The Haicang Edible Bird's Nest Industry Quality Strong Chain Service Alliance has been officially launched, marking the start of the edible bird's nest industry quality strong chain work.

The Xiamen Free Trade Zone's edible bird's nest is off to a strong start, with a production value of 133.28 million yuan ($18.53 million) in January 2024, a year-on-year increase of 63.56 percent.

The Xiamen Free Trade Zone administrative committee, in collaboration with the Haicang park administration bureau, recently conducted law enforcement inspections on a bird's nest businesses.

The company operates an industrial park and an integrated platform for inspection, temporary storage and designated processing of imported raw-unclean edible bird nest in the Xiamen FTZ.

​East China's Xiamen port ranked first in the imports of beer and cubilose – the Asian gastronomic delicacy of bird's nests made from the saliva of swiftlets – among Chinese ports in the first 11 months of 2022, according to the latest records from local customs.