China News Network Lanzhou, March 28 (Reporter Wei Jianjun Li Yalong) "During the epidemic, the demand for Chinese medicinal materials skyrocketed, and some prices more than tripled." Hu Dongpeng, director of the Dangchang County E-commerce Center in Longnan City, Gansu Province, said after the full resumption of production The first batch of 125 kilograms of Codonopsis ginseng flake samples were exported to the United States, achieving a great start for cross-border e-commerce.

Dangchang County has a reputation of "Millennium Medicine Township and Natural Medicine Depot" since ancient times. There are more than 690 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials in the country, among which there are more than 140 kinds of sales. It is the main producing place of Chinese traditional medicinal materials "Zigui". In recent years, Astragalus, Codonopsis, Angelica and other medicinal materials have been exported to the United States, Italy, South Korea, Japan and other places.

The picture shows a medicinal farmer sorting medicinal materials. Photo by Wei Jianjun

Among the prescriptions published by the “Gansu Formula” for the prevention and treatment of new crown pneumonia, Codonopsis radix, Astragalus membranaceus and other Chinese medicinal materials are included, which are mainly used for patients with recovery of spleen and lungs, qi, and solid roots. These medicinal materials have not only become a must-have for people in the same place, but they are also exported overseas. They are the bulk export of Chinese medicinal materials in Gansu.

In recent years, Dangchang County has supported and promoted the standardized and standardized development of the Chinese medicinal materials industry through planning and layout, and promoted the standardized production and pollution-free cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials. At present, the industry has become a wealthy industry with stable income growth for the poor.

At Laluliang, a high-quality Chinese medicinal material planting base in Pangjia Township, the "sudden" sound of the tractor echoed in the field. This is the core demonstration area of ​​23,000 mu of Chinese medicinal material cultivation in Dangchang, and it is also one of the main production areas of Zigui.

The township chief Wang Jinhui said that at present, the township has ample reserves of Chinese medicinal materials, with more than 80 tons of astragalus stocks and more than 100 tons of angelica stocks. Supply and demand are not a problem, and the quality of medicinal materials is guaranteed. There are a large number of merchants who come to the cooperatives to negotiate, or go directly to the farmers' homes to buy Chinese medicinal materials, especially astragalus. The demand is greatest, and the price has doubled.

The picture shows the medicinal materials stocked by local cooperatives. Photo by Wei Jianjun

"Last year, 10 yuan per kilogram of astragalus, this year, astragalus of the same quality rose to more than 20 yuan." Li Qingping, deputy head of Pangjiaxiang, told reporters that Gansu Province used a combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine to treat new crown pneumonia and clinically verified the "Chinese medicine prescription". The curative effect has promoted the expansion of the demand for Chinese medicinal materials, and the price has also risen.

Li Qingping said that in 2019, the income of farmers' medicinal materials will account for more than 60% of the total income, and will become the leading industry in poverty alleviation. "This price increase has also accelerated the local drug farmers' poverty alleviation."

In recent years, Dangchang County has taken Chinese medicinal materials as the pillar industry of Fuminqiang County. On the basis of expanding the size of the base and improving the standardization of planting, the goal is to expand sales channels, and to improve quality and efficiency as the core. At the same time as the timber industry, it has effectively driven farmers out of poverty and increased their income.

At the Lalu Village Village Cooperative, workers are sorting different quality medicinal materials. Ran Jinping, the co-chairman of the cooperative, said that 149 tons of wet goods were recovered last year and 45 tons of dry goods are currently available. There are 253 poor people living in 61 poor households in the whole village. "

Dangchang County also deepened the research and development of traditional Chinese medicinal products through the establishment of a workshop for poverty alleviation of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and successively developed a number of Chinese medicinal materials such as astragalus tea and Wubao tea. At the same time, an online and offline multi-channel sales model focusing on e-commerce sales was developed to form an integration of production, purchase and sales, and develop the Chinese medicinal materials industry.

Wen Yalan, sales manager of Dadongshan Cooperative, admits that last year, they often encountered customers asking "what specific medicinal effects". This year is different. Everyone ’s understanding of Chinese medicine is obviously "upgraded", and many customers place orders without asking. , Especially in the recent period, astragalus tea occasionally out of stock.

"A good angelica with a size of 20 cm can sell for more than 50 yuan per kilogram," said Bao Donghai, head of the professional cooperative of Chinese herbal medicine farmers in Lichuan Town. As the pharmaceutical factory resumes work, the previous backlog has been completed. Some of them are export orders, mainly exported to Singapore and other countries and regions such as Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In fact, in 2019, Dangchang County introduced the Alibaba International Station through the "invite and go out", assembled the first and second generation of e-commerce merchants, introduced the cross-border e-commerce team, and successfully completed the import and export. Filing registration certificate, and completed a large order of astragalus pieces in Rome, Italy, cross-border e-commerce.

Wang Jinhui said that the outbreak has doubled the value of medicinal materials that could not be sold at a good price in the past. For medicinal farmers who are out of poverty, it is considered a "good time", but to be honest, he hopes that the epidemic will soon pass, spring is in bloom, and the mountains and rivers are immense. . (Finish)