Chen Deming, minister of the Ministry of Commerce, visited Pingtan on Oct 17 accompanied by officials from Fujian province and the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone.
Lin Shusen, member of the CPC Central Committee and deputy director of the Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese, recently visited Pingtan.
The forest area in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone increased to about 1,300 hectares by the end of July, exceeding the predicted quota of 1,000 hectares.
Arnie Roblan, speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and Democratic Party representative of Oregon, USA led a delegation to attend the Pingtan-Oregon Ecological Community Conference on the morning of Sept 5.
