Shandong Guangtong Silkworm Seed Co., Ltd.

The 2019 National Silkworm Seed Quality Supervision and Spot Check Summary Meeting Was Held in Qingzhou

On the morning of January 3, the 2019 National Silkworm Seed Quality Supervision and Spot Check Summary Meeting was held in Qingzhou City. The Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center for Sericulture Products of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Zhenjiang), and the Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center for Sericulture Products of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Chengdu) ), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Sericulture Industry Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Yantai) and the 13 major silkworm producing provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Shaanxi Leaders and silkworm eggs quality inspectors attended the meeting, and the chairman Feng Guodong and deputy general manager Fang Dewen of Shandong Guangtong Silkworm Egg Group were specially invited to the meeting for guidance.

Liu Li, Director of the Sericulture Industry Product Quality Supervision and Testing Center (Zhenjiang) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, outlined the center’s activities since its establishment, which have effectively promoted the steady improvement of sericulture quality nationwide. Wang Zhigang, Director of the Tingguo Tea Station of the Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, provided an overview of the sericulture industry in Shandong Province and outlined the province’s management measures for the future development of sericulture and the revitalization of the silk industry. Fang Dewen, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Guangtong Sericulture Group, presented the group’s sericulture production, including its overall operational status, as well as the initiatives undertaken in 2019 in areas such as new variety breeding, quality management, and scientific and technological innovation, and offered valuable opinions and recommendations regarding current inspection methods and equipment. Subsequently, representatives from the 13 major sericulture-producing provinces each reported on their 2019 silkworm and silkworm egg production, along with the challenges they face, the corresponding countermeasures, and their suggestions for future work.

The participating representatives conducted on-site sampling of Guangtong Group’s incoming silkworm eggs and visited Guangtong Group’s silkworm seed production base, its silkworm seed cold storage facility, and the Shandong Luxi Silkworm Germ Quality Inspection Institute.

Meeting venue

Speech by Liu Li, Director of the Sericulture Industry Product Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture

Chen Tao, Deputy Director of the Sericulture Industry Product Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, presided over