Kaiyang county hosts event to promote selenium-rich products

A promotional meeting for Kaiyang county's selenium-rich animal and agricultural products is held on Aug 23 in Shugu Small Town in Kaiyang county. [Photo/Kaiyang News Center]

A promotional meeting for Kaiyang county's selenium-rich animal and agricultural products was held on Aug 23 in Shugu Small Town in Kaiyang county, which is administered by Guiyang, the capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province.

A total of 12 local enterprises attended the meeting to promote their products to the domestic market.

Officials stated that 99.91 percent of the soil in Kaiyang county is rich in selenium, and the selenium content of animals and plants is between 0.05 and 0.28 mg/kg, which meets the United Nations Health Organization's selenium content standard for health food.

The selenium-rich rice, oil and tea produced in the county have won the honorable title of China Organic Food.

At a signing ceremony held during the meeting, Guizhou Xizhou Selenium Industry Development Co signed an agreement with Guizhou Fuxi Yangming Yishan Tea Co to co-develop a selenium product brand.

Selenium-rich animal and agricultural products on display in Shugu Small Town in Kaiyang county. [Photo/Kaiyang News Center]

The project involves provinces and municipalities such as Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Xinjiang and Guangxi, as well as cities and counties such as Zunyi, Weng'an and Guizhou. 

A total of 39 stores will be upgraded from Yangming Yishan's T6 experience stores to "China Xizhou Selenium Brand Pavilion" franchise stores.

Officials said that the promotion meeting aims to establish a stable and robust selenium brand and help Kaiyang's ecological selenium industry to standardize, industrialize and increase scale.

The selenium-rich rice, oil and tea produced in Kaiyang county have won the honorable title of China Organic Food. [Photo/Kaiyang News Center]