Ke’lan Red Kidney Beans

Ke’lan Red Kidney Beans

Ke’lan Red Kidney Beans are a protected geographical indication product.

　　Red Kidney Beans

　　Red kidney beans are a specialty of Shanxi Province, known for their large size, vibrant color, and both nutritional and medicinal value. They have long been a bestseller in the international trade market. Ke’lan County, located in the high-altitude and cold mountainous region of northwestern Shanxi, boasts vast farmland with deep soil layers, a short frost-free period, sustained high temperatures in summer, and relatively concentrated rainfall—making it an ideal place for growing red kidney beans.

　　The total planting area of red kidney beans in Ke’lan County has reached 130,000 mu, including 20,000 mu of newly established export demonstration bases, generating US$3.5 million in export earnings. This has achieved the goals of stabilizing planting areas, improving bean quality, and increasing farmers' income.

　　Focusing on expanding and strengthening the red kidney bean industry and building the brand of "China’s No. 1 Red Kidney Bean County," Ke’lan County has adopted strategies such as regionalized layout, large-scale operation, standardized production, and industrialized development to continuously advance the production and distribution of red kidney beans across the county. Since their introduction in 1992, after nearly 17 years of dedicated efforts by successive county Party committees and governments, the planting scale of red kidney beans in the county has expanded year by year, with increasingly positive results. Farmers in the county earn an annual income of 75 million yuan solely from red kidney bean cultivation, with per capita net income from bean farming reaching 800 yuan—accounting for 68% of the per capita net income from annual crop farming and 33% of the total per capita annual net income. The total export volume of red kidney beans from Ke’lan County accounts for over one-third of the national total, firmly securing the county’s leading position in the city’s small grain exports.