Yubang Village, Xiamao Town, Sha County, became rich by selling snacks.

Xiamao Town is the birthplace of Shaxian snacks. In the early 1990s, thousands of people went to other places to make snacks to make a living. Coinciding with the rise of the wave of "going to the sea" and "working" in China, the urban floating population has skyrocketed, creating demands for food, accommodation and travel.

The affordable price principle of "one yuan to enter the store, two yuan to eat, and five yuan to eat well" has captured the urban low-consumption group and captured countless diners. Shaxian snacks quickly became popular.

Today, Shaxian snacks are sold in 62 countries and regions around the world, with an annual turnover of 50 billion yuan, creating and creating employment for 300,000 people. This is the charm of Shaxian snacks, the "national delicacy".

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The "central kitchen" of Shaxian snacks:

Fujian Province Shaxian Snack Industrial Park is the "central kitchen" of Shaxian snacks. Every day, 12 tons of steamed dumplings are produced on the automated production line. Each steamed dumpling has 14 pleats on both sides and weighs 14.5 grams, plus or minus no more than 0.2 grams. The flat meat is beaten automatically by the machine, and the noodles are also mixed with an automatic noodle machine. Every day, 40 tons of semi-finished products of various types depart from the central kitchen and are sent to various places through cold chain logistics. Big data analyzes the operations of thousands of franchise stores, and food safety can be monitored throughout the entire process, from the production line to the dining table.

Nowadays, many Shaxian people have returned to their hometowns to start businesses and started supporting snack industries. Shaxian has 60,000 acres of cultivation and breeding base for Chinese medicinal materials, edible fungi, spices, etc., and snack ingredients, creating employment for 20,000 farmers.

In many out-of-town stores, flat meat, noodles, steamed dumplings, and stew pots are the most common varieties. In Shaxian, there are as many as 110 varieties of snacks, many of which are not available in other places.