Hechuan Loquats

Last updated 2026-11-12 — The main varieties of loquats grown in Hechuan are "Da Wuxing" and "Zaozhong No. 6." The region has fully completed the certification as a pollution-free loquat producing county (district), with a total planting area of 42,000 mu and an annual output of 21,000 tons, generating an output value of 170 million yuan. Among these, the three towns of Gulong, Dashi, and Yanwoo have established a 30,000-mu pollution-free high-quality loquat technology demonstration and promotion belt spanning 100 li, benefiting over 100,000 people, providing employment for approximately 50,000 surplus rural laborers, and accounting for about 76.2% of the total loquat planting area in the district. This has led to an average annual income increase of 500 yuan per person in the main producing areas. Since 2000, the loquat industry in Hechuan has seen significant development, with a total investment of 38 million yuan over nine years and the completion of more than 10 scientific research projects at the ministerial, provincial, and municipal levels. Particularly between 2003 and 2005, 3 million yuan in financial support was secured from national and Chongqing municipal sources to establish a new 15,000-mu pollution-free high-quality loquat base. Currently, the construction of the Hechuan Advantageous Loquat Ecological Demonstration Park has been included in the 2009 Chongqing Advantageous and Characteristic Industrial Projects, and the Hechuan Pollution-Free High-Quality Loquat Technology Demonstration and Promotion Base Project has been incorporated into the State Council’s Three Gorges Project Resettlement Scientific Research Program. These initiatives will further strengthen the large-scale, standardized, and industrialized benefits of the loquat industry in our district.