"Since July, the province has leveraged the advantages of the ginseng planting to carry out a series of activities such as setting up special work teams, connecting with key enterprises, initiating scientific research projects, improving standard systems, and conducting market-specific law enforcement, creating a growing atmosphere of interest in and attention to ginseng throughout society" he said. "We invited experts such as Zhang Boli and Li Yu as chief consultants, and various forces from provincial departments, enterprises, universities and research institutes have been mobilized to develop a special plan for the high-quality development of the ginseng industry."

"The plan emphasizes scientific resource allocation, industrial regional division of labor, comprehensive guarantee of elements, comprehensive planning, full-chain support, and full-process supervision, aiming to push the scale of the entire ginseng industry chain to reach 300 billion yuan within 5 years," he added.