More than one thousand visitors went into big-arch shelters to taste strawberry in Shangtian, a township in Ningbo, on January 28. It was actually the opening of 2010 Chinese Strawberry Festival in Shangtian, which was listed as a base of leisure and health by Scientific Health Committee of Association of the Aged in China. Wang Haiguo, the vice mayor of Ningbo and Zhang Xiaoping, the vice president of Ningbo Political Consultative Committee, attended the opening ceremony.

Shantian has always been known as Land of Strawberry in China. Strawberry in Shangtian has improved a lot in terms of quantity and quality. Strawberry named Fengguan is listed as provincial well-known top green food and once won the gold medal in Agricultural Exposition of Zhejiang Province. Strawberry has become an important source of income of local farmers. At the same time, the development of strawberry industry has aroused the development of strawberry industry in surrounding areas and Pudong in Shanghai.

Strawberries in Shangtian are mainly produced in Changshou Mountains, which surround villages and rich in trees, thus creating a place of good environment and fine ecology