On June 3rd, a visit to the production facility of Liaoning Anjoyfood Co., Ltd. in Tai'an County, Anshan City, revealed operations proceeding in an orderly fashion behind glass walls.
The company's administrative head, Liu Chen, explained that their product range primarily consists of four major categories: quick-frozen surimi products, quick-frozen meat products, quick-frozen prepared dishes, and quick-frozen rice and flour products. These meticulously produced frozen goods are swiftly distributed via refrigerated trucks to regions including Northeast China, North China, and Inner Mongolia, reaching countless dining tables.
Statistics show that since its annual tax payment first exceeded 100 million yuan in 2021, Liaoning Anjoyfood has averaged annual tax contributions of 135 million yuan. In 2025, the company achieved an output value of 1.483 billion yuan and spurred collaborative growth among surrounding supporting enterprises.
Liu Chen noted that the industrial park concentrates essential production factors required for business development. The comprehensive industrial support and efficient logistics in Tai'an have significantly reduced both production and transportation costs for companies, allowing them to operate with greater agility and focus on product innovation and market expansion.
At Liaoning Anjiu Animal Nutrition Food Co., Ltd., multiple automated production lines operate smoothly within fully enclosed, low-temperature clean rooms. Ingredients undergo processes like cutting, proportioning, forming, and canning, ultimately being transformed into finished pet food cans.
Company head Xu Yingce stated that following the commencement of the first-phase wet pet food project in August 2025, the second-phase dry pet food production line is set to begin operations soon. The company's output value for this year is projected to reach 100 million yuan. It has already obtained EU certification, granting it qualification to export products to the European Union.
In Xu Yingce's view, establishing the factory in Tai'an was the optimal choice. The well-developed supporting industrial chain means raw material suppliers are just a street away from Anjiu, drastically cutting logistics expenses. He added that Anshan, as a nationally significant hub for the pet industry, provides a vast market for the company's products, and in turn, the company contributes to extending and strengthening Anshan's pet industry chain.
In recent years, Tai'an has focused on the deep processing of agricultural products as a leading sector, promoting the agglomeration of major enterprises and establishing a complete industrial chain spanning breeding, slaughtering, processing, and sales.
For food producers like Anjoyfood and Anjiu, Tai'an's integrated supply chain first and foremost ensures ample raw materials. For instance, Anshan Jiuguhe Food Co., Ltd., which is involved in broiler chicken breeding, procurement, slaughtering, and deep processing, directly supplies meat products to companies like Anjoyfood and Anjiu. Similarly, Liaoning Hoffun Egg Industry Co., Ltd., also located in Tai'an, provides liquid egg products to these food processors, helping to lower their production costs. Jiuguhe also supplies packaging cartons to Anjiu. This creates a closed-loop development of the industrial chain within Tai'an, encompassing everything from upstream raw materials to downstream product packaging.
Leveraging this complete industrial chain, various enterprises specializing in the deep processing of agricultural products have settled in Tai'an. To date, the county has fostered 24 large-scale agricultural deep-processing enterprises, including 4 national-level key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization. The total annual output value of agricultural product processing has reached 16 billion yuan, accounting for 60% of the county's total industrial output value. This development has helped raise the average annual income of local farming households by over 20,000 yuan.
Comments