Shou Xiaoli:

Let's continue with the questions. Okay, two more journalists have raised their hands. These will be the last two questions.

Farmers' Daily:

Specialty high-quality agricultural products from Guizhou have established a strong reputation and competitive edge in the market. Could you please tell us what work Guizhou has undertaken and what progress has been made in developing rural industries with local features and promoting the strengthening of the province's agriculture? Thank you.

Li Bingjun:

Thank you for your questions. Mr. Luo Qiang will answer these questions.

Luo Qiang:

Guizhou has a unique mountainous, vertical climate, leading to longer growth cycles for our agricultural products, making them exceptionally flavorful and healthy. The distinct taste of the meat and vegetables here is deeply loved by consumers. In recent years, we have fully leveraged this advantage, targeted market demands and selected a number of key industries to develop based on our existing industrial base. We have witnessed the remarkable transformation of our "local specialties" into a new engine for promoting rural revitalization.

We have focused on variety, quality and brand to promote the expansion of industries with local features, improve quality and efficiency, and achieve better development. For instance, Guizhou Matcha, which Mr. Li Bingjun just mentioned, already holds more than 60 patents and has passed over 500 EU tests. Jiangkou County, situated at the foot of Fanjing Mountain and a former national-level poverty-stricken county, is now known as the "World Matcha Super Factory" thanks to matcha, helping nearly 100,000 local tea farmers increase their incomes.

We have made significant efforts to cultivate and strengthen business entities. Leveraging the advantages of leading enterprises in terms of capital, talent, technology and information, we have focused on the cultivation of varieties at the front end and market sales at the back end to promote a comprehensive upgrading of our agricultural sector. By the end of last year, we have cultivated 12 national-level leading tea enterprises, ranking second in the country. Over the past five years, the number of our edible fungi-related enterprises has doubled, the annual average growth of the comprehensive output value for cacti has exceeded 30% and chili products have occupied nearly 70% of the domestic market share.

We insist on maintaining farmers' primary role in planting and breeding. We are ensuring that farmers take the lead in areas where they excel to reduce production costs. By unleashing their initiative, we make industrial development more sustainable. In the next few days, the honey plum from Liuma Town in Zhenning County, Guizhou, will hit the market. It has transitioned from an unknown "countryside fruit" to a "star" in the fruit world. This is the result of farmers choosing and expanding the right industry. Now, residents of the village enjoy modern homes and cars. Liuma Town has also proudly joined the ranks of China's towns with a characteristic industry generating an annual output value of at least 1 billion yuan.

Among the agricultural products from Guizhou, its beef has become well-known, its tea leaves have gone international, its small chili peppers have become a major industry and its honey plums have let farmers experience the "sweet taste of success," making people's lives increasingly prosperous. We will continue to work hard to grow and strengthen these industries with local features, leading more people to increase their income and become wealthy. Thank you.