Qaidam wolfberry is a geographical indication protected product. Qaidam wolfberry is an agricultural product with geographical indication.

Qinghai wolfberry, also known as Chai qi berry, is mainly produced in the Qaidam Basin. The fresh fruit is exquisite and translucent, with a brilliant red shape, like a ruby, red color and large grains. The fruit is oval, with few seeds and thick flesh. Uniform size, no broken fruit, no mildew, no impurities, and excellent quality, which is mainly due to the unique plateau continental climate of Qaidam Basin in Qinghai.

Zongjia Town is located in the southeast of the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai. In recent years, in accordance with the idea of ??adjusting the agricultural and animal husbandry structure, wolfberry production has been established as the town's leading characteristic industry. In 2010, the town's wolfberry planting area was 59,800 acres, accounting for 81.8% of the total cultivated land; there were 2,540 farmers engaged in wolfberry production and operation, accounting for more than 90% of the town's total farmers; wolfberry sales revenue was 325.8 million yuan, accounting for 10% of the town's total output value. 72; per capita income was 7733.71 yuan, an increase of 20% from the previous year.

At present, the town’s Nuomuhong Farm has passed the provincial green agricultural product base certification, with a scale of 40,000 acres, accounting for 66.89% of the town’s total wolfberry planting scale; there are 7 wolfberry production cooperatives in the town , with a total registered capital of 7.2 million yuan, and more than 1,280 farmers have joined the cooperative, accounting for more than 52% of the total farmers engaged in the wolfberry industry. The production cooperative provides its members with technical guidance on wolfberry planting, processing, pre- and post-production, sales of agricultural supplies for wolfberry planting plots, agricultural machinery services, and pilot standardized planting of wolfberry and many other services. The town implements unified trademark management, and the registered "Qaidam wolfberry" has won various awards many times due to its large fruit, full particles, bright color, and no pollution. In addition, the town has also developed 483 large wolfberry planting households, 26 technology demonstration households, and 18 wolfberry industry brokers.

In 2010, a number of wolfberry planting enterprises such as Daxueshan Industrial Company and Hehua Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. have begun to gradually put into production. At present, the wolfberry trading market in Zongjia area is also under active preparation.

The production area of ??Qaidam wolfberry is the current administrative area under the jurisdiction of the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province (the entire Qaidam Basin).

Regional scope

The regional protection scope of Qaidam wolfberry is Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The geographical protection scope of Qaidam wolfberry is Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The geographical coordinates are: the geographical location is between 90°05′-99°45′ east longitude and 35°02′-39°20′ north latitude. It borders Ruoxian County in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the west and A, an administrative unit directly under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province to the north. It is adjacent to Kesai Kazakh Autonomous County, Subei Mongolian Autonomous County and Yumen City; to the northeast it is connected to Qilian County of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; to the southeast it is adjacent to Maduo County of Hainan Tibetan Zhizhi Prefecture, with an area of ??286,626.16 square kilometers. The main production areas are Dulan County, Delingha City, Golmud City and Ulan County in Haixi Prefecture.

Product quality characteristics

1. External sensory characteristics: should comply with the provisions of Table 1 (omitted); 2. Internal quality indicators: Qaidam wolfberry is rich in various nutrients Substances, vitamin C ≥ 1.0mg/100g, total bran ≥ 20, Ca ≥ 300mg/kg are suitable for fresh consumption. 3. Safety requirements: Should comply with the provisions of Table 2 (omitted).