In recent years, Mengshan County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi, based on its superior climatic conditions and natural environment, has closely focused on the development strategy of “establishing an ecological county and developing a county with characteristics” and “green agriculture, advantageous industries, health tourism, boutique towns, Welfare and people’s livelihood” work idea, vigorously promote the development of specialty industries and agricultural brands, and has now become one of the vegetable supply bases in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Not only that, Mengshan County also seizes the development opportunities of “Eastern Mulberry Migration to the West” and “Eastern Silk Migration to the West”. In accordance with the development idea of ”Strengthening the leader, supplementing the chain, and gathering groups”, it vigorously promotes industrial transformation and upgrading, and builds the cocoon and silk industry into a It has become a characteristic industry with economic advantages in Mengshan County. In June this year, Mengshan County was officially awarded the honorary title of “Cocoon and Silk Weaving New City in Western China” by the China Silk Association.
On July 19, the production workshop of Guangxi Zhongsicheng Silk Technology Co., Ltd. located in Mengshan County was busy. Workers performed their duties and skillfully operated various production machines. The cocoon silk is “transformed” into cocoon silk through processes such as peeling, soaking, finishing, and drying.
As a traditional advantageous industry, Mengshan has a long history of growing mulberry and raising silkworms. “The silk factory jointly owned by the person in charge of our company and other companies settled in Mengshan County in 2007. By 2019, the silk factory’s production capacity reached 300 tons, and the rented factory buildings can no longer meet the development needs of the company.” Deputy Director of Guangxi Zhongsi Cheng Silk Technology Co., Ltd. General manager Huang Zhaoxia said that the person in charge of the company purchased land, improved production conditions, and established Guangxi Zhongsi Cheng Silk Technology Co., Ltd. Through development in recent years, the company’s production capacity has reached 500 tons, and the number of machines has increased from 16 to 24. From January to June this year, operating income reached 59 million yuan.
After years of development from growing mulberry and raising silkworms to silk weaving, Mengshan County’s mulberry gardens cover an area of 61,100 acres, and 13 cocoon and silk companies have settled there. The silk industry in Mengshan County has laid a solid foundation, with a complete industrial chain and a silk weaving production capacity ranking first among county-level cities in Guangxi. The county has become an important base for cocoon and silk weaving and processing in the western region.
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