On April 29, www.taiwan.com.cn, Wengyuan County, Shaoguan City recently held the first Shaotai Orchid Culture and Creativity Exchange Activity and the 2024 Wengyuan County Characteristic Industry Investment Promotion Conference. In particular, more than 200 representatives from the Orchid Associations in Shaoguan and Taiwan, Guangdong Orchid Association inside and outside Guangdong Province, as well as cultural and artistic circles, science and technology circles, and the Orchid Cultural Product Creative Industry were invited to attend the conference.
Wengyuan County, Shaoguan City, has a deep relationship with Taiwan. Since the first batch of Taiwanese businessmen came to Wengyuan to try planting orchids in 1998, Wengyuan and Taiwanese businessmen have experienced the development of Wengyuan's orchid industry from scratch, from small to large, from large to strong, and successfully created the only state-level modern agricultural industrial park for orchids in China, with an orchid planting area of more than 35000 mu in the county, The output value exceeds 3 billion yuan, and the supply of Guolan exceeds 60%. At present, Wengyuan is taking advantage of the "Ten Million Project" to empower the orchid industry with agricultural AI, and is committed to building a national influential orchid seed industry research center, orchid digital trading center and orchid culture experience base.
Gao Dongrui, member of the Standing Committee of Shaoguan Municipal Committee of the CPC, said that Shaoguan has always been deeply practicing the concept of "one family for both sides of the Taiwan Straits", giving full play to the role of Nanhua Temple, the exchange base on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, the Wengyuan core area of Guangdong (Shaoguan) Guangdong Taiwan Agricultural Cooperation Pilot Zone and other platforms, and further promoting economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between Shaoguan and Taiwan. At present, Shaoguan City has fully implemented the specific deployment of "1310" of the provincial party committee and the work arrangement of "363" of the municipal party committee, guided high-quality development with the "100 million project", sounded the clarion call of the "six major challenges" action, promoted the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, and jointly wrote a new chapter of high-quality development in Shaoguan. It is expected that more Taiwan compatriots and Taiwanese businessmen will deeply understand and participate in the development of Shaoguan through this activity, come to Shaoguan for sightseeing, investment and real estate, and jointly promote the economic, trade and cultural cooperation between Shaoguan and Taiwan to a new level.
The comrades in charge of the Economic Department of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee said that the orchid industry in Wengyuan is a benchmark for Guangdong Taiwan agricultural cooperation. Taiwan compatriots have pioneered the cultivation of orchids in Wengyuan, which is of great significance for compatriots on both sides of the Straits to enhance exchanges, understanding and feelings. They hope that Taiwan compatriots will come to Guangdong for exchanges and cooperation, and use orchids as a medium to extend the orchid industry chain, Promote the development and growth of featured agriculture, further deepen the economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, work together to build a common market across the Straits, and jointly promote the integrated development of the two sides.
At the meeting, nine specially invited guests made exchange speeches, sharing the cutting-edge technology of orchid industry research and experience of orchid planting and marketing, transformation and upgrading of orchid industry, inheritance and promotion of orchid culture, innovation and development of orchid cultural products, cross-border integration and enabling high-quality development, and jointly discussing the development prospects of orchid industry on both sides of the Straits, Extend the orchid industry chain and work together to create a common market across the Taiwan Straits. You Zhichao, honorary chairman of Taiwan Guolan Production and Marketing Development Association and chairman of Taiwan Nantou County Outstanding Farmers Association, said that the first Shaotai Orchid Culture and Creativity Exchange Event was held to promote the high-quality development of the orchid industry and cross-strait cooperation and development. This exchange event provided Taiwanese farmers with knowledge of Shaoguan, Wengyuan Understanding the development of flowers in mainland China provides a good platform, and I am sincerely happy that Wengyuan orchid has formed a new and vigorous industry. (Jointly reported by www.taiwan.cn and Shaoguan Bureau of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao)
