Kongwan Chinese Cabbage

Kongwan Chinese Cabbage

　　Kongwan Chinese cabbage is cultivated from high-quality cabbage varieties introduced from Shandong, grown in soil rich in minerals such as phosphorus, silicon, magnesium, and iron (at Kongwan Town’s Ten-Thousand-Mu Vegetable Production Base), and carefully nurtured by local farmers as a year-round produce. It is renowned for being stemless, non-acidic, sweet, and refreshing, making it an excellent choice for everyday consumption.

　　Located at the southernmost tip of Xiangyang City, Kongwan Town is traversed by the Jiaoliu Railway, the Xiangjing Expressway, and National Highway 207. The Man River flows through seven of its villages. With flat terrain, fertile land, and abundant resources, it is a major vegetable-producing town in northwestern Hubei, well known for its Chinese cabbage and green-skinned winter melons.

　　The main variety grown in the Kongwan cabbage base is the “Qingza Improved No. 3” Chinese cabbage. This base employs pollution-free biological cultivation techniques. Grown in soil formed by the alluvial deposits of over 30 types of minerals including phosphorus, silicon, calcium, magnesium, and iron, the cabbage is rich in essential trace elements needed by the human body. It is stemless, non-acidic, sweet, and refreshing. The “pollution-free green Chinese cabbage” sells well in Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hainan.

　　Kongwan Town in Yicheng City is situated on both banks of the Man River, a tributary of the Han River, on an alluvial plain with fertile, organic-rich soil. The Chinese cabbage industry here has a history of over 20 years. Kongwan cabbage is stemless, non-acidic, sweet, and refreshing. The love for Kongwan vegetables is “earned through taste,” deeply rooted in people's hearts and widely loved. The town has a perennial planting area of 15,000 mu dedicated to Chinese cabbage. In 2010, Kongwan Town introduced a Hong Kong-funded cold chain logistics company, Yicheng Wanjing Industrial Co., Ltd., capable of processing 150,000 tons of vegetables annually. There are six local vegetable cooperatives in the town, including Hongyang and Gongxing, which have trained over 1,000 vegetable brokers. Kongwan cabbage has obtained pollution-free agricultural product certification. The town is also establishing a 1,000-mu direct procurement base for Walmart, focusing on standardized vegetable production. Each village and cooperative has set up standardized Chinese cabbage demonstration plots. In 2010, it was honored as the only “Demonstration Township for Standardized Vegetable Production” in Xiangyang City.