Yew Branch Established in Beijing, Under the China Economic Forestry Association

On November 20, the founding conference of the Yew Branch of the China Economic Forestry Association and the Yew Industry Development Symposium were held in Beijing. The first president, Zhang Jiayue, chairman of Shanxi Hongshan Group, one of the association's initiating organizations, delivered a report on the development of China's yew industry.

At present, there are about 300-plus artificial yew cultivation and related enterprises in China, and the area of artificial yew planting with trees over 6 years old that has reached scale is about 50,000 mu, showing a trend of year-on-year growth, with nearly 50% of provinces across the country having carried out artificial yew cultivation projects. The future main work of the Yew Branch will focus on the following aspects: establishing the association's executive body as soon as possible and establishing and improving all rules and regulations for association management, and completing as soon as possible a survey report on the current state of development of the yew industry at home and abroad.