OREANDA-NEWS. National Processing Technological Center of Agricultural Products will settle in Shou County, according to related agreement.

It is introduced that the center will depend on the regional features of Anhui and bring the advantages of plenty of resources of agricultural products in Shou County into full play. According to the agreement, Shou County will provide 30-mu land for free and the Institute of Agricultural Product Processing Science and Technology of Chinese Academy of Agicultural Sciences and Anhui Provincial Academy of Agicultural Sciences will raise 50 million RMB. It is stipulated in the agreement that the center will be developed into first-class platform of technological R&D, result show and training in Anhui or even in Central China.

It is expected that the project will start construction in September this year and its construction duration is about 18 months.