Lu'an is a major agricultural city and a national key commodity grain production base. It is rich in more than 110 kinds of famous, special and rare agricultural and sideline products, including grain, oil, hemp, chestnuts, tea, cocoons, meat, poultry, aquatic products, etc. The output of agricultural and sideline products ranks among the top in Anhui Province.

In the 8th year of the Republic of China (1919), the total grain output of Lu'an was 253,000 tons. In 1949, the total grain output was 757,800 tons. After land reform, it increased to 964,200 tons in 1952 and reached 1.277 million tons in 1957. tons increased by 68.4% compared with 1949. In 1980, the city generally implemented the household contract responsibility system, and farmers had production autonomy. In 1981, the total grain output reached 2.2838 million tons. In 1985, the total grain output was 2.1593 million tons, an increase of 1.85 times compared with 1949.

The main oil crops in Lu'an are rapeseed, peanuts and sesame. In 1949, 298,800 acres of oil crops were planted, with a total output of 12,600 tons. In 1957, the number increased to 762,800 acres, with a total output of 48,100 tons. In 1961 It was reduced to 302,900 acres, with a total output of only 6,700 tons. In 1965, 388,000 acres of oil crops were planted, and the total output rose to 22,700 tons. In 1978, the planting was expanded to 600,000 acres, with a total output of 31,900 tons. In 1980, 629,400 acres were planted, with a total output of 35,400 tons, but it still did not reach the production level in 1957. In 1985, 1.4871 million acres were planted, with a total output of 111,900 tons.

In 2012, the total agricultural output value was 19.88 billion yuan, the grain planting area was 10.74 million acres, and the output was 4.491 million tons; the oil planting area was 1.258 million acres, and the output was 173,000 tons; the cotton planting area was 192,000 acres, and the output was 17,649 tons. ; The vegetable planting area is 948,000 acres, and vegetables and fruits are developing steadily on the basis of variety optimization. Meat output was 512,000 tons and aquatic products were 281,000 tons. A number of leading and characteristic industries such as high-quality grain and oil, vegetables, tea, pigs, poultry, aquatic products, cocoon silk, camellia oleifera, Lu'an hemp, Chinese medicinal materials, grass, bamboo and willow weaving have been basically formed. There are now national-level leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization. 2, 59 at the provincial level and 266 at the municipal level. The city has certified 58 pollution-free agricultural products, 90 green foods, and 31 organic foods. Lu'an Guapian, Huoshan Huangya, and Wanxi White Goose have been approved as national certification trademarks. Huoshan Dendrobium, Lu'an Guapian, Huoqiu Liubian, and Yingjia Gongjiu have been awarded China's geographical indication protected products. They have 1 Chinese famous brand agricultural product and are provincial-level famous products. There are 30 trademarked agricultural products, and 26 kinds of agricultural products have been awarded the title of Anhui Province Famous Brand Agricultural Products. There are more than 40 processing enterprises in the city with export performance of agricultural and sideline products, earning more than 200 million US dollars in foreign exchange, accounting for about 60% of the city's total exports. The export enterprises are involved in straw and bamboo weaving, down, cocoon and silk, fruits and vegetables, aquatic products, tea and other industries. The construction of agro-ecological economy has begun. The city has now built three pollution-free tea production bases and two pollution-free vegetable production bases, which have been certified by the European Union, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the State Environmental Protection Administration respectively. Luyi brand loosestrife and coriander, Guiran brand wild arrowroot powder, Helian brand lotus seed juice, etc. have obtained green food certification. The industrial base of Lu'an area is weak. In the early Republic of China, most of them were handicraft shops and workshops. The main products were earthenware pottery, earthen paper, earthen textiles, knitwear, iron pots, cakes, liquor, mats, paper umbrellas, yellow smoke, and iron bamboo. Wooden farm tools.

In 1949, the city's total industrial output value was 21.94 million yuan (constant prices in 1980, the same below), accounting for only 5.8% of the total industrial and agricultural output value. In 1952, the total industrial output value reached 41.53 million yuan, an increase of 89.3% over 1949, of which light industry increased by 93% and heavy industry increased by 24%. In 1956, private industry and individual handicrafts realized the transformation of socialist collective ownership of the means of production, and at the same time continued to establish a number of local state-owned enterprises. In 1957, the total industrial output value of the region was 83.73 million yuan. In 1959, the total industrial output value was 181.6 million yuan, an increase of 1.27 times compared with 1957. Among them, the proportion of heavy industry increased from 12.5% ??in 1957 to 28.24%.

In 1962, the total industrial output value dropped to 106.7 million yuan. In 1965, the total industrial output value reached 115.97 million yuan. In 1985, Lu'an had 2,418 industrial enterprises, and the annual industrial output value was 989.07 million yuan, which was 989.07 million yuan. In 1949, it increased 44 times, accounting for 37.97% of the total industrial and agricultural output value, and paid profits and taxes of 82.27 million yuan.

Among them, there are 226 enterprises owned by the whole people, with an output value of 506.22 million yuan, accounting for 51.18% of the total industrial output value; there are 2,192 collectively owned enterprises, with an output value of 278.72 million yuan, accounting for 28.18% of the total industrial output value. The labor productivity of all employees in national and collective enterprises was 11,990 yuan and 4,038 yuan respectively; the original values ??of fixed assets were 536.46 million yuan and 132.93 million yuan respectively; the net fixed assets values ??were 390.62 million yuan and 101.61 million yuan respectively; the average annual balance of fixed working capital was respectively It is 113.27 million yuan and 61.32 million yuan.

Since 1949, the industry in Lu'an area has grown from scratch, from small to large. By 1985, there were more than 10 industrial categories and 35 industries, and a local industrial system with backbone industries such as electricity, chemicals, machinery, food, building materials, and textiles as the main body was initially formed. Bearings, walking tractors, machine-made paper, cotton yarn, sacks, white factory silk, silk fabrics and other products all occupy an important position in the same industry in the province. From 1979 to 1985, 7 products won the title of Ministry of Quality Products; 29 products won the title of Provincial Quality Products; 27 products were sold to more than a dozen countries and regions including Europe, America, Japan, and Southeast Asia. [13]

Lu'an's industrial economy has developed rapidly. In 2012, the number of industrial enterprises above designated size in the city reached 770, an increase of 98 over the previous year. The added value of industries above designated size throughout the year was 35.48 billion yuan, an increase of 17.7%. The added value of light industry was 15.72 billion yuan, an increase of 20.2% over the previous year; the added value of heavy industry was 19.76 billion yuan, an increase of 16.0%.