Gutian Edible Fungi Industry in Fujian Selected as a National-Level Export Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone

Recently, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the "Announcement on Publishing the List of National-Level Export Food and Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Demonstration Zones for 2015," and Gutian County of Fujian Province was on the list, becoming one of the 236 demonstration zones nationwide and Fujian Province's first national-level export edible fungi quality and safety demonstration zone.

Gutian County is the “Capital of Edible Fungi in China,” with more than 80% of households in the county engaged in edible fungi production and sales activities, more than 200,000 people directly working in the edible fungi industry, and edible fungi income accounting for 1/3 of farmers' net income; the county has developed and produced 36 types of fungi, making it the county with the most complete range of developed varieties among edible fungi production bases nationwide. In 2014, Gutian County's total edible fungi output was nearly 750,000 tons, with an output value of 4.38 billion yuan; in the first half of 2015, Gutian edible fungi exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” reached 3,909.02 tons, with a value of 71.0289 million US dollars.

It is reported that the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine will grant six preferential measures to national-level export food and agricultural products quality and safety demonstration zones, including simplifying the filing and registration procedures, giving priority to recommending registration abroad, facilitating export inspection and release, promoting overseas customs clearance convenience, increasing technical service efforts, and coordinating policy and funding support. Benefiting from the preferential policies for export demonstration, Gutian edible fungi can take advantage of this opportunity to set sail on a long voyage, further expand and develop, open up domestic and international trade markets, and build the international brand of “Gutian Edible Fungi.”