这座小城让北美“红宝石”扎根中国
Cranberry industry thrives in Fuyuan City, China's Heilongjiang

在过去，全球蔓越莓生产主要集中在北美地区。2014年起，抚远市通过政企研校多方协作创新，逐步打破国内蔓越莓种植“无技可循、无标可依”的困境，并最终实现国产蔓越莓的技术突破，将荒滩试验田打造成了国内最大的蔓越莓规模化种植基地，让曾经依赖进口的“外来果”，扎根中国。

Cranberries used to be sourced mainly from North America, but Fuyuan City has made breakthroughs since 2014 in the production of cranberries via cooperation among the government, companies, research institutions and colleges. Once deserted experimental fields in the city have been transformed into the biggest planting base for cranberries in China.

近年来，抚远市充分扩展蔓越莓产业链条，打造蔓越莓鲜果、果脯、浓缩果汁、冰激凌、口红、眼贴、面膜、啤酒等产品，实现蔓越莓产品多样化，带动当地经济增长，一颗颗红果化身“致富果”。

Recent years saw Fuyuan City further extending the industrial chain of cranberries to enrich the product line ranging from juice and ice cream to beer and cosmetics, which now serves as a major cash cow to the local economy.

今年蔓越莓产量达到3500吨，产值突破8000万元，不仅填补国内鲜果供应空白，还让被称为‘北美红宝石'的蔓越莓，以更加实惠的价格，走进更多寻常百姓家。

Expanded production scale made both the fruit and its products increasingly affordable to ordinary families.