Yangxian Yuanhu

Yangxian Yuanhu

　　In recent years, Yangxian has leveraged its ecological resource advantages to accelerate the development of organic industries and medicinal herb cultivation. Yangxian is among the first national counties designated as an Organic Product Certification Demonstration Zone and a Well-Known Ecological Conservation Industry Demonstration Area for the Crested Ibis. The county’s black rice and red rice have been recognized as National Geographical Indication Protected Products. To date, Yangxian has achieved organic product certification across 14 categories and 76 types, covering more than 132,000 acres. The county is rich in medicinal herb resources, with a high degree of product centralization, standardized base management, and industrial development. Medicinal herb cultivation in the county remains stable at 270,000 acres annually, yielding 45,000 tons per year.

　　Focusing on five major medicinal herbs—Yuanhu, Chuanwu, Magnolia officinalis, Cornus officinalis, and Bletilla striata—Yangxian has continuously increased policy support and scientific research efforts. Through the development of bases and the leadership of key enterprises within industrial parks, the cultivation of medicinal herbs has become a crucial pillar for increasing farmers’ incomes and boosting rural economic growth. To date, the county has established five 10,000-acre medicinal herb base towns and 20 1,000-acre medicinal herb base villages. Plans are underway to expand the total medicinal herb cultivation area to 350,000 acres and Yuanhu cultivation to 50,000 acres within 3 to 5 years. Additionally, relying on the organic industry park and leading enterprises such as Chaoqun Pharmaceutical and Zhijian Pharmaceutical, the county is intensifying industrial chain investment attraction and actively developing functional foods, health foods, cosmetics, and daily necessities using Yuanhu and other medicinal herbs as primary ingredients, thereby promoting the industrialization of medicinal herbs. Efforts are also being made to secure technical support from provincial-level traditional Chinese medicine research institutions, strengthen cooperation with prestigious institutions such as Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine and Xi’an Medical University, establish “industry-academia-research” bases, and form expert advisory workstations to provide technical backing for accelerated industrial development. Recently, at the Third Silk Road International Expo, Yangxian Yuanhu was jointly listed among the Top Ten Qin Medicines by the Organizing Committee of the Silk Road Traditional Chinese Medicine International Forum and the Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, and the county was also awarded the honorary title of Model Yuanhu Planting Base County.

　　Yangxian Yuanhu has been listed among the Top Ten Qin Medicines by the Organizing Committee of the Silk Road Traditional Chinese Medicine International Forum and the Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, and Yangxian has been awarded the honorary title of Model Yuanhu Planting Base County.