Anji County in Zhejiang Province is the famous hometown of bamboo in China, ranking first among the top ten "bamboo towns" in China. The "bamboo" industry here has formed, which can provide 12 million commercial bamboo every year, ranking the highest in China. Bamboo economy is the pillar industry and economic growth point of Anji. In recent years, Anji has made gratifying progress by focusing on the development of bamboo resources and implementing the development strategy of trade, industry and agriculture and export-oriented bamboo industry.

The local value of each bamboo, from the root, bamboo rod, bamboo leaves and even bamboo powder to the use of the whole bamboo. In the deep processing of bamboo bold exploration, in-depth development, the formation of bamboo mat, bamboo rubber board, bamboo cushion, bamboo handicrafts, bamboo stationery five series more than 700 varieties, the products sell well at home and abroad. By-products include medicinal fresh bamboo drain, bamboo root carving, root whisker products, wool, old silk, broom, bamboo handle, white bamboo, bamboo charcoal and fishing rod. The hometown of bamboo, bamboo floor... Here the green mountains have become a "green card", a piece of bamboo has become a farmer income "green bank".

The bamboo sea

Once you're famous, you know

Anji is the county with the largest area in China and the largest number of loose bamboo and mixed bamboo stems. There are numerous "bamboo sea" landscapes in Anji, which can be called "bamboo mountain, bamboo sea and bamboo world".

"Anji China Bamboo Sea" is located in Wuhe Village, Tianhuangping Town, Anji County. As the name implies, it is a scenic spot famous for its "bamboo abundance". The total area is 6.667 million square meters, and it is a woodland dominated by bamboo.

As the filming location for the Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the "Great Bamboo Sea of Anji China" is also famous. When the director Ang Lee visited Anji after the film won the award, he once said, "It is Anji's beautiful landscape that makes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon walk on the Oscar podium."

The bamboo shoots

Locally sourced "vegetarian first"

Bamboo shoots are a kind of food materials with low fat, low sugar and low calories. At the same time, due to the rich "scraping oil" in bamboo shoots, they have the function of absorbing fat, promoting food fermentation, assisting digestion and promoting excretion. It has been regarded by more and more people as a good life. Its nutritional value is also known as "the first vegetarian food" by cooking experts. Anji is rich in bamboo shoots, folk like to eat bamboo shoots, there is "no shortage of bamboo shoots at four times" said.

Relying on the mountain, Anji, bamboo town, local materials, the formation of bamboo shoots as the main raw materials of the special dish. A long time ago, "bamboo shoot banquet" has become an Anji food name card, with more than 10 kinds of cooking methods, such as braising, frying, braising, steaming, steaming, cooking, from the traditional bacon braised bamboo shoots, snow vegetables braised bamboo shoots and other more than a dozen common practices, derived from today's vegetarian abalone, bamboo shoots net shrimp balls and other more than 200 dishes. In modern times, Wu Changshuo, a famous master of calligraphy and painting in Anji, never forgot the bamboo shoots in his hometown. He sang and sighed in the poem of "Although there are eight treasures in the guests, which and the mountain home wild bamboo shoots incense".

In recent years, Anji County has been holding bamboo shoots festival, various exhibitions and other activities to continuously enhance the brand influence of "Anji Bamboo shoots". By referring to the "mother and child" trademark management mode of "Anji white Tea" as a geographical symbol, Anji bamboo shoots + cooperative trademark brand "management mode, a complete set of bamboo shoots brand quality traceability management system has been established. This system is the "electronic identity card" of Anji bamboo shoots. With the "electronic identity card", the digital information of producers, origin environment, fertilization and medication, growth status can be clear at a glance. "Consumers can see if a product is authentic by simply scanning the QR code, and companies can use this traceability 'weapon' to protect their brands." Anji County market supervision Bureau responsible person introduced. In order to strengthen the self-discipline of the industry and standardize the management of the industry, in 2020, the county has set up the bamboo shoots Branch of Anji Bamboo Industry Association, which has attracted 40 enterprises, cooperatives, growers and marketers. The bamboo shoots industry in Anji is moving towards a more standardized and institutionalized direction.

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We will create a new pattern of industrial revitalization and development

As a well-known bamboo town in China, the local government has been "racking their brains" to "make a big deal" on bamboo for nearly 40 years. Anji County has realized four leaps from selling bamboo to entering bamboo, from using bamboo stalks to using whole bamboo, from physical utilization to biochemical utilization, from simple processing to chain management, and strives to "eat and squeeze every bamboo".

From bamboo mat, bamboo rubber board, bamboo seat cushion to bamboo sports and bamboo crafts, Anji has formed a complete bamboo processing industry chain from raw bamboo processing to finished product output, the industrial recycling rate is up to 100%, and has formulated industry or local standards for heavy bamboo flooring, bamboo mat, bamboo machinery, bamboo charcoal and other products. It is understood that there are more than 1600 bamboo product supporting enterprises in Anji County, including 5 provincial agricultural backbone leading enterprises and 22 provincial forestry backbone leading enterprises; There are 11 enterprises with an output value of more than 100 million yuan, 29 enterprises with an output value of more than 50 million yuan, and 70 enterprises above designated size. The county has won honorary titles such as "The Capital of Bamboo Flooring in China", "The Demonstration Base of Bamboo Decoration in China", "the Capital of Bamboo Mat in China", "the Famous City of bamboo Fiber Industry in China" and "the National Demonstration County of Forestry Science and Technology".

In 2015, Hengxiwu Village carried out the reform of bamboo forest management mechanism and system, accurately calculated the share ratio of each bamboo farmer based on the weight, market price and cutting price of bamboo, and established a joint-stock cooperative. Under the situation that the purchase price of bamboo decreased year by year, the cooperative managed and employed the bamboo farmers in a unified way. It reduces the cost of management, logging and transportation, and increases the net profit of bamboo forest by about 30%. The cooperative operation mode of bamboo forest shares initiated by Anji increased the support of county financial circulation, guided the cultivation of joint-stock cooperatives, family forest farms and other new bamboo forest management subjects, and encouraged social capital, industrial and commercial capital, leading enterprises to participate in bamboo forest management. The measures of classified management and directional cultivation of Phyllostachy bamboo forest have effectively solved the difficulties of financing and sales of large-scale bamboo forest management.

The local county Party Committee and government have always attached great importance to the development of bamboo industry and formulated a series of policies and measures to promote the process of bamboo industrialization in Anji and stimulate the industry vitality. Through financial support, large-scale management subjects should be guided to actively carry out bamboo forest management, management and protection, and maintain the health of bamboo forest, promote the scientific utilization of bamboo resources and ecological restoration, and ensure ecological security through appropriate management and intervention.

On May 31 this year, the Implementation Opinions of the People's Government of Anji County on Accelerating the revitalization and development of the bamboo industry in Anji County proposed that by the end of 2026, the total output value of the bamboo industry would exceed 25 billion yuan, and the total output value of enterprises above designated size would reach 10 billion yuan. In addition, Anji International Bamboo Industry Summit will be held, Anji bamboo cultural and creative Industry Center will be built, and more than 10 bamboo culture and tourism integration institutions will be established. At present, Anji is making every effort to create a new pattern of revitalization and development of bamboo industry with reasonable industrial structure, obvious regional characteristics, optimized scale agglomeration, deep integration of three industries, advanced science and technology, sound service system, strong policy support and remarkable demonstration.