Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles

Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles

Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Gangping Town is situated in the western part of Huaicheng County, where resources are limited. How to break the long-term sluggish economic development trend has become a challenge for the town’s Party committee and government. After conducting surveys and studies, the local leadership came to understand that the region does possess resource advantages—it’s just that they haven’t been properly developed. Therefore, they concentrated their efforts on building a safe food industry and tapping into the area’s inherent resource strengths.

　　Gangping Town has a long-standing tradition of processing sliced rice noodles from rice. “Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles” enjoy modest local fame, thanks to their unique production process. The resulting noodles are chewy, smooth, and crisp, making them highly popular among locals. However, for a long time, these noodles were produced only by individual small workshops, without any scale, resulting in low output and limited economic returns. In light of this, the Gangping Town Party Committee and government took advantage of the momentum to guide investors in expanding and strengthening the noodle processing business, and promoted the traditional noodle-making technique as a new pathway for developing the private economy.

　　Located in Dilicun Village of Gangping Town, Lihua Sliced Rice Noodle Factory is one of the larger enterprises that have emerged in the local development of a distinctive economy. Lixi Hua, the person in charge of the enterprise, told reporters, “The main ingredients of Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles come from the rice produced in Gangping and Liangcun. Made with mountain spring water, they have always been very popular among the local people. Among them, the noodles from Dilicun Village were quite well-known even before.” He added, “With government support, the noodle industry here has grown rapidly over recent years. For example, our factory obtained QS certification in 2008, and this year we started vacuum packing the noodles. The product has been well-received in the market, earning the title of a Huaicheng quality product. Nowadays, our products can be found in many large supermarkets in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhaoqing.”

　　Huang Jianghong, deputy head of Gangping Town, explained that because Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles are processed using rice from the Liangcun Plain and maintain traditional flavors, they are widely loved by consumers. At present, the local government is focusing on supporting several large noodle manufacturers such as “Gangping” and “Yanbao,” helping them increase investment and expand production, strengthen traditional advantageous industries, and enhance the visibility of specialty industry brands. To date, the annual output value of sliced rice noodles in the town has exceeded 8 million yuan. The production of “Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles” has begun to take shape on a larger scale, effectively boosting the local economy. Farmers are seen processing the local specialty food, sliced rice noodles. Photo by Chen Haifeng, reporter of Xijiang Daily, and Liang Yanguang, correspondent. They are also processing the local specialty food, sliced rice noodles.

　　Located in Dilicun Village of Gangping Town, Lihua Sliced Rice Noodle Factory is one of the larger enterprises that have emerged in the local development of a distinctive economy. Lixi Hua, the person in charge of the enterprise, told reporters, “The main ingredients of Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles come from the rice produced in Gangping and Liangcun. Made with mountain spring water, they have always been very popular among the local people. Among them, the noodles from Dilicun Village were quite well-known even before.” He added, “With government support, the noodle industry here has grown rapidly over recent years. For example, our factory obtained QS certification in 2008, and this year we started vacuum packing the noodles. The product has been well-received in the market, earning the title of a Huaicheng quality product. Nowadays, our products can be found in many large supermarkets in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhaoqing.”

　　Huang Jianghong, deputy head of Gangping Town, explained that because Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles are processed using rice from the Liangcun Plain and maintain traditional flavors, they are widely loved by consumers. At present, the local government is focusing on supporting several large noodle manufacturers such as “Gangping” and “Yanbao,” helping them increase investment and expand production, strengthen traditional advantageous industries, and enhance the visibility of specialty industry brands. To date, the annual output value of sliced rice noodles in the town has exceeded 8 million yuan. The production of “Gangping Sliced Rice Noodles” has begun to take shape on a larger scale, effectively boosting the local economy. Farmers are seen processing the local specialty food, sliced rice noodles.