Xianxian Golden Silk Jujube

Xianxian Golden Silk Jujube

　　The Golden Silk Jujube is a distinctive industry in the rural economy of Xianxian. The county Party committee and government have made the development of intercropping jujubes with grain a strategic measure to enrich the people and strengthen the county, planning to develop an area of 600,000 mu. Currently, the county’s intercropped jujube area has reached 500,000 mu, of which 200,000 mu are already bearing fruit. The annual production of red jujubes reaches 50 million kilograms, with a total output value of 220 million yuan. The per capita income from red jujubes in the county is 440 yuan, accounting for 30% of the total agricultural income. The Golden Silk Jujube has become a pillar industry of Xianxian’s rural economy. In 2000, it was named by the State Forestry Administration as China's Famous, Special, and High-Quality Golden Silk Jujube Hometown. Xianxian’s Golden Silk Jujubes are renowned across the nation and around the world for their excellent quality and rich nutrition. They won a gold award at the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition and were recognized as a Hebei Provincial Brand Product at the 1999 Agricultural and Sideline Products Trade Fair of Six Northern Provinces and Cities.