Judicial protection base established for Xiuwen kiwi fruit

The first intellectual property rights and environmental resources judicial protection base for Xiuwen kiwi fruit – a national geographical indication product – was recently established in Pingtan village of Gubao town in Xiuwen county, Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.

Xiuwen boasts excellent conditions such as a unique climate and soil, and is called "one of the most suitable areas in the world for growing kiwi fruit" by agricultural experts.

In recent years, Xiuwen has vigorously promoted the high-quality development of its kiwi fruit industry, focusing on planting, distribution, and sales.

Through government-enterprise cooperation with domestic leading enterprises such as JD, the production and cultivation of kiwi fruit has become a pillar industry and the first major industry in the county.

However, the intellectual property rights of Xiuwen kiwi fruit as a geographical indication agricultural product, as well as the industrial ecological legal protection level of soil, air, water source, microorganisms and other planting environmental elements urgently need to be strengthened.

The newly-established base will help the development of Xiuwen kiwi fruit by following the rule of law, thus promoting rural vitalization and raising the bar in terms of the local industry's production methods.