Bumper harvest of persimmons in southwest China

STORY: Bumper harvest of persimmons in southwest China DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: GONGCHENG, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of persimmon 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIHUA, President of Guilin Fenghuayuan Food Co., Ltd. 5. various of persimmon STORYLINE: Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China has seen a bumper harvest of persimmons. Gongcheng now has a total persimmon planting area of about 220,000 mu (about 14666.66 hectares), with an output of about 720,000 tons of persimmons per year. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIHUA, President of Guilin Fenghuayuan Food Co., Ltd. "At present, our company produces fresh persimmons, dried persimmons, persimmon slices and persimmon vinegar. We purchase about 1,500 tons of raw persimmons every month, and our products are mainly sold to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen." In recent years, Gongcheng has made great efforts to cultivate and develop the persimmon indu