On December 12, 2024, the research team of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, led by Vice President Li Xiaolin, conducted an on-site inspection of Zhaotong Chaoyue Agriculture Co., Ltd., accompanied by leaders at the city and district levels and the company's chairman Wen Lianqing. This survey aims to explore the main problems and solutions in the development of the Apple industry.
The research team first visited the "Zhaoyang Red" apple planting base of Zhaotong Chaoyue Company. The base adopts the management method of "modern low rootstock dense planting", which effectively saves land resources and improves the efficiency of use. However, there are still some challenges and difficulties in achieving refined management of 30000 acres of orchards. Vice President Li stated that "we need to strengthen the cooperation between the institute and enterprises, provide strong technical support for modern agricultural enterprises, and at the same time, the enterprise will enhance its innovation driven ability, overcome difficulties in professional technical fields, achieve quality and efficiency improvement, and increase product added value through technological innovation".
Subsequently, the research team visited the French Maifunoda apple sorting line introduced by the company, which has a sorting capacity of 20 tons/hour. The introduction of intelligent equipment and the upgrading of the Internet of Things system ensure that the whole sorting process is of high standards and strict requirements. Every 'Zhaoyang Red' apple starts from the first sorting process of automatic feeding in the production line, and the sorting standards have been tested for a long time. Finally, when it reaches the consumer's dining table, it always has to go through multiple passes to become a masterpiece of the 'Zhaoyang Red' brand.
At the farewell, Vice President Li affirmed the company's achievements in technological innovation and brand promotion. The chairman of the company stated that it is necessary to continue to deepen cooperation between the institute and enterprises, strengthen the effective connection between the innovation chain and the industrial chain, and only by continuously transforming technological achievements into practical productivity, using technological strength to solve technical problems, leading industrial upgrading with technological innovation, and promoting high-quality development of the Apple industry through technological empowerment.