Qijiang Papaya

Qijiang Papaya

　　Qijiang papaya is a specialty of Qijiang District in Chongqing. It features a thin skin, thick flesh, tender texture, fragrant aroma, sweet and sour taste, and high quality, making it both edible and medicinal. Qijiang papaya has been awarded a National Geographical Indication Certification trademark.

　　The world’s best papaya comes from China, and China’s best papaya comes from Qijiang. As a major agricultural district in Chongqing, Qijiang has over a hundred years of history in papaya cultivation. Qijiang papaya features a thin skin, thick flesh, tender texture, fragrant aroma, sweet and sour taste, and high quality, making it both edible and medicinal. In 2008, Qijiang established a 100,000-mu (approximately 6,666 hectares) papaya industry project. It has obtained national pollution-free papaya product origin certification and is applying for national green food certification. In 2011, it was named China’s Excellent Papaya Hometown. The average lifespan of a papaya tree is over 100 years. It is reported that the current annual output of Qijiang papaya has reached tens of thousands of tons, and it is expected to enter its peak production period in about three years, with an output of 60,000–80,000 tons.

　　In 2013, “Qijiang Papaya,” applied for registration by the Qijiang District Rural Cooperative Economic Organizations Federation of Chongqing, was approved by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce as a China National Geographical Indication Certification trademark, with the trademark registration number: 11794196.