双语茂名 | How Baiqiao thrives with lychee industry

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《GLOBALink | Revitalizing ancient villages:

How Baiqiao thrives with lychee industry》

揭秘振兴古村落高州根子柏桥村

如何与荔枝产业一起繁荣↘

在广东柏桥村

荔枝撬动起百亿产业链

并推动当地的振兴

和茂小布一起来看看

Developing industries has been a fundamental driving force in China's fight against poverty, and nowadays continues to empower its rural revitalization. In China's vast countryside, industries are often associated with what locals can grow out of their land. In Baichao village in Guangdong province, the lychee fruit is fueling an expanding industry.

在中国，发展产业成为脱贫的最有效驱动力。如今这种方式持续助推乡村振兴。在中国广阔的农村地区，发展的产业往往和当地的种植物紧密的联系在一起。在广东柏桥村，荔枝不断延伸它的产业链。

Lychee, a tropical fruit native to China, is now out of season.But Lin Changzhen in Baiqiao Village of Maoming is still busy livestreaming, to sell the dried fruits.

荔枝作为我国典型的热带水果现在已经过季了，但是柏桥村的林常珍现在依然十分忙碌的在做电商直播去销售荔枝干果。

Maoming is China's largest lychee production base,and Baiqiao is one of the villages specializing in lychee cultivation in Maoming.Baiciao boasts one of China's most ancient lychee plantations,with some of the trees over 1,000 years old.In 2022, the per capita income for the village was around 51,000 yuan(about 6,980 USD),one of the highest in Guangdong.However, the lychee industry hadn't always been thriving.The industry gradually took shape inBaiqiao in the 1990s.But the prosperous times didn't last long.

茂名拥有中国最大的荔枝种植基地，柏桥村也是茂名其中一个以种植荔枝而闻名的乡村。柏桥村用许多古荔枝树，其中大多数树龄都超过1000年。2022年，柏桥村人均收入约5万1千元，在广东都是较高收入的乡村。然而，荔枝产业并不是一直以来都是兴旺的。柏桥村的荔枝产业的形成是在90年代，但繁荣的景象并没有一直持续。

Fresh lychees have a very short shelf life.They can only last two to three days at room temperature.And heightened competition among farmers only exacerbated price reductions.As a result, though production levels rose,there was only very limited increase in income.Over the years, Baigiao has been exploring solutions to break the bottlenecks for development.And farmers' cooperatives have emerged to be aneffective measure,especially amid the government's rural revitalization drive.

荔枝拥有十分短暂且固定的鲜果期，只可以在常温下放置两至三天。因为农户们的恶性竞争导致荔枝的价格不断降低。结果就是即使荔枝的产出量不断提升，但增加的收入却微乎其微。最近几年，柏桥村在不断探索方法去解决荔枝产业的发展瓶颈。成立合作社就是其中一种有效的方法，是政府的乡村振兴的一项重要举措。

As new fresh-preservation technologies emerged，lychees can now be sold to faraway cities and reach consumers' tables much faster than before.The sales channels have been further broadened，thanks to the booming e-commerce industry.

随着新的保鲜技术不断进步，荔枝现在可以销往更多更远的城市，也可以更快地送到消费者的餐桌上。随着电商的快速发展，荔枝的销路也正在不断扩宽。

A deep processing industrial chain also took shape,which further increased the fruit's added value.Now, lychee products from Baiqiao have not only been sold across China,but also exported to many other countries.The booming lychee industry is injecting mew hope,and confidence into the local community.

如今荔枝的深加工产业也在不断建立起来，这些都可以不断提高荔枝的附加价值。现在来自柏桥的荔枝不仅可以销往中国各地，同时也出口多个国家。不断发展的荔枝产业为当地的群众注入了新的希望和信心。

原标题：《双语茂名 | How Baiqiao thrives with lychee industry》

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