Strive to build "the first city of camellia oleifera in China"

Changning is located in the southwest of Hengyang City, Hunan Province, on the south bank of the middle reaches of Xiangjiang River. The city's forestry land is1740,000 mu, accounting for 39.7% of the city's woodland area and 3.9% of the province's total camellia oleifera forest area. Camellia oleifera is spread all over the city, making it a famous "hometown of camellia oleifera" in China. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate, with warm climate, abundant rainfall and fertile soil, and is an ideal place for camellia oleifera growth.

The history of Camellia oleifera cultivation in our city is as long as 1700 years, and the largest area of Camellia oleifera forest in the city has reached 788,000 mu, accounting for 92.8% of the economic forest area in the city. 1978 At the National Camellia Oleifera Production Conference, the experience of Camellia Oleifera production in Changning City was well received by the central leaders. 198 1 year, the amount of camellia oleifera delivered to China reached 2060 tons, ranking first in the country. He was awarded the "Golden Cup Award" by the former Ministry of Commerce. 1984 ——1991year, which was listed by the former State Forestry Department and the Provincial Forestry Department as the county (city) of China 2696 project of WFP-Camellia oleifera upgrading project in Hunan Province. In 200 1 year, our city was named "China Camellia Hometown" by the State Forestry Administration.

After entering the new century, we have taken Camellia oleifera industry as the pillar industry of the whole city, and built more than 2000 mu of Camellia oleifera forest every year for three consecutive years. Vigorously develop camellia processing enterprises, introduce Hengyang Nantian Camellia Oil Industry Co., Ltd. with an investment of 352 million yuan, and create the "Xiangchunzi" camellia oil brand, which won the gold medal in the provincial forest Expo. This year, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government formulated the Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Camellia oleifera Industry, issued the Implementation Plan for the Assessment of Camellia oleifera Industry Construction in Changning City, set up a leading group for Camellia oleifera industry construction, and put forward the "Five Ones" Camellia oleifera industry development plan to make every effort to build "China Oil Capital".

Focusing on the development goal of Camellia oleifera industry, our city issued a policy document, which defined the objectives, tasks and measures of Camellia oleifera industry development. Use media, conferences, festivals, promotional videos and other forms to vigorously promote. Strengthening branch support, in recent ten years, * * * introduced new varieties of excellent Camellia oleifera for afforestation of 5,000 mu, and signed a branch support agreement with the Provincial Academy of Forestry. Increase capital investment. Since this year, the municipal finance will allocate no less than1000000 yuan each year to establish the Camellia oleifera Development Fund for the implementation of new afforestation seedlings and fertilizer subsidies. Accelerate the circulation of forest land, and encourage various market entities to participate in the construction of Camellia oleifera forest base through contracting, leasing, transfer, joint-stock cooperative operation, etc. At present, there are 285 large Camellia oleifera households operating over 200 mu in the city.

Through the vigorous development in recent years, the camellia oleifera industry in our market has begun to take shape, forming an industrial chain structure integrating high-quality and high-yield camellia oleifera base, fine variety cutting nursery and nursery, fine processing and foreign trade trading. The camellia oleifera industry in our city is bathing in the spring breeze of the country's vigorous development of camellia oleifera industry, and it is developing steadily, continuously and rapidly.