In the past several years, Laiyang has industrialized agriculture to speed up the economic development in the rural area. In 2003, the whole city finished a GDP of 10.92 billion yuan, with an increase of 18.2%. The local financial revenue reached 377,580,000 yuan, which increased 18.5%. The net income per farmer stood at 3,876 yuan with a gain of 273 yuan. The agriculture of Laiyang features the following:

1. Cultivate leading enterprises
Recently, Laiyang has spent great efforts in developing food industry. Now, four industrial chains have come into being such as vegetables, grain and oil, farming, and fruits. Under leadership of the processing enterprises, 60% of the farmers have been involved in the industrialized management of agriculture directly or indirectly.

2. Speed up the construction of standardization and enhance the competitiveness of farm products
After China's access to WTO, the foreign countries have greatly increased the inspecting standards and environmental requests, set up more complicated technical and green barriers, which have contained our foreign trade. In order to solve the problems, Laiyang has attached great importance to increase quality of farm products and quicken the standardization of agriculture.

3. Advance internationalization
We always give priority to market and adhere to the principle of exploiting domestic and international markets. In 2003, the export of products with high added values exceeds 60% of the whole. In China, a marketing network has been established.