The 2nd Strawberry Festival (Food Carnival) of Caohu Town sponsored by Xinjiang No. 41 Task Force under the organization of Zhongshan work team sent to aid Xinjiang was a complete success. The event lasted for 4 days and received over 50,000 visits, raking in direct consumption exceeding 8 million yuan.

The 2nd Strawberry Festival (Food Carnival) of Caohu Town started from early April. It set up a total of 160 exhibition booths. According to Zhong Qiang, captain of the Zhongshan work team, deputy head of the 41st Task Force and deputy town chief of Caohu, the Strawberry Festival gave rise to the booming procurement and sales concerning nearly 40 strawberry growers, 219 fruit and vegetable greenhouses, 15 farmhouses and 8 distinctive restaurants. It raked in over 8 million yuan direct consumption and drove the overall retail sales of local consumer goods to surpass 15 million yuan. Besides, other local vegetables and fruits also witnessed sales growth.

Jin Haifeng, one of the strawberry growers, said over 100 groups of visitors came to his greenhouses to pick up strawberries during the event. According to his calculation, a single strawberry greenhouse would witness an output of 700 kilograms this year. Its sales would reach 30,000 yuan, among which, the net profit would be around 20,000 yuan.