(Forge ahead in a new journey and build a new era of meritorious deeds, the Great American Frontier) Changbai's deep mountains produce good medicine and "mountain people" find the road to prosperity
China News Service, Baishan, July 3 (Gao Longan) There has been frequent rainfall recently, and timely drainage work is the top priority.
"It's a critical period for the growth of Gastrodia elata, so the ground can't be flooded." Zhao Anping squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it.
Zhao Anping is the Party branch secretary and village director of Shangerguliu Village, Baoquanshan Town, Baishan Changbai Korean Autonomous County, Jilin Province, and the head of Baoquan Xinyuan Chinese Medicinal Materials Co., Ltd.
He introduced to reporters that in the past few years, the whole village has been able to live a good life, which is closely related to the cultivation of medicinal materials.
Baoquanshan Town is located at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, with special climate and geographical environment, and rich forest resources.
In recent years, the local area has adjusted the industrial structure according to local conditions, vigorously developed the Chinese herbal medicine industry, ensured that farmers increase production and income, and explored a way to rely on the Chinese herbal medicine industry to become rich.
Traditional Chinese medicinal materials have always paid attention to the origin, and the medicinal properties and efficacy of the same medicinal materials in different origins are not the same.
"Take Schisandra chinensis as an example, the fruits of Schisandra chinensis we produce have thick flesh, large grains, oily properties, and high medicinal components, so Changbai County has the title of 'the hometown of Schisandra chinensis in China'. Platycodon grandiflorum is our specialty." Talking about medicinal herbs, Xu Meng, deputy mayor of Baoquanshan Town, gushed endlessly.
It is an indisputable fact that Baoquanshan Town has a high altitude, little arable land and a small population.
Shangerguliu Village is 890 meters above sea level, so it is not suitable for planting common crops, but Gastrodia elata is highly profitable, and can be sold for about 200 yuan per pound.
A few years ago, a Chinese herbal medicine processing factory was built in the village, and many villagers became rich as a result.
The new houses are getting more and more every year, and the life of the villagers is getting better day by day. Zhao Anping is very pleased.
However, he has his own ideas in mind.
"Gastrodia elata needs a lot of wood, but no matter how many trees there are on the mountain, you can't cut it down. If you import wood from other places, the cost will be too high." While paying attention to relevant policies, Zhao Anping adjusted the planting plan in the village to reduce the planting of gastrodia elata Increase the planting area of medicinal materials such as ginseng, and increase the income of villagers on the premise of protecting the environment.
Xu Meng, who is mainly responsible for attracting investment in the town, believes that the key is to sell these good medicinal materials grown in the mountains at a good price.
Located in Bapandao Village, 15 kilometers southeast of Baoquanshan Town, the resident population of the village is only 21 households with 36 people.
Xu Meng introduced that they never worry about selling the medicinal materials here.
Every year during the harvest season, out-of-town transport vehicles drive directly to the field, and the medicines are collected and paid on-site, which not only saves the villagers transportation costs, but also allows the pharmaceutical merchants to see the true quality of the medicinal materials in the village. In 2020, the village’s collective economic income will reach 240,000 yuan.
There are many pharmaceutical companies in Jilin Province, which makes Baoquanshan Town see unlimited business opportunities.
Xu Meng said that to develop the medicinal material industry, one must scale, and the other is publicity.
In particular, the rise of e-commerce platforms has greatly benefited the local medicinal material industry.
Over the years, the town has contacted many well-known pharmaceutical companies to help the villagers open up sales channels.
Laobaojia Village signed a 150-mu Chinese herbal medicine planting project with a company in Ji'an area of Tonghua.
Both parties agreed that Laobaojia Village will plant 50 acres of Huangjing, Weilingxian and Cangzhu each.
After seeing hope, the villagers became more motivated and motivated.
Soon, Laobaojia Village will integrate another 150 acres of land. By the end of 2022, the planting of Chinese medicinal materials will reach 300 acres.
Good medicine comes from deep mountains, and good medicine needs to be further processed to produce more benefits.
Now, Baoquanshan Town wants to take advantage of the current good momentum to speed up the establishment of a Chinese herbal medicine industrial park, and gradually establish a certain scale of medicinal material processing industry and a stable sales network, so that the villages in the deep mountains can become prosperous with the fragrance of medicine.
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