By Li Xinping, Wang Yongzhan
The most well liked days of the summer season mark a time when peaches mature and hit the market.
At 9:30 am, a field of peaches was despatched to a Beijing shopper after a protracted air journey. The supply took solely lower than 16 hours from a village in southwest China to the capital within the north.
It’s arduous to think about that at 5:00 pm the day earlier than, these peaches have been nonetheless hanging on the timber in an orchard in Baoshi village, Longquanyi district, Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province.
Longquanyi district is a serious producer of peaches in China. It boasts fertile purple soil that’s wealthy in vitamins which can be good for rising peaches, akin to phosphorus and potassium.
In 2016, a cooperative was established by 51 farmers within the district beneath the help of the native bureau of agriculture and rural affairs. They contributed their land as fairness, began large-scale planting and applied unified manufacturing, operation and gross sales. As we speak, the cooperative has 147 farmers and an orchard space masking over 1,400 mu (93.3 hectares), 400 mu of which has already produced fruit.
Each the varieties and administration of peaches matter. Xiao Jiajie, a 47-year-old agricultural technician of the cooperative informed Individuals’s Every day that the cooperative has planted many types bred by specialists from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, who usually go to the orchards to information farmers in scientific planting methods.
With the brand new services, methods and varieties introduced by the specialists, peaches produced in Baoshi village are bettering in high quality and amount. “We are able to produce over 1,000 kg per mu,” Xiao mentioned whereas selecting a peach, “This selection tastes extra crisp and candy.”
At 5:45 pm, Xiao arrived at a parcel assortment heart within the village with the peaches she had simply picked from the timber. Coated with shockproof and air-permeable packages, the peaches have been loaded onto a truck for cargo.
Chen Qingfeng, a supervisor of the cooperative, mentioned that the cooperative enjoys reductions on cargo expenses with the agreements signed with categorical supply corporations. A minimum of 4 vehicles would go to the village for gathering peaches.
The cooperative is anticipated to see a gross sales quantity of two million yuan ($292,817) this yr, half of which shall be achieved via e-commerce, Chen mentioned.
About an hour later, Xiao’s peaches arrived at a switch station of Chinese language logistics large SF Categorical at Chengdu Shuangliu Worldwide Airport, the place they have been disinfected and sorted in a particular quick observe. A freight airplane was already ready there on a runway.
Since this yr, SF Categorical has designated almost 1,000 autos and 5 planes for the cargo of Longquanyi peaches. As of Aug. 9, the corporate had transported over 1,000 tons of peaches from the district.
The “peach expresses” are unfold throughout China’s main manufacturing areas. The corporate has additionally deployed 400 flights, every with a capability of over 10,000 tons, in addition to 9 high-speed freight trains to broaden the market of peaches produced in Yangshan, east China’s Jiangsu province. Between June 1 and Aug. 8, SF Categorical shipped over 4 million parcels containing Yangshan peaches, up round 30 p.c yr on yr.
At 1:20 am the following day, Xiao’s peaches took off with the airplane, they usually have been quickly sorted and delivered to the Beijing purchaser. The seasonal fruits, nonetheless recent and juicy, have accomplished their 16-hour journey.
The journey mirrored the efforts of Chinese language categorical supply corporations to extend their infrastructure funding and broaden their cargo capability by air, high-speed railway and street. It indicated an enormous enchancment in China’s delivery capability.
Within the first half of this yr, 21.9 billion parcels have been collected from and delivered to China’s rural areas, facilitating 290 billion yuan of on-line retail gross sales, up 12.4 p.c over the identical interval final yr.
Extra agricultural merchandise are supplied to a bigger market via the continuously bettering logistics community, boosting farmer revenue and shocking customers.
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