On March 30, the Qingxu Specialty Food Industry Cluster in Qingxu County, Taiyuan City held a 2022 project start-up ceremony. Seven projects with a total investment of more than 3 billion yuan were resumed.
Qingxu characteristic food industry cluster is one of the first 12 characteristic industry clusters in Shanxi Province, and it is also the only key industry in Taiyuan that enjoys the preferential policies of provincial pilot counties The project strives to build a leading industry cluster with a vinegar production capacity of 1 million tons and an output value of 10 billion yuan during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period.
The seven projects that have been resumed this time are: Shanxi Meijin Vinegar Industry’s 25,000-ton enzyme beverage project, Jinliang Liquor Industry’s 12,000-ton liquor project, Sanjin Qingyuan Winery Project, Hongxin Agricultural Products Chinese Kitchen Food Project, Huaxia Vinegar Expo Garden Project, Shuangyou Wine Industry Project and Vinegar Standardization Plant Project. Among them, the 25,000-ton enzyme beverage project of Shanxi Meijin Vinegar Industry, the 12,000-ton liquor project of Jinliang Liquor Industry, and the Sanjin Qingyuan Winery Project will complete the main construction and start production before the end of the year.
It is understood that the total planned area of the project is 17.7 square kilometers. E-commerce and other integrated modern food industry chain clusters. In 2021, the agglomeration area has completed an investment of more than 1.4 billion yuan, and more than 30 enterprises have settled in, and the agglomeration trend has been continuously demonstrated.
In front of the spectacular and tidy glass workshop, Peng Shijie, general manager of Shanxi Meijin Vinegar Co., Ltd., said: The aging workshop, which is doing finishing work, covers an area of about 30,000 square meters. Rice, which can age 20,000 tons of vinegar after it is built. It will be the largest aging workshop in China at present. “By adopting the most advanced equipment with a relatively high degree of automation, while retaining the most traditional craftsmanship and taste of Shanxi old mature vinegar, the full-line modern production of Shanxi old mature vinegar industrialization and mass production will be realized here.” Peng Shijie introduced.
At present, Qingxu has concentrated and integrated local vinegar enterprises to form Hexi vinegar enterprises with Meijin vinegar industry as the core, and vinegar enterprises around the 208 National Road with Zilin vinegar industry as the core And the three major areas of vinegar enterprises in Mengfeng Town with Shuita Vinegar Industry as the core. The three major areas are all making efforts in digitization, integration and intelligence to realize the leap-forward development of processing technology.
Vinegar culture and vinegar industry are precious resources in Shanxi and a golden sign in the field of brewing. In December 2020, China National Light Industry Federation and China Light Food Industry Management Center awarded “China’s Vinegar Capital, Qingxu” to Qingxu County. As the highest honor in China’s vinegar industry, “China’s Vinegar Capital” has already become a well-known business card in Qingxu County.
What is worth looking forward to is that the Huaxia Vinegar Expo Park project, which is planned to invest 816.6 million yuan in the agglomeration area, will focus on the construction of “Qingxu Vinegar, Shanxi Vinegar, Chinese Vinegar, World Vinegar”. Cultural Exhibition Area, “Vinegar Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills Production Exhibition Area”, “Shanxi Small Cereals Production Base”, and “Intangible Cultural Heritage Crafted Functional Vinegar Health Vinegar Production Line”. It is expected to complete the formalities in the first half of this year and start construction in July.
Shanxi old mature vinegar enjoys the reputation of “the best vinegar in the world”, and Qingxu is the authentic birthplace of Shanxi old mature vinegar. The history of making vinegar can be traced back to 2,500 years ago. According to previous data, the Qingxu vinegar cultural tourism route receives 600,000 tourists every year, directly driving sales of more than 200 million yuan. The appearance of the Vinegar Expo Garden will help the vinegar culture business card of “China’s Vinegar Capital, Qingxu” to be more resounding, and make the regional public brand of “the breeze is coming, no vinegar is not there” to become famous all over the country.
Source: Netxin Qingxu