2021-03-12 03:00:41 GMT2021-03-12 11:00:41(Beijing Time) Sina English
Photo shows a truck loaded with pineapples in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province, March 11, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Located on the Leizhou Peninsula, Xuwen county usually produces about 700,000 metric tons of pineapples a year, making it the country s biggest pineapple production base.
Pineapples have been grown in the county for hundreds of years, and it now accounts for more than 38 percent of the country s pineapple production and 60 percent of Guangdong s total.
Employees harvest pineapples in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province, March 11, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Guangdong enters pineapple harvest season
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Photo shows a truck loaded with pineapples in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province, March 11, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Located on the Leizhou Peninsula, Xuwen county usually produces about 700,000 metric tons of pineapples a year, making it the country s biggest pineapple production base.
Pineapples have been grown in the county for hundreds of years, and it now accounts for more than 38 percent of the country s pineapple production and 60 percent of Guangdong s total.
Employees harvest pineapples in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province, March 11, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
Employees harvest pineapples in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province, March 11, 2021. (Photo/China News Service)
March 12, 2021, by Adnan Durakovic
The first wind turbine has been installed at the 206 MW Zhanjiang Xinliao offshore wind farm off Guangdong Province, China.
Developed by Guangdong Energy Group, the wind farm will comprise 32 MySE6.45-180 wind turbines by Ming Yang Smart Energy.
Each turbine has a nameplate capacity of 6.45 MW.
Located off the Xuwen County, Zhanjiang Xinliao is expected to power more than 240,000 households with wind energy once commissioned.
”The safe and successful installation of the first MySE6.45-180 at the Zhanjiang Xinliao project is one of the most visible and distinctive milestones, underlining MingYang team’s continuously effort to work with all parties involved to achieve this important milestone,” Ming Yang Smart Energy said.
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Thailand and Malaysia expand pineapple exports to China this year
The General Administration Customs China (GACC) recently announced that the import of Taiwanese pineapples will temporarily be halted from the first of March onward. The PRC State Council Office for Taiwan Affairs explained that the prohibition followed the frequent discovery of harmful insect pests in Taiwanese pineapples at Chinese border control posts.
These insect pests form a serious danger for agricultural production areas in China and the stability of the natural environment in general. The decision to prohibition the export of Taiwanese pineapples to the Chines market is a life-threatening decision for the Taiwanese pineapple industry as more than 90% of the Taiwanese pineapples are normally sold in the Chinese market. Many farmers and packaging factories have gone through a lot of trouble to meet the requirements for the Chinese market. This prohibition directly threatens their livelihood. Mr. Rock Yen of Sh