China News Service, Huaihua, November 7 (Peng Fenghua and Mi Jiefu) The 4th Polygonatum Industry Development Conference opened in Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province on the 7th. Four results related to industrial development, raw material quality, processing specifications and product evaluation were released, providing authoritative basis and action guide for the Polygonatum industry to understand development trends, standardize processing processes, and strengthen quality management.
With the theme of "Technology Empowerment, Digital Intelligence Integration, Promoting New Development of Polygonatum Vinegar Industry", this conference will carry out activities such as the release of scientific research results, keynote reports, special seminars, and promotion of scientific and technological achievements, to promote the effective connection between scientific research results and industrial needs, and to further deepen production and marketing cooperation.
During the release of scientific research results of the Polygonatum Industry Research Institute, Wang Fengzhong, director of the Institute of Food and Nutrition Development of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, released the Golden Book of Polygonatum Industry Development Report; Wang Qiong, researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and executive chief of the processing team of the Nanfan Research Institute, released the quality evaluation of Xinhuang Xinhuang Polygonatum.
Fan Bei, deputy director of the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and a scientist in the field of harvesting and primary processing of Chinese herbal medicines, released the primary processing standards for Xinhuang Polygonatum tenuifolia; Duan Zhouwei, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Joint Research Center for Food and Drug Homologous Functional Foods, released the ecological evaluation plan for Polygonatum sibiricum.
At the meeting, Jin Zhengyu, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of the School of Food Science and Technology of Jiangnan University, gave a keynote report on "Industrial Upgrading and Development of "Medicine and Food Homology" for Great Health Driven by Food and Nutrition Wisdom"; Su Fengju, President of the Medicine and Food Homology Research Branch of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine Information, and Yang Kexin, Vice President of Wangjing Hospital (Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology), China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, made special reports on "Digital Service System for the Medicine and Food Homology Industry" and "Classic Application of Polygonatum in Orthopedic Diseases" respectively.
Thematic seminars further focused on practical issues in the industrial chain, and carried out extensive exchanges around seedling cultivation, trade circulation, e-commerce operations, promotion of scientific and technological achievements, and preliminary and deep processing, building a docking and negotiation platform for companies interested in cooperation, and promoting active communication and cooperation in all links.
The planting area of Xinhuang Polygonatum has exceeded 58,000 acres, and the annual processing volume accounts for one-third of the national market share.
Since the Polygonatum Industry Development Conference was held in Xinhuang in 2023 and announced its permanent settlement, it has become an important platform for local resources to gather resources and expand the market. At present, the planting area of Xinhuang Polygonatum has exceeded 58,000 acres, and the annual processing volume accounts for one-third of the national market share. The processing output value of Polygonatum and other Chinese medicinal materials has exceeded 3 billion yuan, creating employment for more than 10,000 people.
Xinhuang continues to complete the industrial chain and focuses on building the country's largest single-product primary processing area of Polygonatum. Through policy support, financial support, park construction and enterprise cultivation, it promotes the coordinated development of Polygonatum planting, processing, research and development, and sales. It has cultivated more than 40 Polygonatum enterprises and developed more than 40 products, allowing Polygonatum to enter more diverse consumption scenarios.
Market expansion has also achieved remarkable results. Xinhuang Polygonatum is a designated product of the Madagascar Embassy in China. It received a million-dollar purchase order at the Hunan (Huaihua) RCEP Economic and Trade Matchmaking Conference. The product has obtained food import licenses from 25 countries including Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore, forming a complete closed loop of "seedlings-planting-processing-warehousing-trade".
