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High quality forest industry in Cao County
08-16
Cao County is known as the "birthplace of Shangtang and the first capital of China", and is a well-known forestry county in the country. It has the largest tung wood processing base in the country, a famous artificial board production base in the country, and the only cross-border e-commerce industry belt for wood products in the country. It has formed a forest processing industry cluster worth billions of yuan.
From September 19th to 21st, 2023, at the 18th China Forest Products Fair, Caoxian County had a large exhibition lineup, with 32 participating enterprises, a special decoration exhibition area of 430 square meters, a furniture combination exhibition area of 110 square meters, 23 standard booths, and more than 2000 exhibited products, achieving sales of more than 1.2 million yuan and signing projects of more than 2 billion yuan.
Development comes from working together, and achievement comes from common struggle. In recent years, Cao County has focused on new advantages in industrial development and vigorously promoted the development of the forest products and home furnishings industry, forming a development pattern of "leading goose enterprises+goose formation clusters". The industrial chain has been continuously extended and expanded, the scale has been continuously expanded, the variety has been continuously optimized and increased, the structure has been continuously upgraded and transformed, and the core competitiveness has been continuously enhanced. It has formed a full industrial chain production from raw material procurement, unpacking and processing, to packaging and export, We have established a full industry chain development pattern of "leading enterprises+small and medium-sized enterprises+individual processing households+forest bases". Cao County is known as the "Capital of Chinese Woodcraft" and has been rated as the "County with Significant Achievements in the Forest Chief System in Shandong Province in 2022" and the "Shandong Province Special Environmental Protection Board Industry Cluster in 2023". Its billion level forest processing industry cluster presents six highlights——
Highlight 1: Long history of industrial inheritance
The development of industries cannot be separated from the accumulation of time and history.
The forest processing industry in Caoxian has a development history of over 600 years. Historical records can be traced back to the production of grass and willow weaving in the Ming Dynasty, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, it had developed to use materials such as wheat straw and wolfberry willow to weave handicrafts. The products began to be sold abroad.
During the Republic of China period, Zhou Ziqi, the then Governor of Shandong, allocated funds to establish the Caozhou Rehabilitation Bureau and the Grass Hat Braid Training Institute. Due to the long history and good foundation of Caozhou Grass Willow Weaving, its products were exported to various parts of the country and overseas.
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the forest processing industry developed from grass willow weaving technology to wooden products such as boards and furniture, with a continuous increase in product types. In recent years, in order to meet the demand of domestic and international markets, the categories of outdoor furniture, solid wood furniture, wood carving products and other products have become more diverse. Pulianji Town is an important town for processing wooden handicrafts. There are currently 45000 acres of high-yield forests and Qitiao planting bases in the town. There are 168 production enterprises mainly engaged in board production, handicrafts, and grass strip product processing, which have driven 12000 rural laborers to employment. The annual industrial sales revenue and profits and taxes formed by forestry industrialization are 700 million yuan and 80 million yuan, increasing farmers' income by 120 million yuan.
At present, the forest processing industry in Caoxian County has refined its production and operation chain from raw material procurement, unboarding processing, to packaging and export, with more than 20 links. Its main products include six series of more than 30000 color products, including various types of boards, grass willow weaving, wooden handicrafts, doors and windows, furniture, wood carving, etc. The boards include particle board, blockboard, plywood, etc. The furniture mainly includes indoor soft furniture, solid wood furniture, outdoor furniture, etc Office furniture and wood carving cultural and creative products, etc.
In recent years, as a nationally renowned forestry county, Cao County has successively won national honors such as "Hometown of Willow Weaving in China", "Hometown of Poplar Processing in China", "Hometown of Paulownia Processing in China", "Capital of Chinese Woodcraft", and "National Home Furnishing Industry Demonstration Park".