The 2018 Chinese Fresh Product Brand Industry Summit Meeting (Guangxi) and Dragon Fruit Brand Alliance News Conference took place in Nanning City, Guangxi, on June 23rd. It was announced during the meeting that Guangxi has established a dragon fruit brand alliance, which will establish a service platform for the entire chain of dragon fruit production, retail, and storage.
Mr. Wei Binhua, head of the market and economy news office of the department for agriculture in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoke of the unique conditions for the dragon fruit industry in Guangxi. The current surface area devoted to dragon fruit plantation in Guangxi exceeds 14,667 hectares. The annual production volume is close to 190 thousand tons. Guangxi is the largest producer of dragon fruit in China. The production areas in Nanning, Baise, and Qinzhou account for 80% of the dragon fruit plantations in Guangxi. The summit meeting provided an opportunity for people in the industry to sign contracts. More than 60 businesses signed contracts with a combined trade value of 500 million yuan [75 million USD].
