[Explanation] The end of the new year is approaching, and Huarong County, Hunan, which was caught in a whirlpool of public opinion due to the pickling and processing of sauerkraut, ushered in a bumper harvest of mustard greens.

In Sanfengsi Town, the core production area of ​​Huarong mustard, vegetable farmers are rushing to cut and harvest early mustard before the snowfall, and the newly built standardized pickling pond is also waiting to be air-dried before being put into use.

　　Huarong County, located in the hinterland of Dongting, is the largest mustard production base in China.

The county has 140,000 people engaged in mustard-related industries. Planting an acre of mustard in winter can increase the income by about 2,500 yuan, and the mustard industry can increase the income of the people by more than 600 million yuan each year.

　　In March 2022, after two enterprises in Huarong County’s sauerkraut pickling and processing issues were exposed, the local government attached great importance to it. While carrying out the disposal of the enterprises involved and the industry’s rectification, they made every effort to protect the interests of vegetable farmers, and promoted the transformation of the traditional sauerkraut pickling process to modern processing technology. Family business transition to a modern corporate governance structure.

　　[Same period] Li Xinlian, a large mustard grower in Sanfengsi Town, Huarong County, Hunan Province

　　2022 will still have a great impact on our large mustard growers. At that time, we were also under great psychological pressure. Later, the care, support and help of governments at all levels turned this situation around.

　　[Explanation] Li Xinlian, a large mustard grower in Sanfengsi Town, Huarong County, said that in order to eliminate the worries of vegetable farmers, the local government organized them to sign contracts with enterprises, set up a mustard planting association to regulate related matters, and began to build standardized pickling ponds continuously, so that vegetable farmers have no worries Pickled pressure.

With the encouragement of the government, some large growers have also started to build their own standardized pickling ponds.

　　[Concurrent] Gao Zhuolin, member of the Party Committee of Sanfengsi Town, Huarong County, Hunan Province

　　Now behind us is our standardized pickling pool for mustard raw materials. Each of these pickling pools is about 100 cubic meters, and can pickle 100 tons of mustard.

In order to develop our mustard industry in Huarong County, so that our mustard can be reborn from nirvana, our county government has formulated a three-year plan for the development of mustard industry. In the first year, we used this standardized model in every township. , Build a pickling pool.

Each of our pickling ponds has a government subsidy of about 40,000 yuan.

　　[Explanation] Gao Zhuolin, a member of the party committee in charge of agriculture in Sanfengsi Town, Huarong County, told reporters that in addition to building high-standard pickling pools, Huarong County also monitors and tracks the entire process of mustard pickling production to ensure food safety and revive consumer confidence.

In terms of mustard planting, the mode of order purchase is adopted. Through the government's connection, the enterprise and vegetable farmers will be connected in advance.

　　[Same period] Li Xinlian, a large mustard grower in Sanfengsi Town, Huarong County, Hunan Province

　　Compared with last year, the net income per mu of land should have increased by 300 yuan, and the effect this year is still relatively good.

Because the government has given us more and more guidance and assistance, our confidence has also increased.

In this situation, I plan to expand to 500 mu (mustard planting area) in the second half of 2023.

　　Reporter Xu Zhixiong Hunan Huarong reports

Responsible editor: [Chen Wentao]