Baijiang Chestnuts

Baijiang Chestnuts

　　　Product Origin: Tonglu, Hangzhou

　　Product Features: High quality, large size, high yield, sweet taste, and rich nutrition.

　　Product Composition: Starch, protein, fat, vitamins, calcium, iron, etc.

　　Product Efficacy: An excellent kidney tonic, also benefits spleen and qi, clears heat and detoxifies, relieves diarrhea and coughs, etc.

　　Product Introduction: Baijiang Town in Zhejiang is located in the southwestern part of Tonglu County, covering a total area of 149 square kilometers. It governs 16 administrative villages, with 4,454 households and a population of 14,560. The town is 47 kilometers from the county seat. Provincial Highway Hangchun runs from north to west through the area, making it a necessary route from Shanghai-Hangzhou to Qiandao Lake, with convenient transportation.

Baijiang features high mountains and deep valleys, continuous mountain ranges, overlapping peaks, crisscrossing streams, and secluded gullies and ravines. It is a key forestry township in Tonglu County. With a subtropical monsoon climate, the area enjoys mild weather, abundant rainfall (1,400 mm annually), suitable sunlight, synchronized rain and heat, and distinct seasons, providing an ideal natural ecological environment for chestnut growth.

In recent years, Baijiang Town has developed chestnut production on low hills and gentle slopes according to local conditions. To date, the chestnut planting area has reached 11,000 mu, including two villages with over 1,000 mu under cultivation and one large-scale grower with 1,000 mu. Currently, 8,000 mu are in production, yielding an average of 650,000 jin (approximately 325 metric tons) of chestnuts per year, generating a value of 2.6 million yuan, with per capita chestnut income of 180 yuan. The chestnut production area has been expanding year by year and has now become a major pillar industry of Baijiang Town’s agricultural economy.

Currently, the town government is focusing on the following tasks for the established 11,000-mu chestnut base: first, strengthening the cultivation and management of the base and upgrading low-yield and inefficient forests; second, establishing a standardized chestnut market, building a brand, and implementing a brand strategy; third, increasing investment in science and technology to further improve scientific management practices, adjusting the chestnut variety structure to include early, mid, and late ripening varieties, thereby enhancing the economic returns of Baijiang chestnuts and truly making them a “money tree” for farmers’ prosperity.