Over 600 mu of Hangbaiju chrysanthemums in Wenxi County, Shanxi enjoy a bumper harvest

On November 3, members of the Kangju Planting Professional Cooperative in Wenxi County were picking, sun-drying and oven-processing Hangbaiju chrysanthemums.

Liu Yuying, a woman farmer from Kengdong Village, Guojiazhuang Town, Wenxi County, took the lead in 2012 by planting more than 20 mu of Hangbaiju chrysanthemums in her village and succeeded. In 2013, she took the lead in forming a joint venture with a health products company in Tongxiang, Zhejiang, established the Wenxi County Kangju Planting Professional Cooperative, and set up a processing production line. The Kangju Planting Professional Cooperative applies unified training, unified management and technical guidance, and unified purchasing. It started with a single variety and by this year had grown to plant 4 varieties including Hangbaiju chrysanthemum, red chrysanthemum, Jinsi Huangju chrysanthemum and small medicinal chrysanthemum; it began with a few farmers joining the cooperative and by this year has grown to more than 110 member households; the planting area began at more than 50 mu and by this year has expanded to more than 600 mu, radiating to and driving more than 20 villages in Tongcheng, Guojiazhuang, Shenbai and other townships, and this year can increase local farmers' income by more than 4 million yuan.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward the grand goal of "doubling the income of urban and rural residents by 2020 compared with 2010," which inspired and encouraged the woman farmer Liu Yuying. She is determined to lead the Kangju Planting Professional Cooperative, through land transfer, to use 3 years to develop more than 3,000 mu of planting area for Hangbaiju chrysanthemums and other crops, drive more farmers to join the cooperative and increase their income, and make new contributions to achieving a moderately prosperous life for farmers.