Edible Fungus Park

Edible Fungus Park

Edible Fungus Park

Pingquan County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, is situated in the northeastern part of Hebei, at the intersection of Hebei, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia. With a total area of 3,307.8 square kilometers, the county administers 19 townships and 332 administrative villages, and has a population of 460,000, of which 400,000 are rural residents. The arable land amounts to 718,000 mu, making it a typical mountainous agricultural county with “seven parts mountains, one part water, and two parts fields.” In the process of developing its rural economy and adjusting its agricultural industrial structure, Pingquan County has fully leveraged its advantages in location, resources, climate, and technology to establish the emerging industry of edible fungi. Through a series of strong measures—such as supporting leading enterprises, expanding production bases, promoting science and technology, and invigorating mechanisms—the county has achieved leapfrog development in edible fungus production. In 2004, the county produced 60 million trays (bags) of various edible fungi, with a fresh produce output of 60,000 tons and an output value exceeding 500 million yuan, accounting for 40% of the county’s total agricultural output value. This sector generated an additional income of 300 million yuan for 40,000 fungus-growing households annually, making it the most advantageous, distinctive, and beneficial pillar industry for local farmers.

The production bases have achieved scaled, standardized, and multi-variety year-round supply. More than 20 leading enterprises have emerged, including Chengde Lvyuan Green Food Co., Ltd., Chengde Runlong Food Co., Ltd., Chengde Qiantong Edible Fungus Co., Ltd., Pingquan Skan Tree Food Co., Ltd., Pingquan Edible Fungus Research Association, and Pingquan Pubaiyuan Mushroom Industry Co., Ltd. These companies boast total fixed assets of over 150 million yuan and process more than 30,000 tons of various edible fungus products per year. Their products—including fresh-kept, quick-frozen, salted, canned, ready-to-eat soft-packaged, and freeze-dried items—are supplied year-round to multiple countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Singapore, as well as to the domestic market, generating nearly ten million US dollars in annual export earnings. The county has been successively recognized nationally as an “Advanced County in the National Edible Fungus Industry,” a “National Pilot Export Demonstration County for Horticultural Products,” the “Hometown of Edible Fungi in China,” and a “National Demonstration County for Standardized Production of Edible Fungi.” It has become the largest edible fungus production base and commodity distribution hub in North China.