Wenzhou Customs reported that the city exported 72.53 million yuan ($10.14 million) worth of pre-packaged food by market procurement last year.
East China's Zhejiang province, a major export-oriented economic powerhouse, has embarked on a series of actions aimed at expanding its presence in markets untapped so far, retaining more business orders as the new year unfolds and getting its economy off to a strong start this year.
Zhou's story has trended on Chinese social media platforms, and has even been used by universities and colleges to inspire their latest intake of students.
On Jan 7, representatives from 11 educational toy companies from Yongjia county, Wenzhou, traveled to Hong Kong to participate in the 50th Hong Kong Toy & Game Fair.
On Jan 4, workers from Dong'ao village, Caocun town, Rui'an, a county-level city of Wenzhou, loaded 1.6 metric tons of Suomian noodles onto trucks bound for Italy after passing customs inspection.
Wenzhou's total consumption during the three-day New Year's holiday, which ended on Jan 1, was 5.66 billion yuan ($792.74 million), up 26.61 percent year-on-year.
Five oriental white storks were recently sighted in the Longgang Coastal Wetland in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province and were photographed by birdwatchers.
According to official statistics, Wenzhou's box office expanded 48.5 percent year-on-year to 439 million yuan ($61.49 million).
Dongyun Canal Park in Yueqing, a county-level city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province was a festive scene on the first day of 2024.
