There have been many crocodile turtle breeding farms in Donglin Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province in recent years.

Huzhou Donglin Town Turtle Breeding Association was established in 2002. The association currently has 360 members including agricultural technicians, large breeding households, purchasers and sellers of production materials, and product marketing households. Under the leadership of the association, Donglin Town currently has 1,283 households and more than 1,500 laborers engaged in turtle breeding; the town has a breeding greenhouse of 630,000 square meters and an outer pond breeding area of ??1,230 acres (it has passed the certification of the origin and product of pollution-free agricultural products by the Ministry of Agriculture); In 2006, the town's turtle output value was more than 200 million yuan, accounting for more than 60% of the town's total agricultural output value. The annual profit of turtle breeding reached more than 70 million yuan, with an average household value of more than 50,000 yuan. The turtle breeding industry has become the dominant agricultural industry in Donglin Town. industry. In addition to driving farmers in the town to develop turtle breeding industry, the association has also spread to surrounding towns in Deqing County and Nanxun District to engage in turtle breeding. The association has vigorously promoted turtle breeding in Donglin Town by carrying out all-round services such as the introduction of new varieties, promotion of new technologies, supply adjustment of production materials, loan guarantees, product sales and work coordination. Since the establishment of the association, it has introduced and promoted 6 new species such as American soft-shelled turtle, Japanese soft-shelled turtle, mountainous soft-shelled turtle, and giant snapping turtle, and promoted more than 10 technologies such as sand-free breeding, pollution-free disease prevention and control technology, and ecological preparations to improve water quality. The association has also established It has established 7 feed and seed supply points, 5 marketing groups, and set up marketing windows in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and other places. The association's breeding base has been certified as a pollution-free base by the Ministry of Agriculture, its products have passed pollution-free production and export certification, and the "Qingbo" brand trademark has been registered. The association actively participates in product promotion activities organized by municipal, district and industry associations to expand the market visibility and competitiveness of "Qingbo" products. In May 2003, the association was rated as the “Provincial Demonstration Rural Professional Cooperation Organization” of Zhejiang Province, in September 2003 it was rated as the “Provincial Advanced Collective for Science Popularization” in Zhejiang Province, and in February 2004 it was awarded the “National "Top 100 Rural Professional and Technical Associations" honorary title.