Situated in the middle low latitude belt,　 Hong Shan 　District is an apparent fluctuating area from the 　south to the north. The silt plain of the Changjian River, ridges and hills 　mainly forms it. It has a climate of the subtropical monsoon moist kind with abundant sunshine, distinct seasons.　rich resources of light, hot, mountains and water. Because of the cong period　with out frost, the district is perfectly suitable for the growth of differentkinds of crops.

　　In the recent years, the district’s committee and　government are 　taking more dynamic measures in 　the agricultural structure-adjustment of　the whole district and in the process of speeding up the pace of constructing the urban- oriented agriculture. which has greatly enhanced the economic　development　of the agriculture　industry and the 　rural area. Now, it has 　built up & large industrial developing bases which are as follows: special vegetable　production base; special aquadric product breeding base: special aquatic fry 　incubating base: fishing, livestock and paltry production base; the flowering　plantsbase the watermelon and muskmelon base: the common lotus 　base and 　2　 livestock butchering and processing enterprises. It is planned that in the year 2007, the　developing scale of the agricultural products of the whole district will like this:There will be more than 100,000 mu for vegetable production, 165,000 mu for　aquatic 　breeding, 20,000 mu for ecological forest and 20,000 mu for fruits; the　production 　quantity of fruit will peach 4000 ton, 250,000 pigs out of shed,　3,500,000　meat ducks or geese on sale on the market, 3000 cows, 100,000　tons 　of milk production: the output of cold melon will reach 24,000 tons. In　addition to that, 14 agricultural products processing enterprises will be　developed and 30 to 35 large or middle supermarkets will be built up to realize　the kind of production and running pattern in which peasant housed are　leaded by the 　companies into the market with the integration of trade, industry and agriculture, processing, and sale.