Stable source

From Yunnan Baiyao's point of view, in order to develop a stable source of ingredients for its traditional Chinese medicine products, it is developing ties with counties and villages nearby, and Luquan is one of them.

According to Lu Hongdong, director with the company, it is in the process of determining which herbs it wants the villagers to grow, the size of cultivation area and the standards it wants maintained.

Speaking about the relationship between Yunnan Baiyao and the villagers, Lv Huaiyu, the deputy head of Luquan county, says: "We pay close attention to Yunnan Baiyao's needs."

Then, rural cooperatives manage the plantations and peasants do the field work.

Cooperatives then make purchases after the medicinal plants are harvested and sell them to Yunnan Baiyao.

Luquan's herbal plantations are growing steadily and more peasants are benefiting from the change.