Why does the world look to China for water shield, and China look to Chongqing?

Original headline: The water shield industry becomes a "shining calling card" for Shizhu

In the photo, farmers from Tianwan Group, Wanshengba Village, Huangshui Town, are picking water shield. Photo by our reporter Deng Li

Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing, known as the "Hometown of Chinese Water Shield", has 13,000 mu (about 867 hectares) of water shield under year-round cultivation, and its water shield output accounts for more than 60% of the national total, making it the world's largest water shield production base, and it has established the world's first water shield ecological museum.

At present, more than 4,000 farming households in Shizhu are engaged in water shield cultivation, and 20 water shield professional cooperatives have been set up; the locality has also brought in 7 leading enterprises engaged in the sale and processing of water shield, and the annual output value of water shield-related industries has reached 200 million yuan. The water shield industry has become a "shining calling card" of Shizhu's modern agriculture. (Our reporter Deng Li)