Debao Hawthorn

Debao Hawthorn

Debao hawthorn is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Debao hawthorn features large, thick-fleshed fruits with delicate pulp, strong storability, and high nutritional value. It offers benefits such as lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, preventing aging, and enhancing the body's immunity. Regular consumption of Debao hawthorn products can aid digestion, prevent arteriosclerosis, prolong life, and is regarded as the "fruit of longevity," making it highly favored by consumers.

　　In recent years, leveraging its regional advantages, Debao County has actively adjusted its planting structure. Utilizing its unique climate and soil conditions, the county has vigorously developed the hawthorn specialty planting industry. With the goal of building a "Hawthorn-Powered County," the "Three Ten-Thousand" project was introduced — aiming to newly plant 10,000 mu of hawthorn, navel oranges, and mulberry trees respectively each year during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. The county has also promoted the development of the "Debao Hawthorn" specialty zone. Supportive policies for the hawthorn industry have been introduced, including providing free hawthorn seedlings to farmers, offering free intercropping seeds, and infrastructure development for planting bases. Guided by the development strategy of “large-scale planting in the first year, intensive cultivation in the second year, and stable harvest in the third year,” the county has focused on creating the "Thousand Yuan Hawthorn Trees" program to enrich farmers. Hawthorn has been positioned as a pillar industry for boosting the county’s economy and increasing farmers’ incomes. Under the “cooperative + farmer (poor household) + base” model, guidance is provided to farmers through one-stop services covering planting, management, and sales, thereby promoting the development of the hawthorn industry.

　　To enhance the added value of Debao hawthorn, the county has partnered with companies such as Guangxi Shiwei Food Co., Ltd. and Debao Zhuangbao Winery to extend the hawthorn industrial chain. A range of hawthorn-based agricultural products — including hawthorn beverages, hawthorn granule drinks, hawthorn wine, hawthorn vinegar, hawthorn cakes, and hawthorn pastries — have gained growing recognition through participation in national agricultural expos. Debao hawthorn products are now sold across the country and are widely loved by consumers.

　　The production area of Debao hawthorn covers the entire administrative region of current-day Debao County, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

　　"Notice of the People's Government of Debao County on Defining the Protected Geographic Indication Product Area of 'Debao Hawthorn'" Debao Government Document [2016] No. 7

　　Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Local Standard: "Debao Hawthorn" (Draft)