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From left: Clouds shroud the landscape in the Laotudingzi national nature reserve at the countylevel city Linjiang of Baishan. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY A fisherman casts a net on Longshan Lake, Baishan city. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Visitors take photos of a waterfall at Wangtiane scenic area in Changbai county. WANG CHUNBAO / FOR CHINA DAILY Baishan uses its natural resources to encourage economic growth
Clean environment enriches farmland, 17,400 tourism industries sq km of organic plantations have been developed in Baishan.
By YUAN SHENGGAO
The prefecturelevel city of Bai models in China. Changbai county shan in Northeast China’s Jilin has ranked No 1 for air quality in province is making the most of its China for the past three years, local heavilyforested natural environ officials said. ment to promote agriculture, Official data showed that in 2019, medicinal herbs and tourism. Baishan received more than 12.9 Meaning “white mountain”, Bai million visits and generated 20.8 bil shan is situated in the heartland of lion yuan ($3 billion) in tourism rev the famous Changbai Mountain, enue. which has the largest stores of natu In developing its integrated ral medicinal herbs in Northeast green industry, the city is sparing Asia. no effort to establish an industrial The city is a core production network with more support and area for Chinese ginseng with diversified development in sectors plantations covering more than incorporating green products, 2,500 hectares and an output of resource processing, allround 21,000 metric tons annually, tourism, its business environment according to news portal The and digital information, Wang Paper. said. To this end, the city is using Maintaining arable farmland, its ecological resources to benefit the city has introduced a series of industrial and economic develop measures to make sure the soil ment, he added. remains fertile, including rotating Baishan, with a forest coverage of crops and reducing the use of pes 84.1 percent, has become China’s ticides and fertilizers. first nationallevel tourist resort Today, from mountains to which is predominantly forest, plains, the city has more than Clockwise from top: Camping is a popular activity in Changbai Mountain. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Jinjiang Muwu village of Baishan is known ranking top among prefecturelevel 17,000 square kilometers of organ for its log cabins and rustic architecture. SUN LIMIN / FOR CHINA DAILY A sea of flowers at the Baoma bridge in Baishan city. cities in the country. ic plantations. LIAN CHENGHAO / FOR CHINA DAILY It is also internationally recog By utilizing its precious natural nized as a natural biosphere and environment of green mountains, species gene bank with the largest water, ice and snow, Baishan has cal protection and are guided by a also led Baishan to become a cen health. The city’s White Mountain numbers of visitors every year. number of biological species for its been able to realize a considerable green philosophy in our high ter for green tourism. Resort, the Changbaishan Luneng In 2019, its administrative coun latitude on Earth. economic transformation, said quality development.” In 2018, Baishan issued a guide Resort and the Changbaishan cul ties of Fusong and Jingyu were list Wang Bing, Party secretary of the The harmonious integration of line on developing tourism center ture industrial park, have developed ed among the top 10 summer Han Junhong contributed to this city. “We have focused on ecologi the city and its natural ecology has ing on the natural environment and rapidly and attract considerable tourism destinations and tourism story. City promotes host of key ecological assets
By YUAN SHENGGAO comprehensive financing systems. “The government should be Home to a wealth of natural more effective in providing servi resources, Baishan is aiming to ces for companies,” Sun Weidong, mobilize its ecological treasures to director of the administration cen develop industries, improve the ter of the Baishan industrial park, business environment and told Chinanews portal. encourage innovation, local offi As of March, the city had agreed cials said. a total of 46 projects, with a The city aims to boost its eco planned investment of 26.86 bil nomic development by promoting lion yuan ($3.9 billion), according organic products and medicinal to the Jilin government. herbs, said Wang Bing, Party secre Focusing on the ecological econ From left: Farmers pick leek flowers at the Huangjiawaizi village in Fusong county. Fungus planting in Linjiang city is expected to provide tary of the city. omy, Baishan is developing five 300 job opportunities for local villagers. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY The city plans to do this by con new industries of green food, med necting to economic belts includ ical and healthcare services, min ing the Bohai Economic Rim area eral new materials, tourism and and the Belt and Road Initiative, as logistics. Official data showed that Modern agriculture fostering green development part of the effort to build Baishan these industries account for 62.1 as an economic hub city in North percent and 55.2 percent of the east China, Wang said. city’s GDP and fiscal revenue. By YUAN SHENGGAO bai Mountain area benefits the pro Party secretary of Cuocaogou vil This year, Baishan issued a By 2025, the city said it is expect duction of highquality jade fungus, lage in Weishahe town. guideline to promote the city’s ed to welcome 50,000 new market Playing a key role in green devel Zhang said. “With the guidance and support highquality development and players, 30 provincial entrepre opment, modern agriculture has The city’s development of its of policies, villagers are also plant boost its economy. neurship incubation bases, 56 sci been a highlight in Baishan’s all organic and medicinal herb indus ing plums and raising cattle. It has rolled out more than 30 ence and technologybased SMEs round transformation in recent try is bringing new opportunities “These industries featuring incentive measures ranging from and 35 national hightech enter years. for companies, Zhang said. local characteristics help increase supporting the development of prises. Under the guidance of the Bai By 2019, Baishan had granted 116 the income of the locals,” he said. small and mediumsize enterpris shan city government, local authori million yuan in financial support to Focusing on promoting green es and establishing a collaborative Han Junhong contributed to this ties have rolled out supportive promote the local agricultural trans development in agriculture, Bai working mechanism to setting up story. policies allowing the building of formation. shan city has launched a plan to bases for specific local industries In Weishahe town of Linjiang city, replace chemical fertilizer with and developing cooperatives or fam Farmers pick organic there are more than 100 hectares of organic fertilizer. By 2019, the use of ily farms. strawberries in Jiangyuan blueberry plantations managed by a pesticides and fertilizers in the city At Xinfeng village in Fusong district. local cooperative. decreased by 54.7 percent and 59.3 county, 87 new commercial crops PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY “We don’t need to transport our percent, respectively, according to have been introduced including qui blueberries to market for sale,” said the Jilin government. noa, ice wheat, upland rice and kiwi Wang Xiaowu, a manager of the In addition, Baishan is dedicated fruit. his hometown after graduating cooperative. to building organic agricultural In 2019, Fusong county invested from Jilin Agriculture University. “Regular clients from places such brands, as part of its effort to pro 280,000 yuan ($40,500) in building Adopting modern agricultural as Hebei and Shandong provinces mote more of its agricultural prod a pilot base for planting new varie technology and management, contact us and buy our products ucts to the market, according to ties of crops. Zhang said his greenhouses can pro online,” Wang said. local officials. Zhang Jinpeng, a resident from duce nearly 10 metric tons of jade “Planting safflower is one of our Changbai county, chose to start a fungus a year. projects in the agricultural devel Han Junhong contributed to this An organic corn field is ready for harvest at a village in Changbai business growing jade fungus in The sound ecology of the Chang opment plan,” said Xu Zhongguo, story. county. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
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