Experts suggest processing plants on mainland to solve logisticsWhile China is geared up to increase imports of US agricultural products, its potential as a market for fresh produce means big opportunities for US companies. US fresh produce exports to China are small because of logistics, but one way to penetrate the market would be to build processing facilities and supply chains in China with US technology, said industry experts in California. An interesting business partnership would be taking the blueprint of a highly advanced fresh produce processing facility to China and deploy it, said Brian Curtis, CEO of Concentric Power, which provides microgrid systems to the agriculture sector to optimize their energy efficiency. Huge investments have been poured into the supply chain to meet that demand, including Alibaba-backed fresh-food chain Hema Food Market and fresh produce online marketplace Yiguo. The potential of the Chinese market for fresh produce will be huge once the second- and third-tier cities are unblocked, he said.