For the first half year of 2013, the industrial value-added output of food processing ranked second in Heilongjiang province following petroleum and natural gas exploitation, said Lu Hao, governor of Heilongjiang.

"With a 19.3 percent increase, the food processing industry has exceeded the petrochemical and equipment manufacturing industry."

Located in the northeastern part of China, Heilongjiang is rich in natural resources. Recent years have seen a period of rapid development in the province's organic food industry.