Guangdong aims at RCEP to build six international trading centers for agricultural products and boost the quality and efficiency of the whole industrial chain of agricultural products.

CCTV News:The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will come into effect on January 1, 2022 for 10 countries that have completed the approval procedures, which will also provide many opportunities for the development of China’s agricultural trade. In this context, Guangdong’s agricultural sector has built an international trading center for agricultural products in six major high-quality fruit producing areas to boost the quality and efficiency of the entire industrial chain of agricultural products.

During this period, fruits in many places in Guangdong entered a concentrated picking period. Deqing County is the main producing area of citrus in Guangdong. The fruit farm operated by the grower Xu Junwei has a planting area of 120 mu, and this year’s output has reached 500,000 Jin. In the past two years, the output of citrus has been increased by improving varieties and planting techniques. This year, he aimed at overseas markets.

Citrus grower Xu Junwei:The sales channels have been expanded, and the sales prices have also increased, so that the benefits of our fruit farmers in the production process have been better guaranteed.

Under the policy background of "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement", at present, Guangdong agricultural departments have successively established international trading centers for agricultural products in six high-quality agricultural products planting areas, including citrus, litchi and longan, so as to let high-quality agricultural products go out and promote the high-quality development of Guangdong agriculture.

Huang Weihua, Director of Exchange and Cooperation Department of Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:We aim at RCEP, which will take effect early next year, and take the lead in guiding and supporting the construction of a number of international trading centers for agricultural products. We can promote the ability of our agricultural products to enter the international market, thus promoting the quality improvement and efficiency improvement of the whole industrial chain of agricultural products from breeding production and logistics processing.