Cangxi is the origin of the world's red kiwifruit,located in the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin,and is one of the first pilot counties for kiwifruit domestication and cultivation,with neutral and purple soil and excellent atmospheric environment,making it the best area for the red kiwifruit to grow.In the 1980s,Cangxi successfully selected and bred the world's first new red kiwifruit variety,Hongyang,and successively bred a large number of new red kiwifruit varieties such as Honghua,Hongmei,and Hongsheng,which have become the preferred replacement varieties for the world's third-generation kiwifruit.
Up to now,the kiwifruit planting area in the county is 395,000 mu.It has realized the full coverage of kiwifruit base townships and built 22 modern agricultural industrial parks of red kiwifruit,447 demonstration gardens of"one village,one product",and 15,600 small gardens of farmers'industries.It has set up kiwifruit resource nurseries,virus-free pollen,virus-free scion and seedling grouping bases,collected and preserved more than 1,600 copies of excellent resources,and cultivated 15,000 kiwifruits
The county has cultivated 7 kiwifruit processing enterprises,with 58 varieties of products in 10 categories,such as juice,jam,fruit wine,dried fruit,enzyme,freeze-dried tablets,etc.;constructed 3 brand exhibition halls and e-commerce marketing service centers,and cultivated 2 trade export enterprises Zishan and Risheng.
The red kiwifruit has obtained green,organic and geographical indications product certifications as well as China Famous Trademarks,and has won 9 gold medals at the national level and 17 gold medals at the provincial level,and has successively been awarded as the No.1 county of China's red kiwifruit,the National Advantageous Area of Kiwifruit Characteristic Agricultural Products,the National Standardized Raw Material Production Base of Green Food,and the National Quality and Safety Demonstration Area for Exporting Kiwifruit.2020,“Cangxi red kiwifruit”was successfully included in the EU-China Agreement on Protection and Cooperation of Geographical Indications,obtaining mutual recognition and protection of geographical indications products in China and Europe,with a brand value of 8.099 billion yuan.
