Dongtai Silkworm Cocoons

Dongtai Silkworm Cocoons

Dongtai Silkworm Cocoons is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Geographical Scope

　　　Dongtai currently has 160,000 mu of mulberry fields, producing 20,000 tons of fresh silkworm cocoons annually and over 2,900 tons of white raw silk. This year, the number of spring silkworm eggs distributed in Dongtai reached 193,000 boxes, accounting for one quarter of the province’s total.

　　Unique Quality

　　　　Dongtai has 160,000 mu of mulberry fields, yielding 416,000 dan of silkworm cocoons annually. The scale and cocoon silk quality rank first in Jiangsu. The silkworm cocoon production of Fuan Town in Dongtai has topped all towns (townships) nationwide for 22 consecutive years. Dongtai has been successively honored as “China’s Cocoon and Silk Base,” “National Advanced Collective for Popularizing Science to Benefit Agriculture and Revitalize Villages,” “National Rural Science Popularization Demonstration Base,” “Top 100 National Agricultural Technology Associations,” “National Standardized Demonstration Zone for Sericulture,” and “National Demonstration Base for the Promotion of Sericultural Science and Technology.”

　　Cultural Stories

　　　　Fuan Town in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, is located on the Central Jiangsu Plain, by the coast of the Yellow Sea, at the junction of Yancheng and Nantong, within the economic radiation zone of Shanghai. Fuan has a long and rich history of mulberry cultivation and silkworm breeding, with its total cocoon output ranking first among township enterprises nationwide for seventeen consecutive years, earning it the title of “China’s Cocoon Capital.”