Agriculture & Food

Known as the "golden belt of agricultural production", Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is close to the Qilian Mountains in the south and the Badan Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert in the north. The agricultural products produced are of high quality, not only for major domestic high-end cities, but also frequently Go to the overseas dining table. In the future, the district will continue to make efforts to build "four tens of billions of agricultural industry clusters".

Ganzhou District Party Committee Secretary Ge Yonghong said that in recent years, the district has concentrated all resources to speed up the cultivation of industries, and made efforts to build "four tens of billions" agricultural industrial clusters of green vegetables, dairy beef cattle, modern seed industries, and modern facility agriculture to improve agricultural quality. Efficiency and competitiveness. At present, the agricultural products of Ganzhou District have not only gone to major domestic markets such as Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but also have gone out of the country and are exported to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Japan and other places.

At the same time, Ganzhou District insists on "going out" and "bringing in", and organizing the "big investment promotion" and "big investment promotion" activities in a precise way. After unremitting efforts, it has attracted a large number of leading domestic enterprises to invest and develop. modern agriculture.

"This year, we invested more than 5,000 acres of watermelon cultivation in Wujiang Town, Ganzhou District, and the watermelon has already begun to go on the market. Because of the good taste, all the watermelons have been ordered, and the sales are mainly in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. "Xu Peng, general manager of Zhangye Ark Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. said.

Wang Lijun, head of the Economic Crop Technology Extension Station of Ganzhou District, gave an example in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com on the 10th. There are more than 50 best-selling varieties in the 10,000-mu high-quality export melon demonstration zone in Anzhen Village and Yongfeng Village, Wujiang Town. It has formed advantages in domestic markets such as the Yangtze River Delta, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas sales markets in Southeast Asia. The modern agricultural industry demonstration zone invested and built by Zhangye Zhenkangyuan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. has formed a colored carrot production base. The carrots produced are favored by consumers at home and abroad because of their bright color, sweet taste, and high nutritional value.

It is understood that a total of 20 companies in Ganzhou District carry out import and export trade to Southeast Asia, Western Europe, the United States, Central Asia, Russia and other places. The export goods mainly include dehydrated vegetables and fresh vegetables. Set up offices in Khorgos and Pingxiang ports respectively to export fresh fruits and vegetables in bulk to the United States, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Russia and other places.

In 2020, the total foreign trade import and export volume of Ganzhou District will be 370 million yuan, and the foreign trade import and export volume will be 150 million yuan from January to May 2021, a year-on-year increase of 110%. The area's characteristic agricultural product export record base has reached 164,000 mu.

Wanglong, a farmer in No.6 Village, Liangjiadun Town, Ganzhou District, has five vegetable sheds, which mainly grow eggplant, cucumber, and baby cabbage. He said, “As soon as the vegetables on our side were picked, buyers came to buy them, so they didn’t have to worry about selling them. Last year, the profit of these five vegetable greenhouses was close to 200,000 yuan.”

Xie Yousheng, the mayor of Zhangye City, once stated that Zhangye is rich in water, soil, light and heat resources and complements each other perfectly. The agricultural resources are superior and the irrigation system is perfect. The cultivated area is 5.34 million mu. It is the country's largest corn seed production base and important fruits and vegetables. Oilseeds, potatoes, pasture seeds, "Zhangye Corn Seeds" and "Zhangye Grapes" have been protected by the National Geographical Indication Certification and Geographical Indication Registration of Agricultural Products. Gansu is also the region where Gansu exports the most fresh agricultural products to Southeast Asia and Central Asia.