Over the past decade, Qingchuan, a county of Southwest China's Sichuan province, has been awarded multiple credentials and titles for its notable developments in the agricultural sector, which includes a national key functional area of ecological significance and a national demonstration area for organic product certification.

An arerial view of the Qingchuan Modern Agricultural Park of Mountainous Specialties [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

Mountain villagers in the county started to grow white tea, earn a yearly payment from land transfer, and find employment opportunities in nearby agricultural production bases in 2020.

Xu Shifeng, a villager in the residential community, said that it is a lucrative business for him to participate in land transfer, which brings more than 30,000 yuan ($ 4,838.7) to his family's annual income.

Local farmers can directly bring their fresh tea to the nearby Longmen Tea Factory to be processed in accordance with a cooperative deal struck between them.

Meanwhile, an e-commerce platform has been built for local farmers. They are also being provided with scientific guidance on the planting of soybeans and white tea.

Sheep eat hay at a shed in Guangyuan, Sichuan province. [Photo/share.gyxww.cn]

With an area of 80 hectares, Qingchuan Modern Agricultural Park of Mountainous Specialties has adhered to the whole-process development of mountainous specialties, which ranges from plantation to processing, sales, scientific and technological research, training and rural tourism. Its annual agricultural output is projected to grow from 78 million yuan in 2021 to 85 million yuan this year.

Furthermore, Qingchuan has expanded its traditional leading industries and made utmost efforts to foster new industries, in a drive to promote the implementation of rural revitalization strategies and boost the income of the people.

Statistics show that Qingchuan has already put 174,100 live hogs, 12,700 cattle and 84,300 sheep on the market this year, and that the output of its edible fungi has hit 12,500 tons.

The county has also grown 354.5 hectares of white tea, and the production of its high-quality herbal medicine has reached 12,900 tons.