A batch of vegetables supplied from Yongzhou's Jiangyong County arrived at the Hong Kong markets on March 27. This was the first direct delivery of vegetables to Hong Kong SAR after the pilot supplier in Jiangyong resumed service. Since then, the vegetables of the Jiangyong pilot suppliers can be directly delivered to Hong Kong after going through customs inspection in Jiangyong and customs clearance at Shenzhen Port. This will effectively lower the costs of producers.

A truck loaded with vegetables to be directly supplied to Hong Kong. (Photo provided by the Jiangyong County Publicity Department)

Jiangyong County is a major producer of vegetables destined for Hong Kong. It has 23 certified vegetable suppliers to the Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao Greater Bay Area and 13 "Xiangjiangyuan" brand quality vegetable suppliers. The area of vegetable plantations maintains at more than 300,000 mu (20,010 hectares), with a total output of over 600,000 tons. The plantations of vegetables supplied to the Greater Bay Area amount to 100,000 mu (6,670 hectares), with a sales volume of more than 3.5 billion CNY. The trade value of the vegetables exported to Southeast Asia and other overseas markets totaled 1.3 billion CNY, ranking among the highest in Hunan Province. 

A plantation of vegetables to be supplied to the Greater Bay Area. (Photo provided by the Jiangyong County Publicity Department)

With the direct supply channel, Jiangyong's vegetables can be delivered in the morning and arrived at the Hong Kong wholesale markets in the evening, and served on the tables for Hong Kong residents the next morning. The fresh vegetables are preferred by the Hong Kong people.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday