Agriculture & Food

In recent years, Gansu's agricultural products, which have continued to expand the international market, have become the "dark horse" in the province's foreign trade exports. Following the geographical advantage of countries adjacent to the Silk Road, it has become a "vegetable basket" for the people of Central and Western Asia. With the normalized delivery of China-Europe freight trains, opening up the European markets such as Germany, Italy, and Russia has become a new path for "Gourmet" agricultural products.

Gansu is one of the origins of Chinese agricultural culture. It has a long history of agricultural exchanges with countries and regions along the Silk Road, and has obvious functions as a channel hub. The climate here is diverse, with sufficient sunlight, large temperature difference between day and night, little environmental pollution, and excellent quality of agricultural products, which gradually meets the needs of diners at home and abroad in pursuit of health, organic, specialization and diversification.

In mid-May, a reporter from China News Service walked into the Fannian agricultural product and vegetable production base in the modern Gobi Agricultural Industrial Park in Zhangye, Gansu, which is located in the vast Gobi Desert. There are fresh vegetables such as peppers and eggplants in the greenhouse. In the open outdoor, there are nearly a hundred farmers. Is busy planting onion seedlings. These carefully cared fruits and vegetables will be sent to the tables of overseas diners.

"Starting from exploring the export of agricultural products in 2005, more than 10 years have passed. The exported agricultural products have shown new characteristics of increasing numbers and varieties. With the improvement of people's living standards, the quality requirements of exported agricultural products have become higher and higher." 15th He Dongmei, deputy general manager of Fanian Agricultural Products Co., Ltd. of Zhangye City, Gansu, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that Gansu’s onions, colored peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, potatoes, etc. are very popular among customers at home and abroad.

"The European market has been planned and negotiated since last year, especially with the normal operation of the China-Europe Express, which has a natural transportation advantage for the export of Gansu agricultural products." He Dongmei said that in 2020, the company has signed a sales contract of 95.2 million. Yuan (RMB, the same below), and reached a cooperation agreement with two trading companies in Italy and Germany to ship 1,600 tons of specialty agricultural products such as onions, garlic, and potatoes.

At the end of March, the first batch of 600 tons of onions for this order has been shipped to Milan, Italy. He Dongmei said that this year the company will normalize the operation of the China-Europe freight trains for agricultural products in Zhangye, realizing the monthly delivery of 1-2 special trains, making Zhangye a starting point and distribution center for exports of agricultural products to China and Europe, thereby driving the development of the Gobi agricultural industry and increasing farmers’ income. .

The Lanzhou Customs 2021 work conference disclosed that in the past five years, Gansu agricultural products have continued to expand overseas markets, with a total export value of 9.87 billion yuan, and the number of exporting countries and regions has increased to 125. Special agricultural products such as self-produced grapes, morels, and olive oil were exported for the first time, and fresh fruits such as apples were put on the tables of 25 countries and regions.

Coincidentally, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, which has set up 39 special agricultural products sales and storage areas in Vietnam, Cambodia and other countries, will also do a good job in the follow-up shipping work focusing on the foreign trade sales of bulk high-quality agricultural products such as honeydew melons and goji berries. The cargo situation is coordinated to increase the frequency of freight, organize the China-Europe train, and build a major international trade channel.

Relying on the location advantages of the golden section of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Gansu is accelerating its integration into the global trade industry chain by promoting the “land-air linkage” and mutual assistance between east and west in the construction of trade channels and various open platforms.

In the first quarter, Gansu international freight trains shipped a total of 137 4435 vehicles, with a total freight of 90,700 tons and a value of 40.29 million US dollars. The total number of vehicles shipped increased by 119% year-on-year. The international freight trains are export-oriented in the province with a good momentum of development Economic development "pave the way and build bridges."

On May 17, the China-Europe international freight train "Tianma" will first depart from Wuwei, Gansu to Duisburg, Germany. This is the first time that Gansu has shipped a train to the European Union.