I. From "Boxed Meal Vendor" to "Industry Pioneer", Building a Cross-Border Agricultural Landscape The development track of Huayang Trading is a vivid epitome of Mudanjiang's open agriculture. In 2008, Sun Xianbo, the founder, established the company in Ussuriysk, Russia. Relying on the advantages of Dongning's border port with Russia, he embarked on the path of cross-border agricultural exploration. Today, the company has built the largest and highest-standard agricultural product industrial park in the Primorsky Krai of Russia, covering the entire industrial chain including farms, breeding farms, dairy processing plants and other formats. It has 9,500 hectares of overseas land and more than 8,000 hectares of high-quality natural pastures, with an annual sales volume of over 87 million yuan (RMB), becoming a benchmark enterprise in Sino-Russian agricultural cooperation. "From the 'watermelon diplomacy' started with 500 kilograms of watermelons to the large-scale operation of 10,000-mu farms today, we have witnessed the deepening process of Sino-Russian trade," said Sun Xianbo. The growth of the company benefits from Dongning's development positioning of "playing the ecological card and taking the high-quality road", and more importantly, relies on the policy dividends and location advantages of the border port. II. Innovating Trade Modes to Achieve Dual Improvement of Benefits and Quality In the complex international market environment, Huayang Trading takes innovation as the key to solve the problems of cross-border trade. Aiming at the pain points in traditional trade such as high settlement risks and low logistics efficiency, the company actively responds to the guidance of financial policies and comprehensively promotes cross-border RMB settlement. In 2021 alone, it gained an additional profit of over 100,000 yuan through RMB foreign exchange payment, effectively avoiding the risks of exchange rate fluctuations. In terms of industrial chain layout, the company has built an integrated pattern of "having bases in China, markets overseas and channels in between". It quickly transports high-quality agricultural products from Mudanjiang to the Russian market through the Dongning port, realizing the efficient circulation of "from the vegetable garden in the morning to the vegetable basket at noon". At the same time, the company has expanded its import business of grain, coal and other commodities, with its annual trade volume with Russia stably maintained at around 10 million US dollars, forming a positive cycle of two-way trade. III. Practicing Social Responsibility and Promoting Common Prosperity of People's Livelihood "The foundation of an enterprise's development lies in society, and its responsibility also lies in society." This is the development concept adhered to by Huayang Trading. The company employs more than 200 farmers from Dongning to work in Russia every year, with an average annual income of nearly 80,000 yuan per person. It has also helped more than 100 farmers start their own businesses and become bosses in Russia. The overseas agricultural sector alone has driven the per capita income growth of Dongning farmers by 6,000 yuan. This "enterprise + farmer + overseas park" model not only enriches the farmers' wallets, but also broadens the path to prosperity for the people living along the border. During the epidemic period, the company ensured the smooth flow of the Sino-Russian agricultural product supply chain and became an important supplier for people's livelihood security in the Russian Far East. In daily operations, it actively participates in public welfare undertakings in border areas and contributes to the improvement of public services such as education and medical care, demonstrating the enterprise's sense of social responsibility. IV. Focusing on New Opportunities and Marching Towards a New Journey of High-Quality Development At present, with the continuous deepening of Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation and the continuous improvement of Dongning's cross-border RMB settlement system, Huayang Trading has ushered in new development opportunities. The company plans to further expand the scale of overseas breeding, increase the production capacity of dairy cows and live pigs breeding. At the same time, it will build a digital trade platform to improve the efficiency of logistics and warehousing, and promote the transformation of cross-border trade towards "precision and intelligence". "Relying on the 'Belt and Road' Initiative, we will continue to deeply cultivate the Russian market and explore more areas of cooperation," said Sun Xianbo. In the future, the company will build a "digital bridge" for Sino-Russian agricultural product trade, enabling more high-quality products to cross the border and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. From a small border city to the international market, from a single trade to the whole-chain operation, Dongning Huayang Trading Co., Ltd. has written a vivid and brilliant chapter in the picture of Sino-Russian economic and trade cooperation with its practical work and innovation, and has further demonstrated the vigorous development vitality of Chinese border enterprises.