Tongquan Brooms

Tongquan Brooms

　　Liangjiazi Town is located in the central part of Da’an City, Jilin Province, covering a total area of 447.6 square kilometers. It governs 20 administrative villages and 65 natural hamlets, with a total of 7,094 households and a population of 25,272. Among the 330 hectares of arable land in Tongquan Village, 270 hectares are planted with broom millet. Since 1990, the village has been developing its broom industry and establishing broom processing factories. Currently, there are over 30 specialized households in Tongquan Village engaged in the procurement of broom millet. This has also driven farmers in the town and surrounding villages to grow the crop. The village has built eight broom processing factories, processing and selling over 4.5 million brooms.