Local brands such as "Kuqa White Apricot" and "Kuqa Dried White Apricot" have emerged from farmyards and are not only popular domestically, but apricot jam products have also gone abroad to enter international markets such as Europe, Southeast Asia and Russia. Xinjiang's Kuqa County closely focuses on the characteristic industry of Xiaobai apricot and relies on scientific and technological progress to innovate brands, making apricot wine, dried apricots, almonds, preserved apricots and other apricot products sell well in national and foreign markets, becoming an inexhaustible driving force to promote the county's economic development.

Kuqa is known as the "Hometown of White Apricots in China". It is rich in apricot variety resources. There are 6 strains and more than 30 varieties. The most famous one is the small white apricot, which is now It has formed a scale of more than 200,000 acres of contiguous orchards and more than 100,000 acres of apricot orchards. In Wuqia Town, Wuzun Town, Bixibag Township and other towns in the county, apricots account for about 80% of the family's net income for more than four farmers. one part. "Kuqa White Apricot" and "Kuqa Dried White Apricot" fruit products have registered national geographical indication certification trademarks, and the small white apricots won a silver medal at the Kunming World Expo.

In recent years, with the continuous increase in the planting area and output of small white apricots in the county, and the rapid development of the apricot fresh fruit, dried apricot and jam making industries, apricot products have encountered some difficulties in the market. Problems such as fruit pollution, fruit tree diseases and insect pests, and apricot product branding have restricted the development of the white apricot industry. The county follows the business philosophy of “diversification of varieties, industrialization of cultivation, recycling of resources, standardization of production, branding of products, and industrialization of white apricots.” Rely on scientific and technological means to continuously strengthen and expand the large and small white apricot industry. The county has continuously increased investment in science and technology to improve the quality of white apricot fruits. It has invested more than 2 million yuan to promote the construction of small white apricot professional villages, large professional households and demonstration parks, and built two science and technology demonstration parks in Wuqia Town and Wuzun Town. Currently, there are Nearly 50,000 acres of apricot trees have been improved. Three technical guidance groups composed of the County Agricultural Bureau, the Agricultural Technology Extension Station and agricultural technology experts will go to each village starting from March every year to form a dual contract responsibility system with farmers to carry out cultivation, pruning and artificial planting of small white apricot fruit trees. Provide technical training on pollination, formula fertilization, etc., encourage agricultural science and technology departments and scientific and technological personnel to serve fruit farmers through technical contracting, joint-stock cooperation, venture capital, etc., and strictly control science and technology in all aspects of fruit tree facilities, fruit environmental sanitation, pest control, processing, storage and transportation, etc. to ensure the yield and fruit quality of white apricots.

At the same time, the county extended the Xiaobai apricot industry processing chain and attracted COFCO Tunhe Aksu Fruit Co., Ltd. to settle in Kuqa through investment promotion. Tunhe Fruit Industry produces 30,000 tons of apricots annually. 100,000 tons of apricots are processed as raw materials for paste and processing, doubling the value of small white apricots. The price of small white apricots that used to be sold for only a few cents has increased to several yuan per kilogram. In addition, the more than 3,000 tons of apricot paste processed by Tunhe Fruit Industry annually are all sold to the United States. , Russia, Spain, Switzerland and other markets, the supply of products exceeds demand, and the annual foreign exchange earnings are about 3 million US dollars. This alone directly benefits local farmers more than 20 million yuan every year. In 2007, Xinjiang Yakexi Food Co., Ltd. invested another 10 million yuan to establish a fruit deep processing base in Bixibag Township of the county. The formation of the Xiaobai apricot industry chain has significantly enhanced the role of leading enterprises in the fruit industry. At the same time, fruit deep-processing enterprises have stepped up technological upgrading. Tunhe Fruit Industry has completed the technical transformation of a complete set of Italian multi-functional fruit production line equipment, reaching a daily processing capacity of 600 tons of apricot raw materials and a daily production of more than 200 tons of concentrated apricot jam. 22 million tons of digestible fresh apricots.