Early in november, early in the morning, the southern red earth was softly wet。
On the long slopes of sinfung county, jiangxi, gold-coloured umbilical oranges are strewn with branches, like broken gold. On the way to yui and the agro-workshop, the sweet orange fragrance came with 84-year-old yuan jie and 32-year-old rhoongjee shouldering on the side of the split line — the old man's wrinkled hand caressing the fruits of the roller belts, with young people standing close to them and watching. When the packagings converge, these fresh umbilical oranges will fly over the sea to overseas markets such as south-east asia。
The figures are yuan jingen (right) and rowongje (left)。
This warm moment, exactlyIt's the south oxygenThe half-century microcosm of legends — in 1970, yuan jie-seon introduced 200 “washington umbilical” seedlings, which have taken root in marginal red earth; today, 1. 94 million acres of orange groves have sprung up into golden oceans, which are exported to 22 countries and territories。
Zhejiang's "chang nan's watch" created a huge industry
“the world's umbilical orange looks south, and it's rich”. The orange forests, which begin to be rich in faith and are scattered in the mountains, are like green oceans, and the air is filled with sweet fruit. I hear we're from zhejiang, and a lot of the farmers are greeting us with kindness: "the first man to grow the oranges is your hometown!"
This industrial legend, which originated 55 years ago, is closely linked to one of zhejiang's leaders. In yu and agriculture, we met mr. Yuan sung-geun, 84 years old. A silver hair is so delicate, it's so sturdy, it's so clear. When it comes to umbilical oranges, the young man's eyes were brightened。
After graduating from the second high school, yuan was admitted to the communist labour university in jiangxi (former to the university of agriculture in today). After learning, he chose to take root and become the “code of the south” on this red land。
In 1970, he was a horticultural technician in sinfung county, ansie, with the idea of “try it” and brought back from hunan sunyang 200 “washington citrus” seedlings. Standing on a desolate hillside, he started a difficult experiment with buckets of water, hand-held straw. The villagers were curious to watch: "technologist yuan, what is this new thing?"
"it was a difficult time, and every seedling was expensive." yuan kept the memory. Eventually, 200 seedlings survived 156. After three years of hard work, orange trees finally bloom. Yuan's root clearly remembers the moment when the first ripe fruit was cut: the juice of orange and yellow flowed, and a unique scent spread。
In 1976, an elaborate selection of 20 umbilical oranges from the anci gardens was resonated at a large conference. The following year, a ton of citrus was supplied to the hong kong market at a high price of hk$36 per kilogram. "i now remember clearly." the sound of yuan jiegen was a little edgy: “the telegram from that time said that `the fruit is american orange, at a higher price than american oranges, please organize the supply quickly!' ” it was red with the southern umbilical orange。
We learned from the state institute of orange science that the successful sale of the southern citrus in hong kong made experts aware of its unique ecological climate advantage. In 1980, the chinese academy of sciences organized an integrated scientific expedition of the mountains of the south, which conducted a systematic study in kanan, and concluded that “the south is a unique citrus production base”, setting the course for the development of the citrus in the coming decades。
Since 1981, the state orange science institute and the china agricultural university have been conducting a 10-year joint seed selection campaign. Of the eight imported species, “newholium” has rapidly become the main plant species in the south and throughout the country due to such characteristics as adaptiveness, permanency, positive fruit end, colorful beauty, sweetness without nuclears, and durable transport。
Entering the 1990s, jiangxi proposed “to build a more efficient south on the mountain” and the strategy of “gift-rich people” formally established the path to the development of the fruit industry, with citrus as its head. Yuan has been entrusted with the task of leading industrial development. "look, i have to stand up for you." he was fully committed to the development of the 100-mile umbilical orange belt by nobuf. And the mountains of old were covered in green and covered with gold。
Today, the country's 1. 94 million acres of orange garden is spectacular. The citrus industry has become the “gold fruit” of the “rich tree” of the people of the old district, which has led to more than 1 million workers growing wealth。
Oyster oranges are transported by unicycles。
Although he has retired for more than 20 years, yuan is still busy: he is a technical competition board, he goes into orchards to answer questions, and he is a pro bono consultant to the company... He has been honoured with the “national fight against poverty” and the “national honesty and ethics model”. He was humbled in the face of praise: "the credit is all yours. I just want to keep doing what i haven't doneRural revitalizationMore energy."
Following yuan's footsteps, we walk into modern fruit-scathing centres. Oranges are precisely divided into more than 20 specifications and are ready for distribution. Picking up a full of umbilical oranges, yuan zheng was whispering, "i came from the zhejiang river, surrounded by a tree for over 50 years. Now you see, the whole world is waiting to taste our southern orange."
The figure is yuen and the automated separation line for agricultural umbilical oranges。
From a customer to a customer, "china sweet" went to the world shelf
The first half-century of that southern citrus, which had been rooted in an old generation that had dared to try and break through, is now at sea speed and market height, with a complete upgrading of technology and links。
At the orchid park of wisdom, the main farm (long guard) in jiangxico county, the calm in the mountains was broken by the sound of a propeller and a drone dragged a rope and landed steadily。
It's an agricultural drone。
“in the past, the farmers were to be packed in baskets, loaded in cars, packed in cars, then dragged to a sorting centre 400 metres away, and a trip took 10 minutes to make it work.” the head of the agriculture industry, li jiang, explained, “the drones now arrive in two minutes as soon as they fly. Only two people are required to handle the fruit, save time and save money.” this appears to be a simple “air transport”, which is a microcosm of modern technology that embraces the south orange industry。
A few years ago, this urban woman, who was active in marketing, accidentally stepped into the field of citrus exports as a result of a "come and help me with a few sheets" joke by a friend and partner. It never occurred to me that this “single” business would turn into a daily “flying” half of the world today. In the middle of the season, she traveled like an aviation schedule: indonesia, malaysia, singapore..
"to get out, it's not by luck, it's by stability." she looked to the drone that took off again, “stable sweetness, steady supply, steady transport.” by introducing drone suspension, big data monitoring, automatic water fertilizer systems, the technological paradigm for orange cultivation was growing。
This “stability” is reflected not only at the planting end, but also at the links of the industrial chain。
If each export is to be able to withstand cross-border transport and meet different market standards, the technology at the pick-up end alone is far from sufficient, and the precision at the selection end also determines how far the citrus can go. Local firms in the state serve more than 3,000 commercial users worldwide, accounting for 98 per cent of the market share of the high-end selected equipment in the country, over 70 per cent in high-end markets in the country and over 33 countries, such as the united states, spain and israel, which are widely used for the fine processing of over 60 fruit and vegetables, such as citrus, apples and peaches. Each of these advanced equipments, which leads to the world, is carefully screened to ensure that high standards are met。
Today, the southern citrus accelerates the expansion of the global “sweet map” not only to improve production efficiency and quality assurance, but also to explore more market possibilities with precision。
A clear market insight makes the southern citrus “sweet”. The small difference in the global market is found in the choreography of li, sitting next to lee's hips: “the preferences of different countries are different, the middle east loves the big fruit, and south-east asia loves the big fruit; our northern consumers prefer the sour oranges, and the south-east china and south-east asia are just like sweets.” this year, orders in indonesia alone reached 50-60 containers. "our new goal is to break into the russian market." soo-soo was confident, "we used to run after our clients, and now they're chasing us."
Oysters from sinfung county are picking up citrus。
According to the ronan customs data, in 2024 the volume of the southern citrus exports amounted to 12,000 tons, a 1. 45-fold increase over the same period; from january to october this year, the volume of exports exceeded 10,000 tons, a 81 per cent increase over the same period. Export destination countries and territories have expanded to 22。
The officer-in-charge of the centre for the development of the fruit industry of kanan city stated that enterprises were encouraged to extend the industrial chain through deep processing, on the basis of steady growth in the country's exports of citrus fruit. Some derivatives, such as citrus cakes and wines, have been developed by shinmin and other companies. In sinfung, the farmer mountain springs established the largest and most technologically advanced orange juice processing enterprise in asia, treating 200,000 tons of citrus fruit annually and producing more than 200 million vials of sterile juice annually。
A new generation of oranges gave the umpire a second growth
Whether or not the industry can go on depends largely on “the next generation willing to take over”。
The young man's figure was as small as morning. Most of the orchard is a 50-60-year-old labour force, and the legacy of industry hangs on everyone. However, in many businesses visited by journalists, change is occurring — young people have come and young people have chosen to stay and become the “second growing” force of the south orange industry。
At the orange source base in ansien town, sinfung county, two buses carrying nearly 100 tourists from guangdong came here to take photographs, pick up, and laughs in the orchards。
Tourists took photographs and took cards at orange source fruits。
The head of the base had sailed as an “orange ii” and at first he did not want to leave his youth in the orchards. After he graduated from college, he moved around hangzhou and so on. In 2016, he returned to his home town as an electrician in a foreign province, but he was not happy with the harvest, but a dead orchard. At the same time, yellow dragon disease, known as citrus “cancer”, was rampant, with leaves covered with yellow and fruit malformations。
Zhang zhang remembers the silence of his father standing behind his back in the dead tree, which is heavier than any language. At that moment, he decided to stay。
He re-engineered the orchard, re-programming it with a modern planting model of “widening narrow-banding”; introduced drones for precision spraying; installed sensors for water fertilization systems and built the “cycling system” of orchards; and integrated studies, harvesting and ecological experience to make the orchard “open industrial classrooms”。
Today, in his orchard, the fruit-farmer runs from the top of the mountain with oranges in his car, and tourists everywhere experience the pleasure of picking, and the teacher of research teaches the mystery of the oranges, even foreign dealers travel to get them, receiving nearly 3,000 visitors and customers every year. Zhang sail smiled and said, "the road my father used to walk, i'm going to go again, but the road is different."
Unlike zhang zhang zhengjie, who is a “new man” with an international perspective, his choice bears witness to another attraction of the southern citrus industry: there are not only fields that require innovation, but also a more sophisticated system of globalization。
Rowongje's father and uncle had been in guangdong for many years and had moved the team back to the state in 2007 to bring back the cause from the terminal. After studying abroad, rowongje performed an audit at a globally recognized firm of accountants. When the father called to ask if he wanted to come and help, he came to the state with hesitation。
The first time he walked into the company, he was hit by a fragrance coming out of his face. "it's like saying, "here's a career." he then explained the decision to choose to stay, “in guangdong, we see orders; in kanan, we see the roots of the industry. Agriculture can do something."
The figure is yuen and the automated separation line for agricultural umbilical oranges。
Here, he learned to judge maturity through fruit, mastered techniques to regulate the timing of harvests based on the port customs rhythm, and found ways to maintain quality during the rainy season. "the father's generation made the umbilical oranges 'size, and our generation made it 'systems'." roger said。
The "second growing" of the citrus industry is beginning with the roots of more young people. Watching him next to you, yuan is pleased to say: “the umbilical is going to continue with more generations to join.”
A little umbilical orange carrying the hearts and dreams of the southern generations. It flew over valleys, shuttled cities and took to shelves around the world, leading to wider global markets。
