China News Service, Huizhou, June 10 (Chen Danna, Song Xiujie) A reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Huiyang District Committee of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province on June 10 that, recently, Zhenlong Town, a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese, was officially awarded the "Hometown of Litchi in China" by the China Economic Forest Association. "title.
The picture shows the litchi in Zhenlong Town, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
Photo by Song Xiujie
According to reports, Zhenlong Town, Huiyang District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province is not only the largest litchi professional town in Huiyang, but also one of the industry demonstration sites of "One Village, One Product, One Town, One Industry" in Huizhou.
The town is located in a subtropical monsoon climate zone, with a history of more than 300 years of planting lychees, with sufficient sunshine, abundant rainfall, suitable average temperature, and the soil contains a variety of minerals, which provides an excellent environment for the growth of lychees. The color of lychees produced is as Danish Xia, thick flesh and small nucleus, delicious, sweet but not greasy, and excellent taste. It has bred high-quality lychee varieties such as "Nuo Mi Cong" and "Gui Wei" that are well-known all over the world. "Zhenlong Lychee" has also become a famous brand in lychee. product.
In 2017, it won the national geographical indication of agricultural products.
In 2019, it successfully ranked among the first batch of national agricultural regional public brands.
In 2020, Zhenlong Litchi Production Association won the China Good Agricultural Practice Certificate.
The picture shows the litchi in Zhenlong Town, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
Photo by Song Xiujie
In Zhenlong, every household grows litchi. At present, the town's litchi planting area is about 43,000 mu, and litchi is one of the main sources of income for farmers in the town.
It is estimated that Zhenlong will produce 8,000 tons of litchi this year.
At present, Zhenlong lychees are mainly sold to the domestic market and Hong Kong, and the foreign markets are mainly concentrated in the Middle East, Japan and Southeast Asia. They are now preparing for export with the help of customs and agricultural departments.
The picture shows the litchi in Zhenlong Town, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese.
Photo by Song Xiujie
"I eat 300 lychees every day, and I will grow up to be a native of Lingnan."
Chen Ji, the mayor of Zhenlong Township, stated that the town will make every effort to build the Dongpo lychee brand, combine Zhenlong lychee with Dongpo culture, and give Zhenlong lychee a higher cultural connotation by telling the Dongpo story, and start the brand and strengthen sales. , Enrich the cultural heritage of Zhenlong lychee, constantly polish the regional brand, cultural brand, and ecological brand of Zhenlong lychee, promote the globalization of Zhenlong lychee, let Zhenlong lychee be shared globally, and effectively promote the prosperity of the rural industry and the continuous increase of farmers' income.
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