The 2022 Mountain Products Harvest Festival kicked off in Qingchuan county, Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 23, as a part of celebrations for this year's Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival.

The Mountain Products Harvest Festival is held in Qingchuan county, Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 23. [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

"I am glad I came to the exhibition. I want to seize this opportunity to let more people know about our agricultural products," said Tian Xiuying, member of a professional chicken breeding cooperative in Qingchuan.

The cooperative cultivates chickens, pigs, and fruit in the mountains. Its annual output value is around three million yuan ($418,500), and the cooperative helps members increase their income by an average of 50,000 yuan, Tian added.

Honey and oil products displayed at the Mountain Products Harvest Festival [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

Qingchuan held the first Mountain Products Harvest Festival in 1994. So far, the festival has become an annual event integrating technology, materials, labor services, talent exchanges and foreign trade, promoting the county's economy, tourism and culture development.

The mountain products exhibition area has 22 booths and displays a variety of products, such as black fungus, honey, native chickens, bamboo fungus, and tea.

To date, Qingchuan has 11 modern agricultural parks, including the Qingchuan County Edible Fungus Modern Agricultural Park, and is home to 62 agricultural product brands of high-quality recognition, and six national geographical indication protection products.