Qingyuan Watermelon

Qingyuan Watermelon

　　Qingyuan watermelon is a specialty of Qingyuan County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. It comes in a variety of sizes—large, medium, and small—with rich color variations, a crisp texture, juicy flesh, and a sugar content of over 13%. Qingyuan is the largest watermelon production base in Hebei.

　　Qingyuan County benefits from abundant sunlight, ample rainfall, and fertile soil, and has a long history of watermelon cultivation. There is a wide range of watermelon varieties grown here, including more than ten series such as Jingxin, Xinnong, Guanlong, Black Beauty, and Xihongbao.

　　With a 30-year history of watermelon cultivation, Qingyuan County plants watermelons on 113,000 mu of land annually, yielding a total output of 460,000 tons and generating an output value of 460 million yuan. The watermelon production base centered around Nanwangzhuang Village obtained provincial and ministerial-level pollution-free environmental assessment certification in 2002 and registered the “Xingyuan” brand trademark. Thanks to high standards of pollution-free and standardized cultivation, the melons are sold across the country, and farmers earn an additional income ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 yuan per year. Qingyuan County has been awarded the title of “China’s Pollution-Free Watermelon Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration County” by the China Fruit and Vegetable Experts Committee and the Organizing Committee of the 8th China Fruit and Vegetable Industry Development Forum.