CHESTER COUNTY, United States, July 18 -- While U.S. President Donald Trump sees an "economic enemy" in China, the northeastern U.S. county of Chester in Pennylvania sees an economic partner.
The county, with an area of 1,965 sq km and about 516,000 people, has long taken pride in its diverse agricultural products. Farmers here produce a whopping half of all the mushrooms in the United States. Soon some of them will grow mushrooms in China, for China.
Chris Alonzo, president of Pietro Industries, a third-generation family-owned and operated mushroom farm, has partnered with a Chinese businessman to open a mushroom-growing facility in east China's Anhui Province. He expects it to be operational by the end of this year and produce 17 tons of mushrooms daily in the beginning.
The partnership could not have been established without the help of Chester County China Initiative (CCCI), a project launched in 2013 by Chester and the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) to build business and cultural ties between the U.S. county and China that in turn will bring in Chinese investment and create high value-added jobs.
The program also seeks to increase the number of joint ventures between the two sides.
Alonzo found his Chinese partner when a delegation from China took a tour organized by the CCCI, looking for business opportunities.
For his first project in China, Alonzo will introduce advanced mushroom-growing technology to Chinese employees and be responsible for their training. His partner, on the other hand, is contributing all the funding needed for the project.
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