Tongling Xinqiao High-Tech Agricultural Demonstration Park

　　During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the park comprehensively developed a modern agricultural base, implementing 50 national, provincial, municipal, and county-level agricultural projects, introducing over 600 new and superior crop varieties, applying more than 100 new technologies and over 50 new materials, achieving coordinated development in economic, social, ecological benefits, and technological demonstration. The core zone generated a cumulative output value of over 25 million yuan, with just 2005 alone reaching an output value of over 8.5 million yuan. The park was recognized as a provincial-level agricultural demonstration park twice, in 2001 and 2004. The entire park has preliminarily explored and established a mechanism to develop the agricultural park using the concept of an industrial park.

　　　　To further grow and strengthen, the park has formulated an Eleventh Five-Year Plan in accordance with relevant requirements. By 2010, the core zone will be developed into a Tongling agricultural technology application and innovation base and a national-level agricultural tourism destination. It aims to implement 50 national, provincial, municipal, and county-level agricultural projects, ensure that all base products are pollution-free, and elevate the ecological environment to AA level or above. The plan also includes establishing and improving the park's scientific research and extension service system, setting up six large-scale demonstration bases, achieving a 70% contribution rate from science and technology, increasing the park’s social production value by 35%, and reaching comprehensive benefits at the level of a national agricultural demonstration park—ensuring its place among the top agricultural parks in the province.

　　　　The Tongling area enjoys a warm and humid climate, with rainy springs and summers, hot midsummers, dry autumns, and mild winters. The seasons are distinct but spring and autumn are relatively short, placing it within a subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 16.2°C. The best time to visit is during the winter.