Qingyuan Wheat

Qingyuan Wheat

　　Qingyuan wheat is a specialty of Qingyuan County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. Qingyuan County is a national high-quality wheat production base.

　　Qingyuan County is located in the central part of Hebei Province and within the triangular area between Beijing, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang. It lies to the west of the Taihang Mountains, to the east of Baiyangdian Lake, and is surrounded on three sides by the ancient city of Baoding. It is recognized as a national high-quality wheat production base. In 2010, the wheat planting area in Qingyuan County reached 470,000 mu.