Xixia county, located in the southwest region of Henan province, covers an area of 3,454 square kilometers. With 81 percent of the area being covered by forest, Xixia county is so rich in medicinal herbs and fruits, that it is honored as a "Green Kingdom" and "Natural Drugstore". In the 1990s, Xixia was called as the "Home of Dinosaurs" after thousands of fossilized dinosaur eggs were unearthed.

Since the reform and opening-up policies, and with the Wanxi Group, Xibao Group and Longcheng Group as the leading forces, Xixia has developed four advantageous industrial groups, namely, Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing, steelmaking and auxiliary materials, automobile parts, and agricultural products and by product processing.

The value of agricultural product exports from Nanyang city in Central China's Henan province reached $870 million in 2014 – an increase of 31.8 percent compared to the one in 2013, according to the Nanyang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

The value of the agricultural product exports reached a record high and ranked it in first place in the whole of Henan province.

Among a great number of species of exported agricultural products, edible mushrooms – represented by the shiitake mushroom – enjoyed an outstanding performance. The amount of exports reached 4.6 tons, which was an increase of 36.6 percent. The value of exported products reached $650 million, an increase of 32.7 percent.

In 2014, the value of agricultural product exports reached $640 million, which took up more than a quarter of the total value of agricultural product exports in the entire province of Henan.