Modern Ecological Aquaculture Demonstration Park at Fishing Lake

　　The Modern Ecological Aquaculture Demonstration Park at Fishing Lake in Helan County covers a total area of 1,500 mu. It was developed on abandoned land formed after soil extraction from the former county brick factory, and was built through enterprise investment before being subcontracted to farmers for aquaculture production. The demonstration park has excavated and established a 500-mu water-efficient, ecological, non-polluting, standardized aquaculture base for large surface water bodies, and constructed 200 mu of high-standard intensive fish ponds. The main cultured species include blunt snout bream, grass carp, and common carp. The park also includes one bridge-culvert structure, 1 km of hardened roads, and the planting of 3,500 trees including pagoda trees, weeping willows, oleasters, and ailanthus.

　　　In 2007, 100 mu of intensive fish ponds were excavated, 24 recreational and sightseeing activity houses were built, and park greening and beautification were carried out. This park primarily engages in a modern fishery complex that integrates “aquaculture in water, planting on water, sightseeing on water, fishing on water, as well as dining and entertainment.”