Guangzhou Longtan Fruit Tree Park

Guangzhou Longtan Fruit Tree Park

Longtan Fruit Tree Park is located in Longtan Village on Xinjiao South Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou. It is an ecological park that integrates ecological conservation, fruit orchard production, and landscape development. As Guangzhou’s first government-leased ecological park, it effectively combines ecological protection, agricultural production, and landscape development, pioneering a new model for the preservation of the “Southern Lung.” Its location within a 10,000-mu fruit tree forest has been designated as a crucial ecological protection zone in Guangzhou’s urban master plan. Longtan Fruit Tree Park is a significant component of Haizhu District’s fruit tree protection area. It lies southwest of the intersection between Xinjiao East Road and the Huancheng Expressway, close to the University Town and adjacent to Datang Station on Metro Line 3. The area benefits from a well-connected road network and convenient transport links. It can also be integrated with Yingzhou Ecological Park to enhance conservation efforts. The park features five types of leisure zones: fruit production, science education, leisure and recreation, orchard sightseeing, and eco-agriculture, along with three ecological functional corridors.

In 2006, the Haizhu District Government selected approximately 1,200 mu of fruit orchards under the jurisdiction of the Longtan Economic Cooperative as a pilot site. With the government taking the lead, the local subdistrict signed a lease agreement with the cooperative on behalf of the government, clearly defining the rights, obligations, management models, and income distribution of both parties. Through this arrangement, the government funded the reverse leasing of land from existing fruit farmers to manage it centrally and intensively, establishing a large-scale fruit tree park. The government was responsible for constructing the park’s infrastructure and allocated special funds for large-scale fruit tree renovation, soil improvement, ditch dredging, river channel regulation, and pest control. The government leased the land from fruit farmers at a rate of 1,500 yuan per mu per year for an initial lease term of 10 years, signing land contracting agreements with 1,113 fruit farming households to enable centralized management and the development of an agricultural ecological park.

Address: Longtan Village, Xinjiao South Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province

Transportation: Within Guangzhou, take bus routes 14, 45, 250, 252, 264, 270, 761, 762, 801, 988, Peak Express 39, 74, Night 56, Night 6, or Night 8 and get off at Xinjiao Middle Road Station.