Yanbian Hongge Navel Oranges

Yanbian Hongge Navel Oranges

　　Yanbian Hongge Navel Oranges are a specialty of Hongge Town, Yanbian County, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. Hongge Town is a production base for navel oranges and pomelos in the Panxi region. The area is mostly mountainous, with strong sunlight, resulting in fruits with rich sweetness that are widely loved. As a result, they are also sold both within and outside the province. Yanbian Navel Oranges are a product with a geographical indication for agricultural products.

　　Hongge Town is a suburb of Panzhihua City, located in the southeastern part of Yanbian County at 101°55′ east longitude and 26°30′ north latitude. The highest elevation is 2,400 meters and the lowest is 1,200 meters, with an average annual temperature of 20.5 degrees Celsius and 2,700 hours of annual sunshine. It borders He'ai Township to the east, the Liangshan Prefecture to the south, faces Jinping Town of Renhe District across the river to the west, and connects to Xinjiu Township to the north. Provincial Highway S310 runs east-west through the town, and the Jinsha River flows along the southwestern part of the area. Hongge is well-known for its fruit cultivation, with large-scale planting of high-quality navel oranges, mangoes, and longans, as well as thriving trade in agricultural inputs and by-products.

　　Xigeda Village is located in the northern part of Hongge Town, about 4.5 kilometers from the town government. The Hongxin Highway passes through the village. Xigeda Village is well-known for its unique Big and Small Longtang ponds and high-quality fruits. In 2006, a sightseeing agriculture project was initiated, proposing the development strategy of "leveraging resource advantages to produce high-quality fruits and early-season pollution-free vegetables." The economic development strategy of "revitalizing the village and enriching the people through high-quality fruits and early-season pollution-free vegetables" was established. Efforts were focused on developing a 2,000-mu high-quality navel orange base, a 300-mu mango base, a 1,000-mu lychee and longan base, and establishing a 1,100-mu early-season pollution-free vegetable base.

　　Yanbian Navel Oranges are a specialty fruit of Yanbian County and a nationally protected geographical indication product. The county has approximately 20,000 mu under cultivation, with an annual output of over 15,000 tons and an annual output value of more than 55 million yuan.

　　Yanbian Navel Oranges are a product with a geographical indication for agricultural products.

　　The protected production area for Yanbian Navel Oranges covers 16 towns (townships) in Yanbian County, including Hongge, Yimin, Tongzilin, Yumen, Yongxing, Guosheng, Huimin, Gesala, Qinghe, Gonghe, Wenquan, Ganyu, Hongguo, Xinjiu, He'ai, and Hongbao. These areas are located in the valley plains of the northern and southern parts of Yanbian County. The geographical coordinates are between 101°08′07″ to 102°03′20″ east longitude and 26°25′28″ to 27°20′55″ north latitude.