "Dongjiang fish" and other landmark products.

In recent years, the city by strengthening the construction of agricultural product quality safety system, has strengthened the supervision responsibility system of agricultural products quality and safety, implemented the grid regulation, paid close attention to the integrity standardized management, standardized production, and origin testing for inputs, promoted the social cohabitation for agricultural products quality and safety, and cultivated high quality agricultural products brand, to make the quality and safety of agricultural products remain above 98%.