On April 8th, the first Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Trade Fair of the "Zhongyuan Medicine Valley" in Song County, Henan Province opened in the county's advanced manufacturing development zone. Traditional Chinese medicine enterprises and renowned experts and scholars from all over the country attended the conference to jointly promote the revitalization of the traditional Chinese medicine industry and discuss the development plan of the traditional Chinese medicine industry. According to reports, Song County in Henan Province, located in the Funiu Mountain Area of western Henan Province, has a unique soil and climate environment suitable for the growth of various types of traditional Chinese medicine. The cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine has a long history, rich varieties, and excellent quality. Currently, there are more than 1300 types of traditional Chinese medicine in the county, known as the "natural medicine bank". It is a strong county for traditional Chinese medicine in China and one of the top ten planting bases for traditional Chinese medicine in Henan Province. Among them, Chaihu, which is abundant in the southern mountainous areas of Song County, is called "Songhu" and is a protected variety of Chinese origin; The specialized market for saponin thorn, centered in Jiugao Town, Song County, is one of the largest trading and distribution centers for saponin thorn in China. The saponin thorn and ginkgo produced here are recognized as national geographical protected agricultural products. In recent years, relying on its unique natural endowments and resource advantages, Song County has seized the opportunity for the national development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, vigorously promoted the extension of the industrial chain, improvement of the value chain, integration of the supply chain, and improvement of the ecological chain, and focused on transforming resource advantages into industrial competitiveness. It has created characteristic and advantageous varieties such as salvia miltiorrhiza, bupleurum, saponins, forsythia suspensa, cornus officinalis, and polygonatum, forming a coordinated development of the pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical enterprises, pharmaceutical markets, and pharmaceutical associations The entire industrial chain integrating processing, sales, and scientific research. At present, the planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in the entire county exceeds 600000 acres, with an annual comprehensive output value of 6 billion yuan. The traditional Chinese medicine industry has become a characteristic "wind" industry in Song County and an important channel for increasing people's income and wealth. In 2023, Song County introduced 33 effective measures to increase public income and the "Opinions on Building a Strong Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Industrial Park and Building a Central Plains Medicine Valley", focusing on "ten key" measures such as scale, quality, and brand, to promote the high-quality development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Zong Yuhong, Vice Chairman of the Luoyang Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Secretary of the Song County Party Committee, stated in her opening speech that she will adhere to the mechanism of "government guidance, enterprise participation, multilateral interaction, and market-oriented operation". Taking this "Drug Fair" as an opportunity, she will strive to build the Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Trading Center into a long-term and stable permanent trading venue for traditional Chinese medicine. Through synchronous online and offline transactions, she will continue to improve the brand of traditional Chinese medicine, Accelerate the construction of the National Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Industrial Park, with the full chain, standardization, and high-quality development of the "Central Plains Medicine Valley" characteristic brand, and strive to achieve the goal of billions of yuan and promote rural revitalization. At the opening ceremony, Henan Songxian Heshun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. signed on-site contracts with Anhui Provincial Chamber of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan Luoyang Minsheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shanxi Jincheng Future Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Henan Luoyang Shanggong Qiangshengtang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Sichuan New Lotus Traditional Chinese Medicine Slices Co., Ltd. Around this year's Chinese herbal medicine trade fair, Song County will also hold a series of activities such as the Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Exhibition, the centralized signing of Chinese herbal medicine trading results, the Funiushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Summit Forum, and the Funiushan Song County Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Tour. The entire event will continue until July 18th. (New News Agency)