Changling Potato Starch Noodles

Changling Potato Starch Noodles

Changling Potato Starch Noodles is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　The potato starch noodles produced in Sanqingshan Town, Changling County, have a history of over 200 years and are widely known for their snow-white color, delicate fragrance, long-lasting texture when stewed, and unique flavor. Particularly after the “Sanqingshan” brand noodles were registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and won recognition as national and provincial famous-brand products, the noodles from Sanqingshan Town became even more renowned, selling well both at home and abroad and winning praise from users. However, the Party Committee and government of Sanqingshan Town were not content with the status quo but continued to innovate and keep pace with the times. They focused on implementing the “Four Grasps” project.

　　 Grasp learning to broaden horizons. Making full use of the favorable period before spring plowing, the town’s Party Committee and government invited experts to give lectures, organized staff from the agricultural station to give talks in rural areas, and also used methods such as screening educational films and distributing science popularization materials to teach farmers scientific farming knowledge. The town government funded over 30,000 yuan and organized more than 150 potato processing households to visit Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and Gansu four times to learn and “seek experience.”

　　 Grasp the foundation to expand planting area. The town’s Party Committee and government introduced over two million pounds of high-yield, high-starch, virus-free seed potatoes from institutions and enterprises such as the Potato Research Institute of Yanbian Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Changchun Qianglong Group, provided loans of over one million yuan to farmers, and drilled 750 new motor-pumped wells and 1,300 small wells across the town to ensure stable yields even in drought years. Last year, the potato planting area in the town reached over 3,000 hectares, a record high.

　　 Grasp improvement to promote advancement. Sanqingshan Town has introduced more than 100 sets of potato starch noodle processing machines from Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and other regions, renovated 1,200 sets of machines, and newly built or renovated over 30,000 square meters of factory buildings. In terms of production methods, it has achieved a leap from manual workshops to modern mechanized production. Currently, there are over 2,000 noodle processing factories in the town, with more than 100 households processing over 1 million pounds of potatoes annually.

　　 Grasp sales to build a network. Sanqingshan potato starch noodles come in two major series—round and flat—with 10 varieties. The town produces over 700 tons of finely packaged noodles annually, generating an output value of over 7 million yuan. The products are sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Dalian, Guangzhou, and other places. Sales outlets have been established in Changchun, Shenzhen, Songyuan, Yanji, Beijing, and other locations, along with a team of 30 sales brokers.

　　 The county Party committee, county government, financial departments, power supply departments, and others raised over 7.5 million yuan to expand reproduction, planning to establish a potato science and technology demonstration park. They acquired 50,000 square meters of land to build the “China Sanqingshan Potato Starch Noodles Wholesale Market.” In the next step, they also plan to increase the quantity of finely packaged products, strive to apply for their own export rights, enhance the added value of potato starch noodles, and truly build Sanqingshan Town in Changling County into the “Hometown of Potato Starch Noodles.”