Brief introduction of agriculture in Liaocheng, Shandong Province, the agricultural capital of Asia-Pacific

Liaocheng is located in the west of Shandong Province, 420 kilometers away from Beijing. It is an important production base of vegetables, fruits and edible fungi in China, and also a base for deep processing and export of agricultural and sideline products. The total output of fruits and vegetables and the total output of off-season vegetables rank first in the country. In 20 12, Shenxian county under Liaocheng was awarded the title of "the first vegetable county in China" by China Vegetable Circulation Association. Liaocheng pays attention to the parallel development of vegetable planting and animal husbandry, with a solid foundation of circular agriculture, high soil fertility and good quality of fruits and vegetables. In addition, it is close to Beijing, and vegetables can reach wholesale markets such as Beijing Xinfadi in five hours at the earliest, so it has always been an important vegetable supply guarantee base in the capital. Party and state leaders attach great importance to Liaocheng's agricultural development and have visited and talked on the spot many times.

Liaocheng has an area of 3.5 million mu of vegetables, including 30 million square meters of edible fungi cultivation area, with a total output of 6.5438+0.39 million tons. The vegetable varieties planted in China are divided into 1 1 class, 77 class and 8 12 class, including solanaceous fruits, root vegetables, potatoes, melons, beans, onions and garlic, Chinese cabbage, edible fungi, aquatic plants and green leaves. The counties (cities, districts) under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng have been successively recognized as the first vegetable county in China, the national ecological demonstration zone, the vegetable base for Hong Kong, the hometown of Agaricus bisporus in China, the hometown of muskmelon in China, the famous green vegetable garden along Beijing-Kowloon, the national agricultural product export safety demonstration county, the first cantaloupe production county in China and the cucumber hometown in Jiangbei.

Liaocheng is not only one of the top areas in terms of fruit and vegetable production, quality and safety, but also the first area in China to implement the construction of a large-scale base traceability system, which is unmatched by any other city in China.