Cover reporter Liu Niufeng intern
At the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, on the banks of Jiang’an River, a striking sign stands on the side of the wheat field: Zhongtai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park.
▲ Zhongtai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park is located in Dujiangyan, with one park and three districts layout
On July 28, the Sino-Thai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park was officially opened. The project is located in Dujiangyan City and is divided into three areas: a demonstration area for agricultural tourism integration, a demonstration area for industrial cooperation, and a demonstration area for foreign trade.
The Lancang-Mekong River is a large river that flows through 5 countries in Asia. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the launch of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation. As the first project of Sichuan-Chongqing region’s special cooperation with Mekong countries in 2022, China-Thailand (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park aims to create a model of modern agricultural open cooperation in the “Lancang-Mekong region”.
Thailand joins hands with Sichuan
Focus on cooperation in agricultural planting, processing, trade, investment and other fields
Thailand is a big agricultural country. Thailand’s agriculture, which consists of animal husbandry, fishery, and planting, is like the backbone of the country, and it is the basis for Thailand’s national economic recovery and stable and sustainable development.
Thailand Consul General in Chengdu Zhang Shuzhen said at the scene that high-quality agricultural products such as Thai fruits and rice are very popular among Chinese consumers. Thailand exported more than 1 million tons of fruit to the Chinese market in the first half of this year, an increase of 120,000 tons over the same period in 2021, bringing Thailand more than 80 billion baht in revenue. Now, according to the Thai government’s Economic 4.0 policy, Thailand’s agriculture will develop towards smart agriculture, and actively use new technologies and technological innovations to empower and enhance agricultural development.
Zhang Shuzhen hopes that the Sino-Thai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park can promote cooperation between Thailand and Sichuan in agricultural planting, agricultural product processing, agricultural product trade and investment, and strengthen cooperation in agricultural technology information and technological innovation. Exchange and cooperation, so as to further promote the continuous development of agricultural cooperation between Thailand and Sichuan, and become a model of agricultural cooperation between Thailand and China.
“China and Thailand are one family”, this year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of China-Thailand comprehensive strategic partnership. Sichuan and Thailand have close exchanges and the cooperation has achieved good results. The Thai Consulate General in Chengdu opened in April 2005. Princess Sirindhorn visited Sichuan 9 times. Sichuan Province has established formal friendly relations with Suphan Buri and Nakhon Ratchasima. Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, Sichuan and Thailand have been watching and helping each other to overcome the difficulties together.
▲Thailand and Sichuan join forces in agriculture
“One Garden Three District” layout
Rice, pumpkin, kiwi, breeding pigs… involving many agricultural categories
Zhongtai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park Located in Dujiangyan City, it adopts the layout of “one park and three districts”, and strives to build a demonstration area of agricultural tourism integration, industrial cooperation demonstration area, and foreign trade demonstration area.
“Look, this giant pumpkin weighs more than 300 kilograms.” In the demonstration area for the integration of agriculture and tourism, “Pumpkin Courtyard” is a pumpkin-themed research base. A person in charge of the project told reporters that the project covers an area of about 3,000 square meters in the irrigation area and has nearly 50 pumpkin varieties. Among them, there are 3 varieties from Thailand. One of the Thai varieties is called “crocodile pumpkin”. The skin of the pumpkin is like the skin of a crocodile, and the flesh of the pumpkin is sweet and glutinous.
In the Industrial Cooperation Demonstration Zone, a 200-head boar station, 1 3,500-head breeding pig expansion farm, and a supporting circulating planting base of more than 3,600 mu have been built, which can provide high-quality piglets to the market every year. More than 100,000 heads.
In the foreign trade demonstration zone, 17 export record bases and 3 export record packaging plants have been built, with 2 ISO9001 three-system certifications and 6 GAP certifications, making full use of national-level export kiwifruit quality and safety demonstrations District construction results, to create a demonstration model of high-quality development of agricultural international trade. Since 2018, more than 2,500 tons of kiwifruit have been exported here, with an export value of more than 6 million US dollars.
▲ Zhongtai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park opened
Grab” “Lancang-Mekong Cooperation” opportunity
Building a model of modern agricultural open cooperation in the “Lancang-Mekong region”
The Lancang-Mekong River originates from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau It flows from north to south through China’s Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan provinces and five countries, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The main stream is 4,880 kilometers long and is an important transnational water system in Asia.
This year marks the sixth anniversary of the launch of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation. The concept of China-Thailand Eco-Agriculture Industrial Park was formally proposed in 2021. It aims to actively seize the opportunity of the sixth anniversary of the “Lancang-Mekong Cooperation”, relying on the exchange results between Dujiangyan and Thailand in the fields of economy, trade, agriculture, culture and tourism, and make full use of China-Thailand The agricultural tourism of the two countries integrates advantageous resources to promote the construction of China-Thailand special parks.
Deputy Secretary of the Dujiangyan Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Zhang Yadan put forward the goal at the scene: to build the Sino-Thai (Sichuan) Ecological Agriculture Industrial Park into a model of modern agricultural open cooperation in the “Lancang-Mekong Region”.
According to Zhang Yadan, at present, the planting and breeding recycling project cooperating with Sichuan Zhengpan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. and Thailand’s Chia Tai Group will be completed in May 2021, and the project is operating well. The high-end Thai resort hotel “Six Senses” and the Thai-style “Royal Green City” hotel in Mount Qingcheng are very popular and sought after by tourists. Dujiangyan kiwi fruit and Chaoyue machinery and equipment have been exported to Thailand one after another. The cooperation shows a momentum of rapid and steady development.
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