Gongcheng Shatian Pomelo

Gongcheng Shatian Pomelo

　　Gongcheng Shatian Pomelo is one of the traditional, premium-quality fruit specialties of Gongcheng County, boasting a history of 120 years. The fruit is pear-shaped or gourd-shaped, featuring a round coin-like mark at the stem end. Its peel is golden yellow with fine oil glands, and the flesh is crystal clear, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, refreshing, and richly aromatic. Testing shows that over 47.7% of the fruit is edible, with soluble solids as high as 13.7%, sugar content at 12.4%, acid content at 0.36%, vitamin C at 71.7 mg per 100g juice, and amino acids at 739.4 mg. It offers skin-beautifying, lung-moistening, digestion-aiding, and cholesterol-lowering benefits, earning it the title “natural canned fruit.” In 1994, it won the National Gold Quality Award for Pomelos at the Third National Pomelo Scientific Research and Production Collaboration Conference held in Pinghe County, Fujian Province. In 1996 and 1998, it claimed three consecutive National Golden Cup Awards for Quality Pomelos at the Fourth and Fifth such conferences, and in 1999, it received the National Golden Cup Award for Pomelo Products. Currently, the cultivation area spans 80,000 mu, with a commercial yield of 55,000 tons, making Gongcheng one of the major Shatian pomelo production regions in China.

　　Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County is located in the northeast of Guilin City, Guangxi, overlooking Guangdong and Wuzhou to the south and bordering the region of Sanxiang to the north. Gongcheng is surrounded by mountains on its eastern, western, and northern sides, with valleys, grasslands, and rolling hills in between. The Chajiang River flows through the county, along with numerous tributaries. The area enjoys a mild climate with warm winters and cool summers, classified as mid-subtropical monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 19.7°C. The county has a forest coverage rate of 77%, an average annual rainfall of 1,437.7 mm, and hydropower potential of 110,700 kW. It boasts abundant tourism resources and a wide variety of specialty products.

　　Gongcheng Shatian Pomelo is one of the traditional, premium-quality fruit specialties of Gongcheng County, boasting a history of 120 years. The fruit is pear-shaped or gourd-shaped, featuring a round coin-like mark at the stem end. Its peel is golden yellow with fine oil glands, and the flesh is crystal clear, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, refreshing, and richly aromatic. It offers skin-beautifying, lung-moistening, digestion-aiding, and cholesterol-lowering benefits, earning it the title "natural canned fruit." Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County is one of the major Shatian pomelo production regions in China.

　　Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County is committed to developing its fruit industry and extending the fruit production chain, allowing fruit farmers to fully enjoy the fruits of their labor. A key focus is the establishment of a 10,000-mu Gongcheng Shatian Pomelo industrial base centered around Longhu Township.