This plan has been formulated in light of local conditions to further implement the guiding principles of the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Silk Industry in Guangxi,” promote the high-quality development of the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry in Hechi, accelerate the formation of industrial clusters, and support steady growth in the agricultural economy.
I. Guiding Principles
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, as well as General Secretary Xi Jinping’s strategic directives for Guangxi. We will actively integrate into the new development paradigm characterized by the domestic economic cycle as the mainstay and the mutual promotion of domestic and international economic cycles.We will promote the “East-to-West Shift of Silk Production,” accelerate the transformation, upgrading, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement of Hechi’s mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry, and foster cluster development. We will expedite the construction of a “2+5+N” modern industrial system, enhance the reputation of Hechi as the “Hometown of Chinese Sericulture,” consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation to ensure a smooth transition to rural revitalization, strive to build a “New Hechi” characterized by innovation, quality, and progress, and work tirelessly to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Hechi.
II. Main Objectives
By 2025, the city’s mulberry garden area will be stabilized at around 1 million mu,silk cocoon output will reach 220,000 tons, with annual production of 21,000 tons of raw silk and silk floss, 70 million meters of silk fabric, and 60 million meters of printed and dyed silk. The comprehensive utilization of sericulture resources will be further enhanced, and factory-based silkworm rearing using feed will begin to take shape. Two enterprises along the industrial chain will be ready for listing, and the comprehensive output value will strive to reach 50 billion yuan;Specifically: primary industry output value of 14 billion yuan, secondary industry output value of 20 billion yuan, and tertiary industry output value of 16 billion yuan. Annual targets are as follows: By 2023, mulberry plantation area of 960,000 mu, silkworm cocoon output of over 200,000 tons, raw silk and silk floss of 8,000 tons, and silk fabric of 5 million meters;In 2024, mulberry plantation area: 980,000 mu; silkworm cocoon output: over 210,000 metric tons; raw silk and silk floss: 14,000 metric tons; silk fabric: 35 million meters; printed and dyed silk fabric: 30 million meters;By 2025, mulberry plantation area will reach 1 million mu, with silkworm cocoon production exceeding 220,000 tons, raw silk and silk floss totaling 21,000 tons, silk fabric reaching 70 million meters, and printed and dyed silk fabric reaching 60 million meters. Steadily advance the construction of standardized sericulture bases and renovate and upgrade 600,000 mu of sericulture bases.Strengthen park development and continue to build a tiered development structure for modern sericulture agricultural parks.
III. Key Tasks
(1) Implement the Base Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement Project. Through industrial policy guidance, promote the steady development of the sericulture industry in key production areas such as Jinchengjiang, Yizhou, Huanjiang, Luocheng, and Du’an, further improve silkworm cocoon quality, and establish a group of smart agriculture demonstration bases characterized by large-scale production, standardized technology, mechanized cultivation and breeding, and modern management.Fully tap the potential of secondary advantage production areas in counties such as Donglan, Bama, Fengshan, Nandan, Tian’e, and Dahua; cultivate new types of production and operation entities such as large-scale growers and specialized cooperatives; and prioritize the development of specialized silk-worm and mulberry villages. Accelerate the formation of a new development pattern where primary and secondary advantage zones coordinate and complement each other, stabilize the city’s silk-worm and mulberry production scale, and consolidate the raw material foundation for the industry’s “first workshop.”
(2) Implement the “Chain Completion” and “Chain Extension” Projects. Focusing on the goals of high-efficiency “chain completion,” high-level “chain extension,” and high-standard “chain strengthening,” vigorously promote the scaling up and quality improvement of existing enterprises in silk reeling, silk weaving, comprehensive utilization, and trade and distribution. Guide enterprises to actively advance transformation and upgrading in technology, equipment, quality, and branding to amplify the industry’s traditional strengths.To address the issue of deep processing in the industry, we will focus on improving supporting industrial chains in high-end weaving, printing and dyeing, apparel, accessories, home textiles, commerce, distribution, culture, and tourism, thereby addressing the shortcomings in industrial development.We will strive to achieve a mulberry-silkworm-cocoon-silk production base of significant scale, a fundamentally complete deep processing industrial chain, a largely mature commercial trade and distribution system, and a well-developed supporting infrastructure for cultural tourism and service industries, thereby laying a solid foundation for realizing Hechi’s strategic goal of establishing a 100-billion-yuan full-industry-chain cluster for mulberry-silkworm-cocoon-silk.
(3) Implement the Innovation-Driven Initiative. Strengthen cross-sectoral cooperation between enterprises and research institutions to build an innovation system centered on enterprises, market-oriented, and integrating government, industry, academia, research, finance, application, and service sectors, thereby promoting the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements in the industry. Accelerate research and development efforts on new technologies, products, processes, and equipment; overcome a number of “bottleneck” key technologies; and enhance capabilities in original innovation, integrated innovation, and the introduction, digestion, absorption, and re-innovation of technologies.Vigorously promote the upgrading of enterprise technology and equipment, and accelerate the phasing out of outdated processes and equipment. Promote the development of information systems in areas such as production management, R&D and design, quality control, product testing, warehousing and logistics, and e-commerce; accelerate the pace of industrial upgrading empowered by the digital economy; and foster new momentum for high-quality development.
(4) Implement the Innovation Talent Development Project. Accelerate the establishment of the “China Silk New Capital Think Tank” to build an innovation platform for scientific and technological talent, attracting leading industry experts from high-tech enterprises, key universities, and research institutes. Encourage Hechi University to establish disciplines and majors closely related to the sericulture and silk industry. Collaborate with domestic textile universities to precisely cultivate senior industrial workers through targeted training, commissioned training, and short-term training programs.Strengthen professional and technical training, organize regular industry-wide vocational skills competitions, and motivate employees to develop their skills on the job. Increase efforts to cultivate and attract outstanding multi-skilled talent, leverage the vital role of entrepreneurs in innovation and creation, and build a team of excellent senior management personnel. Cultivate a new generation of professional farmers, encourage and support migrant workers to return home to start businesses or seek employment, and guide the working-age population to shift their employment mindset, thereby effectively addressing the industry’s challenges of recruitment and retention.
(5) Implement the Independent Brand Development Project. Accelerate the adjustment of product structures, strengthen the development of new composite, differentiated, and functional silk products as well as blended and interwoven products, and continuously enrich the variety and structure of silk products to meet the new demands of personalized consumption in the market. Strengthen production quality management, improve internal enterprise quality control, monitoring systems, and quality traceability systems, and vigorously enhance product quality.Promote advanced quality management models and best practices among enterprises, and establish a group of quality benchmark enterprises. Guide enterprises to strengthen their brand strategy awareness and cultivate a cohort of enterprises recognized by high-end silk labels, government quality awards at all levels, and the Hechi regional brand. Integrate resources from the government, industry associations, and enterprises to conduct research on corporate brand value evaluation systems. Through domestic and international exhibitions and major industry events, intensify promotional efforts to continuously enhance the visibility and influence of independent brands in both domestic and international markets.
(6) Implement the Cultural and Tourism Integration Project. Integrate the city’s cultural and tourism resources, actively promote the organic integration of 5,000 years of silk culture with local revolutionary heritage and ethnic minority traditions, and explore the creation of world-class cultural and tourism IP. Develop premium Hechi silk cultural tourism routes, establish a series of iconic “must-visit” scenic spots, and form a new model of integrated development combining “industry + culture + tourism.”We will plan and host distinctive events such as the “Liu Sanjie—Silkworm and Mulberry” and “Land of Longevity—5,000 Years of Silk” cultural festivals to foster a positive industrial atmosphere, enhance the city’s reputation as the “New Silk Capital of China,” and promote the efficient integrated development of Hechi’s cultural tourism and service industries.
IV. Key Measures
(1) Comprehensively Promote Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement in Sericulture Bases.
1. Ensure the implementation and effectiveness of major plans and strategies. In accordance with the spirit of the Central Document No. 1, complete key tasks related to sericulture, including consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively linking them with rural revitalization, as well as advancing the second phase of the two rural reforms. In line with the *Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Sericulture and Silk Industry (2021–2025)*the “Guiding Opinions on the Development of the Cocoon and Silk Industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period” issued by the Ministry of Commerce, the “Guangxi Sericulture Industry Development Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period,” the “Hechi City National Economic and Social Development 14th Five-Year Plan and Outline of Long-Range Objectives Through 2035,” and the “Hechi City Agricultural and Rural Modernization Development Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period,” identify gaps and shortcomings, reinforce primary responsibilities, and strive to achieve annual targets and tasks.In accordance with the requirements of the “Implementation Plan for the Construction of Guangxi’s Advantageous and Distinctive Sericulture Industry Clusters,” we will vigorously advance the development of sericulture industry belts and promote the establishment of pilot demonstration sites for cross-regional sericulture cooperation. [Lead Agency: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, and People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
2. Accelerate the construction of ecological function bases for the management of stone desertification through mulberry cultivation.While protecting existing farmland, guide local residents to plant mulberry orchards on land in rocky desertification-prone mountainous areas. Leverage the ecological advantages of mulberry trees—their drought and nutrient-poor soil tolerance—to stabilize development in the east and expand into the west (stabilizing Yizhou, Luocheng, and Huanjiang in the east, while promoting mulberry cultivation in rocky desertification-prone mountainous areas such as Donglan, Bama, Fengshan, Du’an, and Dahua). Encourage residents to plant mulberry trees on mountain slopes to create a cultivation model that achieves a win-win outcome of both ecological and economic benefits.The plan is to add 55,200 mu within 2–3 years, including 12,000 mu in 2023, 24,000 mu in 2024, and 19,200 mu in 2025. [Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Bureau of Forestry]
3. Promote the Standardization and Smart Development of Production Bases. Adhere to the orientation of high-yield, high-quality modern sericulture production, and continuously optimize regional layout and industrial structure. Uphold the integration of the “Five Excellences” (superior varieties, superior methods, superior systems, superior land, and superior machinery) and the supporting requirements of the “Five Networks” (roads, water, electricity, etc.), and strengthen the standardization and smart development of sericulture production bases.Implement initiatives to improve the quality and efficiency of low-yield mulberry orchards and to standardize silkworm rearing facilities, promoting the renewal of old mulberry trees, silkworm rearing houses, and varieties. Through variety optimization, quality enhancement, brand development, and standardized production, facilitate the upgrading of the industry.By 2025, a total of 600,000 mu of low-yield mulberry orchards will be renovated, and 60,000 sets of silkworm rearing facilities will undergo standardized upgrades. Specifically, in 2023, 200,000 mu of low-yield mulberry orchards will be renovated, and 10,000 sets of silkworm rearing facilities will be standardized; in 2024, 200,000 mu of low-yield mulberry orchards will be renovated, and 25,000 sets of silkworm rearing facilities will be standardized;and in 2025, 200,000 mu of low-yield mulberry orchards will be renovated and 25,000 sets of silkworm rearing facilities will be standardized. We aim to achieve a coverage rate of over 60% for facility-based silkworm rearing and strive to increase the city’s total cocoon output to over 220,000 tons, with an output value exceeding 14 billion yuan. [Lead Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment]
4. Establish Key Demonstration Zones for Modern Sericulture. Introduce differentiated support policies for key demonstration households within these zones. In the seven counties (districts) of Jinchengjiang, Yizhou, Luocheng, Huanjiang, Donglan, Fengshan, and Du’an, establish modern sericulture demonstration zones in the villages where key demonstration households engaged in courtyard-based sericulture are located.The remaining four counties shall each establish one modern sericulture demonstration zone comprising no fewer than 20 sericulture households, promoting a model of factory-based rearing of young silkworms and intelligent rearing of mature silkworms. Each county (district) shall formulate tailored support policies for sericulture households within the demonstration zones and submit them to the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for record.Provide timely guidance to demonstration zones on mulberry orchard management. During the silkworm rearing season, arrange for technicians to visit households at least once a week to provide guidance and promptly resolve difficulties and issues encountered by silkworm farmers. The Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shall designate specific expert advisors to provide one-on-one guidance and implement a monthly coordination system, striving to achieve an annual year-on-year increase of at least 10% in cocoon production among silkworm farmers in the demonstration zones.[Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment]
5. Strengthen the development of modern agricultural parks. In accordance with the requirements for modern agricultural park development, we will pool resources and integrate capabilities, focusing on addressing shortcomings in facilities and equipment, technological innovation, comprehensive utilization, and brand cultivation. We will cultivate and upgrade silkworm and mulberry parks in a tiered, categorized, and phased manner.In conjunction with the development of the Hechi High-Tech Zone, explore innovative investment and operational mechanisms for the park in Yizhou. Solidly advance the construction of autonomous region-level industrial park projects and actively plan for the application of national-level industrial park projects, striving to submit applications for the establishment of a national-level modern agricultural industrial park and the commissioning of a factory-based silkworm rearing project by 2025. Promote the integration of modern agricultural park development with local industrial development, village and town construction, and land use planning to demonstrate and lead the high-quality development of the sericulture industry.[Lead Units: Yizhou District People’s Government, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Units: Municipal state-owned investment platform enterprises, Municipal Finance Bureau, Science and Technology Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Forestry Bureau]
6. Explore and promote grain-mulberry intercropping models that comply with national policies. Implement the series of decisions and deployments from the central government and the autonomous region regarding grain production safety and supply security, and identify the starting point for the industry to serve the broader national agenda.Integrate silkworm and mulberry bases with grain production. Following the principles of “coordinated planning and intensive efficiency,” actively adjust and optimize planting models. Explore “8-foot” wide-row planting in mulberry orchards and promote intercropping models such as “mulberry + soybeans,” “mulberry + peanuts,” “mulberry + potatoes,” “mulberry + corn,” and “mulberry + buckwheat” to achieve coordinated development of grain and mulberry production.In 2023, each county (district) will first establish one pilot project of no less than 100 mu; from 2024 to 2025, these will be gradually scaled up. [Lead Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Units: Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Bureau of Forestry]
7. Establish modern silkworm and mulberry seed breeding bases. Building on the foundation of industrial development and market demand, establish a number of modern silkworm and mulberry seed breeding bases with high standardization and strong production capacity. Consolidate and upgrade the facilities and equipment of silkworm seed production workshops, foundation stock rearing bases, and mulberry propagation nurseries to enhance the capacity for supplying high-quality silkworm and mulberry varieties.Deepen cooperation between production and research, support the development of enterprises integrating breeding, propagation, and promotion, and encourage base counties, leading enterprises, and silkworm seed producers to actively participate in process innovation, variety innovation, and experimental demonstrations, while exploring the establishment of an intelligent, digital, and commercialized breeding system. [Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Forestry Bureau]
(2) Comprehensively accelerate efforts to address shortcomings in the deep-processing industrial chain.
8. Promote the transformation and upgrading of the silk reeling industry.Support existing silk reeling enterprises in stabilizing production capacity and increasing equipment utilization rates. By upgrading outdated equipment and optimizing silk production processes, improve the quality of raw silk and establish demonstration bases for high-quality raw silk processing. Aim to increase the proportion of 5A- and 6A-grade raw silk to 40% and 10% or higher, respectively. Encourage silk floss processing enterprises to expand production capacity, with the goal of achieving an annual silk floss output of over 4,000 tons.Make full use of foreign trade and economic development funds to support the silk industry. Annually select and support a batch of technical renovation projects in the silk industry to promote the application of advanced technologies and equipment, such as machine cocoon sorting, intelligent cocoon boiling machines, smart digital workshops, short-process silk production, and electronic raw silk testing, thereby continuously improving the technical and equipment standards of silk reeling enterprises.Fully leverage the autonomous region’s preferential policies for industrial revitalization, attract social capital, actively apply for financing, and secure capital through bank loans and government special bonds. Continue to expand the construction of supporting facilities within the industrial park, including the expansion of the park’s wastewater treatment plant, centralized industrial water supply, and heating projects, as well as the expansion of employee canteens and dormitories. Study and implement preferential policies on electricity and gas prices to continuously reduce the costs of electricity, water, heating, and labor for the silk industry.[Lead Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Units: Municipal Market Regulation Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Hechi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Municipal Industrial Park) Management Committee, Hechi High-Tech Zone (Yizhou Economic and Technological Development Zone) Management Committee, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau]
9. Promote the optimization and strengthening of the woven silk industry. Research and introduce incentive and subsidy policies to encourage and support silk reeling enterprises in adding new greige silk production lines, promote the scaling up of traditional woven silk enterprises, and increase support for a group of silk enterprises to implement technical renovation and capacity expansion projects, gradually achieving economies of scale and realizing new breakthroughs in woven silk production capacity.Proactively accept the relocation of the textile and silk industry from eastern and central regions, fully leverage our city’s advantages in raw silk and silk cocoon resources, and actively attract large-scale textile and silk enterprises from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, and other regions within the district to establish operations here. Utilize the silk and silk cocoon standard factory building project to strive to attract 5 to 10 textile and silk enterprises.Establish the Zhejiang Huzhou Silk Textile Processing Industrial Park to lead and drive complementary advantages and win-win development among local silk enterprises. Promote the upgrading of silk weaving technology and equipment, vigorously promote the application of new processes such as intelligent rapier weaving technology, high-speed wide-width high-gauge electronic jacquard production technology, multi-component functional silk composite fabric production technology, and fabric CAM/CDA design, to enhance enterprise production efficiency and the technological content of products.Promote the diversified development of enterprise products. In addition to producing traditional silk satin varieties, enterprises should develop new types of composite, differentiated, and functional silk fibers and silk-containing textile products in line with market trends. Actively develop major categories of silk products for decorative, health care, and industrial applications to meet the diverse and multi-tiered consumer demands of the market.[Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Hechi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Municipal Industrial Park) Administrative Committee, Hechi High-Tech Zone (Yizhou Economic and Technological Development Zone) Administrative Committee]
10. Drive breakthroughs in the printing, dyeing, and textile sectors. Actively seek the introduction of specialized preferential support policies from the autonomous region; efficiently and orderly undertake the transfer of printing and dyeing industries and textile and apparel industries from eastern regions; vigorously attract a group of strong and competitive enterprises; vigorously develop the production of raw silk and bleached silk; achieve breakthroughs in the printing and dyeing processes; cultivate industrial chains for silk products such as apparel, home textiles, and accessories; and build a complete silk industry chain.Accelerate the construction of major projects aimed at extending and strengthening industrial chains, address technical shortcomings in key areas such as silk printing, dyeing, and weaving, and strive to exceed 60 million meters of printed and dyed silk annually.Accelerate the development of major projects such as the Light Textile City, the Silk Industry Park, and standardized factory buildings in various industrial parks. Guide silk industry projects to cluster within these parks, using the resulting development space to provide time for the transformation and upgrading of the silk industry in the eastern region through a “replacement strategy.” Strive to attract more than 20 strong downstream textile and apparel enterprises, expand production capacity, and establish a competitive advantage in the clustering of the light textile industry and other tertiary sectors.Promote the construction of a home textiles industrial park, encourage a group of silk production enterprises to expand their silk-quilt production capacity, and strengthen the home textiles industry, striving to achieve an annual silk-quilt output exceeding 1 million units.[Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, Science and Technology Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Hechi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Municipal Industrial Park) Management Committee, Hechi High-Tech Zone (Yizhou Economic and Technological Development Zone) Management Committee]
(3) Focus on advancing brand development and the integrated development of culture and tourism.
11. Strengthen the development of independent brands. Focusing on key products such as mulberry silkworm cocoons, raw silk, silk quilts, and edible fungi cultivated on mulberry branches, we will fully leverage the value of the four world-class cultural brands—"Liu Sanjie," "Longevity," "Silk," and "Bronze Drums"—to innovatively develop mulberry silkworm cocoon and silk cultural products with local characteristics and establish a series of regional public brands.Fully stimulate and mobilize the brand-building awareness and motivation of sericulture enterprises, increase investment in R&D and design, and support silk enterprises in exploring the “skin-friendly cocoon” concept based on the characteristic of silk as the “Queen of Fibers,” while establishing organic mulberry silk source brands. Promote trademark registration to form a brand system comprising “regional public brands + corporate brands + product brands,” thereby driving the diversified industrial development of sericulture resources.Vigorously promote green certification for textiles to build trust in quality, facilitate the transformation and upgrading of industrial and consumption structures, and support green development. Strive to register “Hechi Mulberry Silk Cocoons” as a geographical indication certification trademark for agricultural products. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Market Regulation Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; County (District) People’s Governments; Responsible Agencies: Hechi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Municipal Industrial Park) Administrative Committee, Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports, and Tourism, Investment Promotion Bureau]
12. Vigorously market and promote the brand. Establish research and promotion centers in first-tier cities such as Shenzhen, and foster collaboration with global fashion hubs (Paris) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area fashion industry. Encourage the development of “Industry + Cultural Design” centers that integrate mulberry and silkworm cultural landscapes, silk culture exhibitions and exchanges, research and science popularization interactions, product R&D and design, brand promotion, and commercial retail. Organize enterprises to participate in major exhibitions such as the China-ASEAN Expo, and actively host distinctive events including silk industry development conferences, industry forums, brand launch events, and cultural festivals.Leverage media platforms such as television, newspapers, new online media, and the Xinhua Index to intensify brand promotion and visibility. Expand into live-streaming sales on renowned domestic and international e-commerce platforms, and establish and operate a brand-specific social media matrix. Promote the release of the Xinhua •Hechi High-Quality Development Index for the Sericulture Industry, continuously enhancing the visibility and influence of the “Hechi Mulberry, Silkworm, and Cocoon—World’s New Silk Road” brand in domestic and international markets. We will foster the development of one enterprise each in the fields of cocoon and silk processing and brand building, as well as in the comprehensive utilization of sericulture, to meet the criteria for listing on the stock exchange. By continuously increasing brand value and market share, we aim to become one of the most influential centers of silk culture following Suzhou and Hangzhou.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Publicity Department, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports, and Tourism, Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, Hechi High-Tech Zone (Yizhou Economic Development Zone) Administrative Committee, People’s Governments of all counties (districts), and municipal state-owned investment platform enterprises]
13. Develop Mulberry, Silkworm, and Silk Cultural Tourism. Integrate the city’s cultural and tourism resources, actively promote the organic combination of silk culture and ethnic minority traditions, and create premium silk cultural tourism routes.Focus on promoting the deep integration of the sericulture and silk industry with cultural tourism projects, such as the Liu Sanjie cultural experience. Develop projects including rural complexes and silk industrial tourism demonstration sites, actively expand family-friendly tours, customized tours, and multi-destination itineraries, and deeply develop popular specialty courses such as cocoon art and silk craftsmanship.Effectively integrate sericulture with rural industrial and economic development, explore the development of sericulture-based agritourism, and cultivate a range of cultural tourism brands, including star-rated homestays, demonstration sites for leisure agriculture and rural tourism, and star-rated rural tourism zones (farmhouse tourism). Vigorously develop courtyard economies to create new rural tourism attractions. Develop sericulture-themed cultural tourism products such as “Mulberry Family Fun” and “Mulberry Leaf Banquets” to help farmers increase their income and achieve prosperity.We will advance the transformation of the sericulture industry’s function from “production” to the “integration of production, living, ecology, and culture,” and promote the high-quality integrated development of the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors of the silk industry. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports, and Tourism; Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Municipal Education Bureau; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Rural Revitalization; Municipal Bureau of Commerce; People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
(4) Continuously Promote Integrated Industrial Development.
14. Enhance the effectiveness of comprehensive development and utilization. Accelerate the technological advancement of sericulture products, intensify market development efforts, and promote the formation of greater economies of scale in the comprehensive utilization industry. Promote the expansion and strengthening of the biopharmaceutical industry; taking the intelligent project for major original innovative drugs based on the raw material utilization of mulberry branches as an opportunity, expand the scale of alkaloid drug extraction from mulberry branches, and accelerate the development of large-scale comprehensive production bases for silk protein extraction and deep-processing projects for sericin-based skincare products.Promote the construction of a demonstration base for the development of mulberry and silkworm-based foods, attract large-scale food processing enterprises, and develop a series of health-promoting foods featuring mulberry and silkworm resources. Cultivate enterprises producing mulberry and silkworm health foods such as jams, fruit juices, and health wines, with the goal of establishing at least five production enterprises within 2–3 years.Focus on the harmless treatment and utilization of silkworm waste, supporting enterprises that use silkworm waste as the primary raw material to produce organic fertilizers and extract chlorophyll. This will enhance economic benefits, protect environmental safety, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the sericulture industry, with the goal of establishing at least two production enterprises within 2–3 years.Promote the development of mulberry branch and leaf feed and fiber extraction from mulberry branches. Conduct pilot demonstrations on improving livestock and poultry quality through the use of mulberry branch feed. Increase support for livestock and poultry feed production enterprises, aiming to establish at least two production enterprises within 2–3 years with an annual feed production capacity of over 50,000 tons.[Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Investment Promotion Bureau, Hechi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Municipal Industrial Park) Management Committee, Hechi High-Tech Zone (Yizhou Economic and Technological Development Zone) Management Committee]
15. Promote the development of on-site primary processing. Support enterprises and cooperatives in constructing facilities and equipment for the on-site primary processing and commercialization of sericulture products such as silkworm cocoons, mulberry fruits, and mulberry leaves, and promote practical technologies such as pre-cooling, drying, and refrigerated transportation. Encourage qualified enterprises to introduce advanced production processes and equipment to develop value-added products such as mulberry wine, mulberry jam, mulberry leaf tea, and mulberry leaf powder, thereby extending the industrial chain.[Lead Agencies: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources, Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Municipal Forestry Bureau]
16. Develop new business models tailored to local conditions. Encourage the development of new business models such as silkworm and mulberry science education, cultural experiences, mulberry fruit picking, and wellness retreats in mulberry orchards. Support the hosting of events such as the Mulberry Fruit Picking Festival, Mulberry Tea Conference, Silk Culture Festival, and Silkworm and Mulberry Cultural Tourism Festival to form a new model of integrated and interactive development combining “agriculture + industry + culture + tourism.”Support the use of “Internet Plus” to develop e-commerce, promote the integrated development of digital technology with the silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry, foster new forms of the digital economy, and expand marketing channels for sericulture products. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Commerce Bureau, Education Bureau; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Culture, Radio, Television, Sports, and Tourism Bureau, Finance Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Big Data Development Bureau, Forestry Bureau, and People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
(5) Strictly Regulate the Quality of Silkworm Seeds and Cocoons.
17. Strengthen the inspection and quarantine of silkworm seeds. All quality inspection agencies shall, in accordance with their assigned tasks, conduct batch-by-batch inspection and quarantine of silkworm seeds produced and used within their respective jurisdictions. Inspections must be conducted in accordance with laws and standards, all required parameters must be tested, and results must be accurate and timely, ensuring 100% inspection coverage and a 100% pass rate for silkworm seeds released from storage, thereby jointly fortifying the defense line for silkworm seed quality and safety.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Municipal Market Regulation Bureau; Responsible Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
18. Strengthen supervision of the production process. Enhance technical guidance for silkworm seed production, strengthen prevention and control of micro-particle disease, and effectively improve the quality of silkworm seed production.Strengthen the management of silkworm seed cold storage facilities, improve the standardization of processes such as cold storage, acid treatment, and preservation, strictly manage the entry and exit of silkworm seeds, and ensure the quality of silkworm seeds during these processes. Enhance technical and market information services to guide silkworm farmers in purchasing qualified silkworm seeds from legitimate enterprises through official channels.Standardize the business practices of silkworm seed production enterprises and model households engaged in joint rearing of young silkworms; continue to select and reward municipal or county-level “Model Cooperatives (or Enterprises) for the Production and Operation of Commercial Young Silkworms.” Intensify market supervision of the silkworm seed market and the joint rearing of young silkworms; impose penalties in accordance with the law on violations of the “Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Silkworm Seed Management Regulations” and other relevant silkworm seed management provisions.Strengthen industry self-regulation and strictly supervise the silk cocoon market to eliminate, as much as possible, practices that affect cocoon quality, such as the purchase of raw, unprocessed cocoons. At the same time, adhere to the principle that “whoever invests reaps the benefits,” and clarify the relevant interest relationships between enterprises supporting silkworm farmers and insurance providers and the farmers themselves. [Lead Agency: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Market Regulation Bureau, People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
19. Strengthen the development of quality inspection institutions. Enhance the construction of service platforms for quality inspection institutions, ensure adequate staffing and the provision of testing instruments, equipment, and facilities, improve technical capabilities such as testing methods and standards, and enhance testing and inspection capabilities to meet the needs of high-quality development across the entire Hechi silk industry chain.Increase efforts to publicize and enforce policies and regulations such as the "Supervision and Administration Measures for Inspection and Testing Institutions" and the "Criteria for the Accreditation Assessment of Inspection and Testing Institutions." Encourage institutions to conduct internal quality control measures, such as staff cross-checks and sample retesting, to continuously improve institutional management capabilities and standardize operational procedures. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Market Regulation Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
(6) Strengthen the Innovative Leadership of Scientific and Technological Talent.
20. Intensify research and development of key core technologies. Support innovative R&D in common key technologies for mulberry silkworms and silk, breakthrough core technologies, and intelligent mechanical equipment. Support leading enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the mulberry silkworm and silk industry to collaborate with universities and research institutes to form innovation consortia, focusing on breakthroughs in core technologies for intelligent silkworm rearing systems, intelligent silk reeling technology,rapid comprehensive testing of silkworm cocoons and electronic testing of raw silk. Encourage the research, development, integration, and demonstration of intelligent digital reeling workshops, intelligent digital breeding in modern seed industries, standardized factory-based production of traditional mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing, artificial feed rearing of young silkworms, factory-based silkworm rearing with artificial feed for all life stages, and new technologies and models for intercropping mulberry trees with grain or cash crops.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Natural Resources Bureau, Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau, Municipal Forestry Bureau, Municipal Education Bureau]
21. Strengthen the development of innovation platforms and infrastructure.Strengthen cooperation with enterprises, universities, and research institutes to promote the development of innovation platforms focused on technological innovation and the commercialization of research outcomes. Support eligible enterprises in establishing a “Belt and Road” Digital Technology Innovation Center for the Full Silk Industry Chain. Establish a new batch of technological innovation platforms for the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry, including technology innovation centers, new R&D institutions, and national or autonomous regional-level enterprise technology centers and engineering research centers. Promote the development of industrial operation platforms dedicated to the commercialization of research outcomes.Integrate resources from existing science and technology promotion platforms, such as the Yizhou Sericulture Industry Research Institute of the Chinese Society of Sericulture and the “China Silk New Capital Think Tank,” to establish the Hechi Mulberry, Silkworm, Cocoon, and Silk Industry Technology Research Institute. Strive to ensure that key projects such as the Subtropical Mulberry, Silkworm, Cocoon, and Silk Key Laboratory and the Digital Service Center are completed and put into operation within 2–3 years.comprehensively expand independent R&D in mulberry-silkworm-cocoon-silk industry technology, technology transfer and commercialization, technical services, strategic development research, and full-industry-chain technologies. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Bureau of Forestry, Bureau of Education]
22. Strengthen talent training and the recruitment and cultivation of innovative talent. Establish a tiered, categorized, and diverse talent training system, focusing on senior technical personnel, professional technical personnel, management personnel, and practical rural talent. Prioritize the cultivation of degree-holding talent in the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk sectors, as well as the training of specialized silk-making technicians and grassroots agricultural technicians.Strengthen support and safeguards for the cultivation of new types of agricultural business entities. Actively explore pilot programs for the professionalization of leaders of family farms and farmers’ cooperatives. Establish a team of science and technology special envoys for the mulberry and silkworm industry to enhance publicity, mobilization, and technical training regarding new technologies for mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing.We will intensify the promotion of socialized services such as collective rearing of young silkworms and unified pest control, guiding small-scale farmers onto the path of modern agricultural development. We will strengthen cooperation with research institutions such as Zhejiang University and Soochow University, integrate resources to establish a talent and expert database for the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry, and increase efforts to attract “high-level, specialized, cutting-edge, and scarce” innovative talents and teams. We will adopt flexible approaches to recruit innovation teams and enhance service and support for these talents and teams, striving to resolve their concerns regarding their future.Support Hechi University in establishing academic disciplines and majors closely related to the silkworm, mulberry, cocoon, and silk industry. Support the development of university-enterprise cooperation. Through talent cultivation and training models such as enterprise-commissioned training, government-subsidized programs, and commissioned training, increase efforts to cultivate and recruit technical personnel in the silkworm, mulberry, cocoon, and silk sector, with a focus on cultivating local technical and management talent for the industry.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Education Bureau; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Forestry Bureau, Hechi University]
23. Accelerate the digital transformation of the entire silkworm and silk industry chain.Promote the deep integration of new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT) with the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry. By leveraging next-generation information technologies, establish new digital development models for the industry, including the Mulberry and Silkworm IoT, Smart Mulberry and Silkworm Farming, cloud platforms, and intelligent silk reeling, to enhance the mechanization, digitization, and intelligence of mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk production.Vigorously promote the application of intelligent and automated silkworm rearing facilities, smart silkworm rearing management systems, and the Guangxi Sericulture Big Data Cloud Platform. Implement data collection, analysis, sharing, and mutual utilization, as well asprecision control, and technical guidance across the production, operation, management, and trading processes of the silkworm and silk industry. This will enable smart production, intelligent supervision, smart performance evaluation, intelligent early warning, and standardized rearing procedures, thereby enhancing the standardization, normalization, and industrialization of the entire silkworm and silk production and marketing process, and promoting the intelligent transformation and upgrading of the industry while ensuring sustained income growth for silkworm farmers. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Science and Technology; Responsible Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts), Municipal Finance Bureau, Bureau of Big Data Development]
24. Integrate and promote new varieties, technologies, models, and equipment for silkworm and mulberry cultivation. Vigorously promote new “Gui”-series silkworm and mulberry varieties such as “Gui Can No. 8” and “Gui Sang No. 6.”Actively promote technologies such as segmented multi-batch silkworm rearing, modern high-quality and high-yield silkworm rearing, integrated pest and disease management in mulberry orchards, mulberry tree grafting, rapid establishment of productive mulberry orchards, and water-fertilizer integration in mulberry orchards. Increase the application of labor-saving machinery and new equipment such as automatic cocoon harvesters. Continue to promote the “leading enterprises + village collective economy + family farms + individual farmers” model and encourage the development of appropriately scaled operations.Introduce and research full-stage artificial feed-based silkworm rearing to enable year-round silkworm rearing and cocoon harvesting as well as industrialized production, thereby promoting the large-scale and intensive development of the sericulture industry. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Natural Resources, Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Municipal Forestry Bureau, Municipal Agricultural Machinery Center]
(7) Optimize the industrial development environment.
25. Reduce enterprise operating costs. Implement tax incentives such as tax exemptions for imported equipment and additional deductions for research and development expenses to lower enterprise investment costs. Guide enterprises to adopt peak-off-peak time-of-use electricity pricing policies and participate in market-based power trading to help reduce electricity costs. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Hechi Tax Bureau; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Hechi Power Supply Bureau, People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
26. Establish a High-Quality Development Fund for the Mulberry, Silkworm, Cocoon, and Silk Industry. Led by the government, this initiative will create a portfolio of equity investment funds that attracts participation from state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, financial institutions, and other sources of social capital, actively guiding social capital to support the development of the mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry.By leveraging fiscal funds to create a cluster of industrial development funds worth hundreds of billions of yuan, we will drive industrial transformation and upgrading, foster an industrial ecosystem, and support the high-quality development of Hechi’s silkworm and silk industry.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, People’s Bank of China Hechi Branch, Hechi Regulatory Sub-bureau of the National Financial Regulatory Administration; Responsible Units: Municipal state-owned investment platform enterprises, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Science and Technology, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, People’s Governments of all counties (districts), and all banking financial institutions]
27. Enhance industrial financing services. Make full use of national and local special fund policies to support projects such as industrial infrastructure construction, research and development of key generic technologies, and raw silk reserves. Departments including Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Science and Technology, and Industry and Information Technology shall consolidate existing relevant special funds and prioritize them for key projects in the silkworm and silk industry.Support eligible enterprises in applying for national and provincial-level modern agricultural industrial base construction projects and special funds for the silkworm and silk industry. Guide financial institutions to develop specialized loan products for the mulberry, silkworm, and silk industry. Vigorously promote and implement the pilot credit product for specialty agriculture—the “Silkworm and Silk Loan”—striving to increase both the volume and coverage of such loans to provide mulberry, silkworm, and silk enterprises with financial loans featuring lower interest rates and longer repayment terms.Expand investment and financing channels for specialty industries and reduce financing costs. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, People’s Bank of China Hechi Branch, Hechi Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervisory Administration; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Science and Technology, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, People’s Governments of all counties (districts), and all banking financial institutions]
28. Explore the “Silkworm and Mulberry +” model. First, implement the “Silkworm and Mulberry + Insurance” model.Strive to secure policy-based insurance support from the national and autonomous regional governments, increase financial and insurance support for the sericulture industry, and launch a “Government + Insurance Company + Enterprise + Silkworm Farmers” pilot program. Enterprises will participate in insurance coverage and provide technical guidance services to silkworm farmers, purchase the cocoons they produce, and establish a close linkage mechanism between enterprises and farmers to continuously improve cocoon quality.When silkworm farmers face low cocoon prices or low rearing success rates, resulting in income from silkworm farming falling below their input costs, the insurance company will compensate for the loss. Each county (district) is required to complete one pilot project.The specific model is as follows: each batch of silkworm eggs (based on the standard of producing 40 kilograms of cocoons) is insured for 42 yuan, with a maximum claimable amount of 700 yuan from the insurance company; the premium is shared such that the government covers 70% (29.4 yuan) and enterprises and farmers cover 30% (12.6 yuan). Second, implement the “Silkworm Farming + Guarantee” model.Guide silk reeling enterprises to establish long-term cooperative relationships with small-scale joint silkworm-rearing households and silkworm farmers, creating a “company + base/cooperative + farmer” interest-linkage mechanism. Leverage the credit enhancement and guarantee functions of companies in the upstream and downstream sectors to improve financing accessibility for all parties; financial institutions should offer preferential financing terms to enterprises and explore financing models such as order-based financing, intellectual property pledge financing, supply chain financing, and credit-plus-guarantee financing;Fully utilize the central bank’s structural monetary policy tools, such as re-lending, as well as financial preferential policies like the “Guangxi Preferential Loan” and interest-subsidized loans for ethnic trade and products, to lower financing barriers and costs for enterprises. Third, implement the “silkworm and mulberry + futures” model. Fill the current gap in China’s market by introducing silkworm cocoon and raw silk futures trading products; explore the establishment of a silkworm cocoon andraw silk futures mechanism based on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and the Beibu Gulf Trading Market, and conduct spot, forward, and futures trading of silkworm cocoons and raw silk. This will optimize price formation mechanisms, achieve the optimal allocation of resources, promote the integration of the silkworm cocoon and silk product market, and enhance Hechi’s influence and competitiveness in the silk market.Strive to establish raw silk futures and enter the commodity futures market, thereby securing Hechi’s pricing dominance and influence in the silk market, and develop a Hechi silk-related index commensurate with the scale of production.[Lead Agencies: Hechi Regulatory Branch of the National Financial Regulatory Administration; Municipal Finance Bureau; Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Reform Office; People’s Bank of China Hechi Branch; all banking financial institutions; all insurance companies]
29. Encourage enterprises to establish mechanisms for linking with and benefiting farmers.Each county (district), in conjunction with the “Implementation Plan for Promoting the Modernization of Rural Governance by Integrating Incentive-Based Subsidies for Specialty Industries with the ‘Five-in-One’ Rural Credit System” (Hezhengban Han [2023] No. 19), shall introduce policies to encourage the establishment of a “company + cooperative (family farm) + farmer” development linkage mechanism in the silkworm rearing and cocoon sales sectors. This involves silk reeling enterprises establishing a profit-sharing model with small-scale silkworm co-rearing households andsilkworm farmers to establish a profit-sharing model. Under this model, small-scale silkworm rearing households provide silkworm larvae to farmers and offer technical follow-up guidance services, while enterprises collect cocoons from farmers and provide certain rewards or subsidies to farmers producing high-quality cocoons, thereby enhancing farmers’ motivation to improve cocoon quality.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Responsible Units: People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
30. Improve methods of serving enterprises. Implement a “one project, one strategy” service mechanism to facilitate the rapid implementation of silk projects; provide preliminary support services to companies that have already signed agreements to ensure they can quickly move into the industrial park and commence production as soon as possible after project completion.Establish a “one-on-one” enterprise service model, assigning leading officials to liaise with both new and existing silkworm and silk enterprises, and implement a system of regular on-site visits to provide services. Timely analyze existing policies to help enterprises resolve issues arising during project construction and operations. Implement a “one project, one strategy” refined service mechanism, develop a list of measures for project implementation, address problems encountered during construction, and accelerate project progress.[Lead Agencies: Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Market Regulation Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and People’s Governments of all counties (districts)]
31. Establish a Commerce and Distribution Platform. Focus on building a modern logistics system and integrating into the Pilot Zone for Green Development. Municipal state-owned investment platform enterprises will raise funds to plan and construct the Hechi City Cocoon and Silk Trading Platform. Departments such as Commerce, Industry and Information Technology, and Agriculture and Rural Affairs will actively seek funding support from higher-level authorities. Cocoon and silk enterprises will be encouraged and guided to leverage Hechi’s resource advantages in the sector and actively participate in exhibitions such as the China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), the China International Import Expo (CIIE),the Canton Fair, and the ASEAN Expo, to expand export scale and lay the foundation for our city’s future development into the nation’s largest silk trading center with a global outlook. [Lead Units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; People’s Governments of all counties (districts); Responsible Units: Yizhou New Area Administrative Committee, Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports, and Tourism, Investment Promotion Bureau, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, municipal state-owned investment platform enterprises]
32. Establish a diversified investment and financing mechanism. Establish a diversified industrial investment mechanism, actively seek financial project funding support from all levels of government, fully implement relevant fiscal, financial, and investment promotion policies, leverage the role of fiscal funds to attract more social capital, and guide enterprises involved in mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk production to adopt the “company + cooperative + base + farmer” model.All counties (districts) must fully utilize the favorable policies regarding the allocation of 2023–2025 central and autonomous region fiscal funds for rural revitalization to support the industry. The investment ratio shall be determined based on the proportion of the silkworm and mulberry industry within the county (district) relative to the primary sector and shall increase annually according to local conditions. Funds shall be reasonably allocated to prioritize support for the high-quality development of the silkworm and mulberry industry.Develop differentiated subsidy policies to provide subsidies to farmers planting mulberry trees in the current year for mulberry saplings, grid clusters, and the construction or renovation of silkworm rearing houses; provide appropriate subsidies to entities (companies, cooperatives, family farms, and farmers) that establish interest-linkage mechanisms; and offer certain rewards or subsidies to small-scale silkworm co-rearing households with outstanding contributions and large-scale silkworm farmers producing high-quality cocoons;Support medium-scale specialized large-scale silkworm farmers and family farms; support eligible individuals who have escaped poverty and those under monitoring to apply for small-scale credit for the development of the mulberry, silkworm, and silk industry. [Lead Agencies: Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Rural Revitalization Bureau; County (District) People’s Governments; Responsible Agencies: Municipal Finance Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau]
V. Organizational Guarantees
(1) Strengthen Organizational Leadership. Integrate the technical expertise of departments such as the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Market Regulation Bureau, and the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to establish a temporary administrative body for the development of the full industrial chain of the Hechi mulberry, silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry, with its office located within the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology. Improve the four-tier supervision and service network at the county, township, village, and hamlet levels to oversee the daily management of the silkworm industry’s production and development.Actively explore the establishment of a dedicated operational platform for technological innovation and the commercialization of achievements in Guangxi’s silkworm, cocoon, and silk industry. This platform will be responsible for building innovation platforms, facilitating the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, ensuring the security of industrial data, and coordinating the management of industrial development funds to promote market-oriented, commercial, and industrialized operations.
(2) Strengthen Policy Support. Actively promote the implementation of policies regarding agricultural facility land use; fully implement the “Guiding Opinions on Advancing the ‘Standard Land’ Reform for Industrial Projects”; and introduce land use policies for the silkworm and sericulture industry to support the construction of facilities such as standardized silkworm rearing houses, cocoon collection and drying facilities, and primary processing facilities for silkworm and mulberry products.In conjunction with Guangxi’s pilot program to deepen the entry of rural collective-owned operational construction land into the market, support pilot counties (districts) in formulating policies for the use of such land, incorporate the entry of rural collective-owned operational construction land into the annual construction land supply plan, and prioritize land quotas for silkworm and silk projects. Implement tax preferential policies and loan interest subsidy policies for agriculture-related enterprises in accordance with laws and regulations, and increase credit support and subsidies for silkworm farming entities.Develop industrial management systems and introduce quality supervision and management measures for mulberry, silkworms, and cocoons to standardize the production and operation of mulberry seedlings, silkworm eggs, and cocoons. Explore the introduction of interim measures for minimum guaranteed prices for cocoons to regulate market supply and sales practices and boost the confidence of enterprises and farmers.
(3) Strengthen the Sense of Responsibility. All departments at all levels must attach great importance to this work, establish and improve a work target responsibility system, carefully study and implement specific measures centered on key tasks, and establish a one-on-one guidance and service mechanism as well as a two-way coordination mechanism for issue tracking. Strengthen overall planning and coordination, further intensify supervision and guidance for major projects and key tasks, and make every effort to ensure the completion of overall objectives and tasks.
Attachment: 1. Breakdown Table of Mulberry Orchard Area Targets for Each County (District) for 2023–2025
2. Breakdown of Tasks for the Renovation of Low-Yield Mulberry Orchards and Silkworm Breeding Facilities (2023–2025)
3. Key Demonstration Zones for Mulberry Cultivation and Silkworm Rearing in Counties (Districts)
4. Annual Coordination Schedule for Hechi City’s Sericulture Demonstration Zones
