Fangshan Potatoes

Fangshan Potatoes

　　Fangshan Potatoes are a specialty of Fangshan County in Lüliang City, Shanxi Province. The potatoes produced here are high in starch content, large in size, regularly shaped, smooth-skinned, and highly marketable, offering significant production advantages.

　　The county’s unique climate, geography, and soil conditions have made potatoes one of its main staple and cash crops. Adhering to a market-oriented approach, the county has implemented unified planning, standards, and potato varieties. With a prerequisite of cultivating potatoes that meet green and pollution-free production standards, it promotes large-scale, contiguous planting, focusing on premium varieties such as Jizhangshu 8, Qingshu 9, and Kexing 1. In 2012, Fangshan County was designated as a Shanxi Provincial “One County, One Industry” Potato Base County.