Recently, the results of the 2024 “Lishui Shangeng” flagship product selection, jointly initiated by the Lishui Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Lishui Agricultural Investment Group, have been announced. After online voting, presentations by the entities involved, expert scoring, and public announcement of the results, Longquan City’s eggplant, Huiming Tea from Jingning She Autonomous County, and Liancheng Wufeng (Premium Green Tea from Liandu District) have been named the 2024 “Lishui Shangeng” flagship products.

In addition to the previously established flagship products from Qingtian County’s waxberries, Yunhe County’s snow pears, Jinyun County’s yellow tea, Qingyuan County’s shiitake mushrooms, Suichang County’s long zong (rice dumplings), and Songyang County’s fragrant tea, Lishui City now has a total of nine “Lishui Shangeng” flagship products.

The three newly selected “Lishui Shangeng” flagship products have a significant driving effect on enriching farmers and increasing income.

Among them, the “Longquan Eggplant” industry has established a complete service system covering pre-production, production, and post-production, directly employing more than 3,000 people in eggplant production, transportation, and sales. In 2024, the planting area of “Longquan Eggplant” reached 7,950 acres, with an average output value of 23,500 yuan per acre, a total output value of 186.8 million yuan, and provided employment for more than 360 low-income households, marginal households, and rural elderly people.

The agricultural pillar industry of Jingning County, “Huiming Tea”, is the leading industry of the “Jingning 600” brand (ecological premium agricultural products from Jingning She Autonomous County at an altitude of over 600 meters). Currently, the tea garden area has reached 78,100 acres, with an annual output value of 830 million yuan, benefiting more than 40,000 tea farmers.

“Liancheng Wufeng” tea was awarded the five-star product in the 2024 “Zhonglü Cup” quality selection of famous green teas. The current tea garden area is 61,000 acres, with a production of 2,865 tons and a total output value of 336 million yuan. There are 31 tea experts in the database, and comprehensive training has covered more than 800 tea farmers.

According to the introduction, the “Lishui Shangeng” flagship product review work has been held for three sessions since 2022, cultivating a batch of products with Lishui’s ecological characteristics and historical and cultural heritage, which have a certain consumer group and popularity in the market, injecting new momentum and vitality into the “Lishui Shangeng” brand.

It is reported that each entity selected as a “Lishui Shangeng” flagship product will receive a reward of 300,000 yuan; each entity selected as a “Lishui Shangeng” cultivated flagship product will receive a reward of 100,000 yuan. These funds will be used for the improvement and creation of “Lishui Shangeng” flagship products. In the future, Lishui City will continue to strengthen the construction of agricultural product brands, promote the transformation and upgrading of the agricultural industry, and make greater contributions to rural revitalization and agricultural modernization.