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2024 Lipu City celebrates the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival and the opening of a series of exhibition activities for the release of the whole genome sequencing of Lipu taro
In the golden autumn, the fragrant and delicious Lipu taro is ripe, and the vast fields are filled with the joy of harvest. On October 23, the 2024 Lipu City celebrates the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival and the Lipu taro Whole Genome Sequencing Release Series of exhibition activities opened in Jindongtun, Cha Cheng Cha Xiang Community. Li Xianghong, president of Guangxi Agricultural Vocational and Technical University, Li Jiawen, director of Guilin Agricultural Science Research Center, and Tang Fangshun, mayor of Lipu City, attended the opening ceremony.
Entrusted by Li Yuqing, secretary of the Lipu Municipal Party Committee, Tang Fangshun delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He said, magic Lipu, "taro" all over the world. Lipu City has continuously improved Lipu's reputation with the Lipu spirit of "making something out of nothing, daring to be the first, open and inclusive, and mass entrepreneurship", and the "Lipu Story" has gained fame. Lipu taro is a famous, special and high-quality traditional agricultural product in Lipu City. It has a long history of cultivation in Lipu. It has a history of thousands of years. It has nurtured the profound Lipu taro culture. It has been listed as the first choice of royal tribute in Guangxi since the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Lipu taro was awarded the National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark in 2000, the Geographical Indication Certification of the State Administration of Quality Supervision in 2005, the Geographical Indication Certification of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2015, the top 100 regional public brands of agricultural products in China for many years, and the Green Agricultural Products Certification in 2019, In 2021, it was certified by the Hong Kong Certification Center for high-quality "positive" printing certification, which has become the main pillar industry of Lipu's economic development.
At the opening ceremony, Li Jiawen solemnly introduced the "National Geographical Indication Agricultural Products" Lipu taro to guests from all directions, and hoped that Lipu will take this event as an opportunity to adhere to the "four-wheel drive" of industry, agriculture, business, and tourism, and coordinate the promotion of the advantages of Greater Guilin The construction of characteristic industrial clusters provides strong support for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and accelerating agricultural and rural modernization.
Li Xianghong expressed his warm congratulations to Lipu City for hosting the event. She said that Lipu, as the unique origin of Lipu taro, has unique natural conditions. Through the long-term standardized production and brand management of Lipu people, Lipu taro has created its outstanding quality and achieved huge economic and social benefits. Lipu City has also been known as "the hometown of Lipu taro in China" and has become a dazzling local business card in Guangxi.
The opening ceremony also released the whole genome sequencing and map of Lipu taro, demonstrated the AI management system of intelligent agriculture, and held a series of signing ceremonies. Among them, the whole genome sequencing and map release of Lipu taro can not only effectively improve the breeding efficiency of Lipu taro varieties and provide core support for the upgrading of Lipu taro industry, but also calibrate the DNA fingerprint ID card of Lipu taro provenance and define the identity of Lipu taro from the source.
He Qizhi, deputy secretary of the Lipu Municipal CPC Committee, Zhang Yuan, member of the standing Committee of the Lipu Municipal CPC Committee and executive vice mayor, Zhou Chengyu, vice mayor and director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and Peng Yifen, vice mayor, attended the opening ceremony.
It is reported that the event lasted for three days and ended on October 24. During this period, activities with unique Lipu characteristics will be held, such as taro product exhibition, food tasting, live picking of Lipu taro and live broadcast of e-commerce talents, static display of agricultural equipment and live performance, to convey Lipu's good voice, tell Lipu stories, sing Lipu's good voice, display a new chapter and image of Lipu in Guangxi with Chinese modernization and magnificence, and make Lipu contribution to building Guilin's world-class tourist city.