Jiangxi's crayfish companies serve delicious profits

Once shunned as an invasive species, crayfish are now a popular delicacy and a major source of revenue for farmers in Pengze county, Jiangxi province, home to 380,000 residents.

Fu Hailin, 34, a local painter-turned-farmer, started breeding crayfish in 2016, after learning that some villagers hit pay dirt in this business. After quitting his wall-painting job in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, Fu leased around 5 hectares of land in Pengze and started up.

Fu made over 200,000 yuan ($29,072) in the first year of his new business. Crayfish breeding in his hometown earned him double that of his away-from-home painting job, on the back of lower expenses.