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A farmer dries freshly harvested loofah sponges in Fulong township, Jiujiang, East China's Jiangxi Province. File photo: VCG
Chinese plush toys, new-energy vehicles and robots often grab global headlines. Beyond the spotlight, however, many unassuming Chinese exports are quietly making great gains in markets around the world.
Recently, 14,040 specific pathogen free (SPF) eggs, also known as "diamond eggs" and prized as a critical raw material for vaccine research, took off from Beijing Daxing International Airport and landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In the first half of 2026 alone, exports of Beijing-produced SPF eggs topped 400,000 units, soaring 254 percent year-on-year. Their export value exceeded 3.8 million yuan ($563,364), up 166 percent year-on-year. Both figures already surpassed the full-year total for 2025, according to statistics from the Beijing customs.
"Diamond eggs" are not alone. Many processed farm goods from various regions across China, ranging from loofahs to new corn-based synthetic fibers to "icy persimmons," are reaching consumers in many countries and regions around the world, with rising export volumes.
Behind the headline numbers lies a quiet change: China is no longer content to ship out raw apples, live fish, or unprocessed grain. It is climbing the value chain - turning farmyard staples into high-value, shelf-ready products for markets around the world, Zhu Qiucheng, CEO of Ningbo New Oriental Electric Industrial Development, told the Global Times.
New e-commerce starsIn Shangcheng County, Central China's Henan Province, the loofahs once lived a quiet life next to the stove - serving as kitchen scrubbers. Today they are a cross-border e-commerce star.
"We have built processing factories, design teams and unified procurement systems that link agricultural cooperatives and farmers across dozens of villages, turning sponge gourds - a traditional side crop - into a scalable, export-oriented industry," a sales manager at Yuangeng Longshang, a local producer and exporter of sponge gourd-related products, told the Global Times.
Processors in Shangcheng have developed more than 60 loofah product lines - ranging from bath sponges and kitchen scrubbers to pet toys and cultural-creative items - and sell them via Amazon, AliExpress, Temu and other platforms to more than 50 countries and regions, according to media reports.
In the first half of 2026, Shangcheng's e-commerce transaction volume of loofah-made products exceeded 30 million yuan, up 35 percent year-on-year. At present, the annual comprehensive output value of the loofah industry in the county has exceeded 100 million yuan.
Apart from sponge gourds, corn has also found a new way to become cloth.
"Unlike traditional synthetic fibers made from petroleum, the core ingredient of our flagship Sorona-based series comes from corn," Hong Boqi, general manager of Chuanyue New Material Co, a domestic cloth supplier, told the Global Times.
The process of making Sorona starts by fermenting corn sugars to extract Bio-PDO (a bio-based chemical building block, essentially a plant-derived version of the molecule used in certain plastics). This is then polymerized and spun into yarn and finished fabric.
The company has independently developed more than 300 Sorona fabric varieties, said Hong.
The firm is also exploring seaweed. Working with a domestic biotech partner, it created an "ice algae mud" functional fabric. Natural seaweed is finely ground and combined with a composite powder made from nephrite, then processed through a specialized spinning method. The finished textile is designed for recycling, reinforcing its green credentials.
Behind these advances lie years of patient research and development. Chuanyue invests about 4 million yuan annually in early-stage material development, covering the full journey from lab innovation to finished fabric, said Hong.
Innovative waysApart from being processed into industrial products, Chinese fresh fruits and vegetables are also processed in innovative ways to reach global consumers.
For example, Hainan Nicepal Industry Co is not simply selling fresh fruit. Instead, it uses advanced spray-drying technology to turn fresh fruits into fruit powders, concentrated juices, and not-from-concentrate (NFC) purees.
Pan Fengying, deputy general manager of the Hainan-based company, said that the company's output value reached 600 million yuan last year, and this year's target is 1.2 to 1.5 billion yuan, according to local media.
And in Yi County, North China's Hebei Province, fresh fruit that once spoiled quickly or fetched rock-bottom seasonal prices is now processed into "icy persimmons," which made exports easier.
In April 2026, the first batch of 15,000 persimmons was sent to Toronto, Canada. In the first half of this year, the sales volume of the ice-ripened persimmons in the county increased eightfold compared to the previous year; the annual production is expected to be 20 times that of last year, local authorities said.
Through controlled processes of de-astringency, sugaring and rapid freezing, the fruit develops a creamy, ice-cream-like texture while retaining its natural sweetness. Local authorities built a shared industrial park complete with standardized workshops, fully automatic production lines and large-scale intelligent cold storage, allowing micro- and small-sized firms to "move in without having to prepare for everything."
The China Agricultural Sector Development Report 2026, released in June, projected a pivot toward higher-value agricultural exports from 2026 to 2030. Categories such as processed fruits and nuts, frozen fruits, fish fillets and frozen vegetables are flagged for strong growth potential.
The message is clear: volume still matters, but value and differentiation matter more.
How did the "sudden" upgrade of the agricultural sector happen? Analysts pointed to two major reasons: pursuit of high-quality development and resilient supply chains.
China has emphasized high-quality development, guiding enterprises to focus more on quality over quantity. This has led to deep processing, brand building and new quality productive forces in the agriculture sector, said Zhu.
Zhu also noted that the speed and completeness of China's resilient supply chains are powering the transformation. Every link - from raw materials to finished goods, including processing, packaging, and logistics - is tightly connected.
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作者 许耀泉一般来说,任何国家都要幅员相当广阔,人们才会按地区和习俗来区分彼此。但新加坡人即使住在这个弹丸小国上,还会在自己人当中为一件事争得面红耳赤:
是East side best side还是West side best side? 东部西部,孰劣孰优?别笑话了,乘搭地铁一个多小时就能从新加坡的一端到达另一端,还硬要分东西? 但新加坡人为了这个话题甚至还会“选边站”,给自己冠上Easties(东边人)和Westies(西边人)的名称。在学者看来,这不是笑话,反而显示了新加坡人的国家身份认同正日益加强。

二 | 但是我们先看看新加坡东西部居民之间这场没完没了的争执。东部两大王牌:东海岸公园、樟宜机场 东海岸公园既是广受新加坡人欢迎的沙滩公园,还让周围的住宅摇身一变成为濒水住宅。(海峡时报)综合网上的讨论和平时与东西部居民的交谈所闻,住在新加坡1东部隐约给人一种“高人一等”的感觉,主要的原因跟地理位置有关:新加坡最受欢迎的东海岸公园,就在东部。关键倒不在东海岸公园本身,而是公园附近的居民基本上都住在濒水住宅嘛,谁人不爱? 东部居民的另一个杀手锏就更厉害了,那就是樟宜机场。

三 | 樟宜机场除了是新加坡人出国回国的必经之地,本身也是个景点,但它还给东部带来另一个好处,那就是限制了新加坡东部多个地区的建筑高度。

四 | 因此,当地跟新加坡其他高楼林立的地区就变得不太相同,辨识度也立刻提高了。能说“世界最高的室内瀑布,就在我家附近”,应该只有新加坡东部居民吧?(海峡时报)美食也是东部居民喜欢挂在嘴边的另一个卖点,君不见如切一带,一排排翻新得美轮美奂的旧店屋里头,满是一家家售卖各色佳肴美馔的餐馆?就算要比小贩中心,东部的勿洛85小贩中心和樟宜村小贩中心,就足以令不少新加坡人称羡了。就连新加坡女艺人庄米雪也忍不住在一段视频中调侃道:西部在裕廊飞禽公园搬走之后,还剩下什么?果然是名副其实鸟不生蛋的地方! 新加坡东部的种种优势,甚至有其历史根源。国立大学政策研究所研究员Melvin Tay和Mathew Mathews在5月初刊登于《海峡时报》的一篇联名评论中指出,根据新加坡1957年人口普查,新加坡东部的人口密度已经高于西部,城市化的速度也更快。其中,芽笼士乃、勿洛和实乞纳这些组屋区当时已经开始建设,为东部居民的社区认同感奠下基础。

五 | 相比之下,新加坡西部地区在同一个时期以农业和工业活动为主,居民所居住的甘榜也相隔较远。

六 | 西部两大卖点:大自然风貌、高等学府住在西部的蚁粉现在是不是想拍案而起,列举当地的一些优点? 这不是其他国家,而是新加坡铁道走廊的一部分噢。(市区重建局提供)Westies会说,相对于东部大片大片的水泥森林,真正的绿意要在西部才找得到,毕竟,新加坡大部分自然保护区、裕华园与星和园这两座老牌公园、近年落成的裕廊湖公园,加上郁郁葱葱的铁道走廊(Rail Corridor),都在西部。新加坡不少名校、理工学院,和两所世界排名名列前茅的大学都在哪里?没错,就在西部。

七 | 西部也不乏美食,文礼的椰浆饭、达曼裕廊小贩中心,都是西部居民的心头好。新加坡好几所高等学府和名校都坐落在西部,如图中的国立大学。(海峡时报)公说公有理,婆说婆有理,虽然开车不到半小时就能往返新加坡的东部和西部,还是有新加坡人硬要把新加坡人划分为东部和西部居民,在Melvin Tay和Mathew Mathews看来,这种区域性的身份认同对人们来说还是现实存在的,还会随着新加坡日后的发展和蜕变,继续生存也演变下去。因此,即使一些东部居民出于某种优越感不愿意搬迁到新加坡西部,这种身份认同仍印证了新加坡在打造家园这方面的成功。既是如此,欢迎Easties和Westies继续争辩下去,红蚂蚁就当一次吃瓜群众好了。
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