The insurance equipment industry in Zhangshu City, Jiangxi was founded by a group of ordinary farmers in the 1970s. At present, the annual output value of the insurance equipment industry in the city has increased from more than 100,000 yuan to more than 200 million yuan, and the number of employees has grown from less than 100 to more than 4,000. It has become the fourth pillar industry in the city after medicine, wine and salt. In 2006, 14 companies in the city's insurance equipment industry passed the ISO9000 quality system certification.