Fujian tapping potential of natural resources to aid rural revitalization

Counties and villages in the southern province of Fujian will take full advantage of their natural resources in fisheries and plantations as they board the fast track to rural revitalization, officials have said.

Agricultural undertakings with local characteristics, rather than industrial development, should be the focus of rural revitalization, several city mayors said on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the National People's Congress.

"We must fully utilize the resources provided by the sea and the mountains to improve the level of production and people's livelihoods," said Guo Xiwen, mayor of Ningde. His city has five coastal counties and five in mountainous areas.