Shanghai Jinshan District Government announced today that the Shanghai Vegetable Technology Promotion Center has selected Shanghai Yinlong Vegetable Seeds Farm, based in Jinshan District, to be the staging area for its new assessment and monitoring base. The base will be responsible for the assessment and cultivation of new vegetables for Shanghai and other domestic markets as well as international markets. Through experimental planting and monitoring, the base will finally be able to demonstrate and promote the new vegetables that are being grown.

The base is the first and only one at a municipal level in Shanghai, utilizing the experience provided by the Shanghai Yinlong Vegetable Seeds Farm, which is at the forefront of its industry. In recent years, the farm has fostered 20 new vegetable seeds, all with independent property rights, and has attributed to the development of the vegetable trade in both foreign and domestic markets.

About Shanghai Jinshan District Government

Located in the southwest of Shanghai, the Shanghai Jinshan District covers 586.05 square kilometers, with 14 towns and a population of 550,000. Previously known as Jinshan County, and established 277 years ago, Jinshan District now covers Jinshan County and the Sinopec Shanghai Jinshan Industrial Company. It was the first district to be established on the outskirts of Shanghai on 12 May 1997.