Potatoes save lives and dreams in Gansu Province
- By Lu Na
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Ding Hongxing, Deputy Director-General of the Gansu Province Department of Commerce, talks about the economic development situation and unique characteristics of Gansu. [Photo by Lu Na/China.org.cn] |
Potato farming has become one of the most competitive and pillar industries in Dingxi, which is one of the three main potato-producing areas in China. Potatoes are the most important source of income for farmers in the area. In order to increase the competitiveness of their potatoes, local farmers have cultivated different varieties of the staple crop and developed industries related to potato farming.
Gansu GLDARK Potato Modified Starch Co. Ltd. is a specialized enterprise with advanced technology that engages in the research, development, production and sales of modified potato starch. The most impressive of the company's products is GLDARK Paint, an environmentally friendly paint made from high-quality domestic and imported potato starch.
A total of 28 foreign students from 14 countries followed Professor Tuqin of the Emerging Markets Institute at Beijing Normal University on an in-depth research trip in the Anding District of Dingxi from May 14 to 18.
The group visited many famous companies and agriculture research centers in the area, including Dingxi Baiquan Potato Co. Ltd., Anding District Soil and Water Conservation Science and Technology Exhibition Center, Dingxi Potato Comprehensive Trading Center, Dingxi Xitai Cultivation Co. Ltd. and Neiguanying Town Vegetable Base. Students also listened to a presentation by Ding Hongxing, deputy director-general of the Gansu Province Department of Commerce, about the economic development situation and unique characteristics of Gansu.
After touring the Anding District Soil and Water Conservation Science and Technology Exhibition Center, Isaac Barimah Amponsah of Ghana said that he was impressed with what the local government has done to protect the environment. Amponsah said that his country faces serious environmental pollution because of illegal mining, but the national government has realized the importance of the environmental protection and is now taking serious measures to solve the problem.
The vegetable base also left strong impression to students. "The most impressive thing I've seen is how the farmers make good use of greenhouses," Amponsah said.
"The most specific thing l learned from Gansu is agriculture. People here are very hard-working. In my country, people are not very hard-working," Jonio Da Anunciacao of East Timor said.
"I like the Dingxi government's new ideas regarding the terraced fields and the circulatory system. They planted trees on the top, planted grass on the middle and built the dam in the bottom," Apelu Loasa from Samoa said. "We need to hire people from Gansu to teach our farmers to farm."
Established in 2011, the Emerging Markets Institute at Beijing Normal University aims to provide the Chinese government with research and information to inform economic and social development policymaking in addition to providing high-end management training for high-ranking businesspeople and senior government officials.
This is the first time that the Emerging Markets Institute has hosted a group of International Master of Business Administration students. The 28 students come from 14 countries throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. Their studies in China are sponsored by the Chinese government, which hopes that the students will be able to use this opportunity to learn from China's development experience.
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