The Portuguese government supplied the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region with a loan of 4 million Euros to support the area’s wine industry, according to the contract signing ceremony held on December 27.

The Ningxia Farms Agribusiness Group will get the financial aid and funds will be used for the purchase of equipment in the Western Xia King and Helan Mountain wine processing projects.

The eastern reach of Mount Helan is internationally recognized as the golden area for wine grape planting.