Zunyi pepper, to the world

People who have lived in southwest China for a long time name one of their favorite ingredients, and it's definitely chili. Not afraid of spicy, not afraid of spicy, not afraid of spicy! This is also the most popular mantra from Guizhou people.

Zunyi is located in the northern part of Guizhou Province. It is one of the earliest places to plant and eat chili peppers in China, and it is also the main producing area of chili peppers in Guizhou. The planting area of chili peppers in the city has been maintained over 2 million mu all year long, and the comprehensive output value of chili industry has exceeded 20 billion yuan. In addition, Zunyi also has the country's largest pepper collection and distribution market, batches of fresh pepper,Pod pepper, Lantern pepper, Erjingtiao chili, Yan Chili, Shizhu chili and other arrived in the city's shrimp town China Chili City, Through professional screening, classification, drying, re-screening, removal, bagging, and finally through the "pepper broker" to the world.

From the initial simple condiment processing, to the chili-based green food industry, and then to the accelerated construction of the pattern of "Chinese chili, Zunyi pricing, global trading", a small pepper has propped up a big industry in the north of Guizhou that has enriched the people and promoted agriculture.

On October 25, the reporter learned in an interview here that the China Pepper City Comprehensive Logistics Park developed, constructed and managed by Guizhou Jiaotou Agricultural Industry Development Co., Ltd. is one of the 21 "national" markets in the country, and the market covers a total area of more than 600 mu. In 2022, the market will have a total transaction volume of 470,000 tons and a transaction volume of 12.2 billion yuan.

In the huge market, "pepper broker" Yuan Daijun is constantly answering customer calls from all over the country, he told reporters that he has been doing pepper business for 13 years, and every year he sold at least 200 tons of peppers. The market is home to hundreds of pepper traders like Yuan Daijun.