Dafeng:
 

Traditionally, Dafeng heavily depended on its agriculture income and its principal agricultural products include rice, cotton, oil seed, cocoon, fruit, livestock and aquatic products. In 2006, its agricultural earning occupied half of the total GDP of the city.
 
The city has been designated by the national government as one of ecology-pioneering cities and a comprehensive experimental zone in China. Its industrial sectors, including machinery, foods, light and chemical industries, have been developing in a good shape and fast. The incoming investment funds are further improving the city’s economic capability.

 
Dafeng Port is a sea-orientated port and has been listed by the state government as one of important ports in the east coastline of China. The city has been included in the Shanghai Economical Zone and the Yangtze Delta Economical Circle.
 
Regardless of its success in rapid industrial growth, Dafeng still emphasizes its eco-balanced development. The city drafted the first comprehensive protocol in China to highlight its ecologic priority in the city’s development scheme and has been selected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as an experimental area of the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development program. In addition, the city has been working hard to establish its national reputation in produce of diverse organic food, vegetables, fruits, etc.
 
Dafeng maintains the largest national nature reserve for the unpolluted wetland in China and the reserve has been recognized as a fabulous conservation land for an endangered deer species, Père David's Deer or Milu (麋鹿) in Chinese. The wild deer perished in the early 19th century in China but was re-introduced to the national park in 1985. The immense coastline and wetland is a paradise as well for other species of insects, fish, animals, and millions of migrating birds.