Qingshui Demonstration Farm

　　The Qingshui Demonstration Farm was jointly built as a model farm in China’s northern agricultural region through cooperation between the two countries after negotiations during the then Vice Premier of the State Council’s visit to New Zealand in May 1980. The site is located in Yangjiahe Village, Zhengzhuang Town, Qingshui County, at the junction of Qingshui, Anze, and Fushan counties in Shanxi Province. In May 1986, upon the expiration of the Sino-New Zealand contract, the farm was officially handed over to the Chinese side for management. Currently, the farm covers a total area of over 30,000 mu, with building area of 4,348 square meters and fixed assets worth 4.1 million yuan. It has 11,310 mu of improved pasture, over 1,000 mu of feed production bases, 125 kilometers of fencing, and various types of agricultural and animal husbandry machinery consisting of 12 categories, 43 units (pieces).

　　The farm has fixed assets of 6.1 million yuan and employs 37 staff members, including 9 with college degrees or above or holding junior-level professional titles. It serves as a conservation farm for introducing high-quality breeding sheep under national projects, having undertaken and successfully completed the introduction, conservation, and breeding of world-class fine breeds such as Angora wool goats, Charollais sheep, and South African Meat Merino sheep assigned by the state. It has been designated as a key livestock and poultry breeding farm by both the Provincial Department of Agriculture and the National Ministry of Agriculture. It functions as a research base for breeding and selecting new varieties as well as for scientific research departments and institutions of higher learning.