Hui Long Candies

Hui Long Candies

　　Hui Long Candies are a specialty of Hui Long Town, Wei County, Handan City, Hebei Province. The candy industry in Hui Long has given rise to a number of well-known enterprises such as Dou Family, Jin’erkang, Jiaqing, and BuBuKang. The Hui Long Candy Industry Association was established, and the local candy industry has gradually grown and expanded, becoming one of the six major candy production bases in China.

　　The candy food processing industry in Hui Long, Wei County, started in the 1960s and has a development history of over 50 years. In 2004, the county’s Party committee and government established the “Candy City.” In 2006, a candy food processing park was built on this foundation and included as an important part of the county’s new economic development layout known as the “03 Line.” In 2006, Hui Long commissioned the Handan City Planning and Design Institute and the School of Architecture at Hebei University of Engineering to create a master plan for the town and the candy industrial park. The planned area of the park spans 3 square kilometers. This plan was completed in 2007, passed expert review, and was approved at the second session of the 15th Hui Long Town People’s Congress before being submitted to the county government for approval.

　　To further grow and strengthen the candy industry, the Hui Long Town Party Committee and government established an overall development plan titled “Building a Candy Industry Cluster and Creating a Featured Famous Town in Southern Hebei.” They accelerated the construction of infrastructure within the park. The eastern ring road inside the park, with a width of 10 meters, is about to be completed and opened to traffic. An 11KW substation with an investment of 28 million yuan is under intensive construction. A large water supply plant with an investment of 3.2 million yuan will be operational by the end of the year. A water supply and drainage project with an investment of 300,000 yuan is nearing completion. A sewage treatment project with a total investment of 28.1 million yuan has been put into use. The park has established a management committee, with Du Zhangyu, Deputy Director of the County People’s Congress Standing Committee and also the town’s... serving as director. The committee has set up an office that is fully responsible for all aspects of park construction and has introduced a series of preferential policies to create a favorable internal and external environment for park development.

　　The Hui Long Candy Food Processing Park in the county has taken initial shape, with broad development prospects and strong momentum for future growth. The park now covers a built-up area of 1.1 square kilometers, hosts 45 enterprises, and has fixed asset investments totaling 675.7 million yuan, with an investment intensity of 1.2 million yuan per mu. It produces 130,000 tons of various candies annually, with products sold across the country and some even entering international markets such as Russia, India, and North Korea through border trade. The park achieves annual sales revenue of 1.18 billion yuan, tax revenue of 18.82 million yuan, and provides employment for 2,612 people annually. The Hui Long Candy Food Processing Park has become one of the six major candy production bases in China. In 2007, it was designated as a project cluster township by the Handan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.