Kaijiang County is the “Hometown of China’s Olives”
Sichuan News Network, Dazhou, April 24 (Wei Kun) Recently, the China Cereals and Oils Society named Kaijiang County the “Hometown of China’s Olives” Hometown". On April 22, the China Cereals and Oils Society held a grand licensing ceremony in Kaijiang County. Zhang Guifeng, former deputy director of the State Grain Administration and chairman of the China Cereals and Oils Society, Professor Wang Ruiyuan, chief expert of the China Cereals and Oils Society and president of the Oils and Fats Branch of the China Cereals and Oils Society, Hu Jie, deputy mayor of Dazhou City, Li Fengyou, mayor of Kaijiang County and other leaders and experts attended the ceremony .
Kaijiang County is the main olive producing area in Dazhou City. It has introduced and developed olives for 40 years. It has the largest and best quality olive variety resource bank in my country - the olive variety resource bank in Northeast Sichuan. Now it has A total of 81,000 acres of olive planting bases have been developed. The county has organized and compiled three local standards: "Technical Regulations for Olive Cultivation", "Olive Olive Cultivation and Propagation", and "Olive Environmental Conditions" and two enterprise standards: "Technical Regulations for Olive Processing" and "Olive Oil".
It is reported that the "Lvsheng" brand olive oil produced by Sichuan Tianyuan Olive Oil Co., Ltd. has successfully strived to become a "China Famous Trademark", and "Dazhou Olive Oil" has obtained the national "Regional Certification Trademark" and "Geographical Indication Products". In 2013, the county produced 2,000 tons of fresh olive fruits, 260 tons of olive oil, and 21 tons of olive wine, with a total output value of 79.26 million yuan.