Quzhou County, a small inland county of Handan, is the natural pigment capital of the world

Business news on November 10 Yanzhao city net news (reporter Chen Zheng) recently, Quzhou natural pigment industry development plan of Handan City, Hebei Province confirmed the development goal of "world natural pigment production and sales base" through provincial planning demonstration In 2010, the total output value of natural pigment in the county reached 1.76 billion yuan, of which, the production and sales volume of capsanthin accounted for 70% of China's domestic sales volume, accounting for more than 50% of the world's total output, and exported to Japan, South Korea, India, Europe and the United States and other countries and regions A little-known inland county town has created a world-famous natural pigment city How could it develop so much? What kind of course has it gone through to realize the transformation from sparrow to Phoenix? First rise, occupy the first advantage of natural pigment refers to the pigment from plants or animals In recent years, before food additives attracted the attention of the domestic society, European and American countries have generally worried that the frequent consumption of food and drink containing chemical synthetic pigments will induce diseases such as tumors or allergies Now more and more natural pigments are used to replace chemical synthetic pigments, and the market share of natural pigments is also expanding year by year Among them, the EU market demand for natural pigments is growing rapidly with an average annual growth rate of 35% In 1986, when the domestic natural pigment industry was just starting, Quzhou County entrepreneurs aimed at the huge potential of this market and established Quzhou natural pigment factory, which was one of the earliest domestic manufacturers of natural pigments at that time A year later, the water-soluble curcumin and water-soluble capsanthin developed by them were successful, filling in the domestic blank, and the first batch of pigment products were produced with their own modified equipment Extraction of natural pigments from plants, purification technology directly determines the safety performance and quality standards of products, but until the end of last century, this technology is still a problem in the world At that time, the technology level of the whole industry was low and continuous production was not possible In 2000, Quzhou Chenguang natural pigment company successfully applied supercritical fluid extraction technology to pigment production, which led to a revolution in the field of natural pigment production, and still leads the global pigment industry After that, they successfully conquered the subject of high dissolving and residue of natural pigments, making the relevant standards of the products reach the international advanced level, and the pigment extraction rate and production cost reduction rate of the same raw materials are higher than that of Europe and India After the "Sudan red" event in 2005, the market accelerated the elimination of synthetic pigments and increased the demand for natural pigments Quzhou county seizes this opportunity, increases the development of new natural pigment products, and the developed lutein, capsaicin, Lithospermum and other products reach the first-class international level They have successively introduced more than 30 excellent college students from China Agricultural University, Tianjin University of science and technology and other universities, recruited more than 50 technical backbones, and enriched the technical innovation team After 20 years of development, Quzhou natural pigment factory was renamed as Chenguang Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Chenguang company) It is leading in the domestic natural pigment industry and rapidly occupying the domestic and international market It has become a national high-tech enterprise of science and technology type and foreign exchange earning type, with 8 subsidiaries under its jurisdiction Its main products are capsanthin natural pigment and natural seasoning There are more than 40 varieties in four categories, i.e products, natural medicinal extracts, nutrition and health products, and many products and production processes have reached the international leading level "The price of a kilogram of dried pepper is about 5 yuan, and in Quzhou Chenguang company, it can be increased to 35 yuan through a series of processing and extraction." Bai Xuesong, the deputy county head of Quzhou County, calculated a sum of account, extracted pigment, capsicum essence, capsicum seed oil, capsaicin and other products from dry pepper, and sold the remaining capsicum meal and seed meal as feed, with a total value of seven times as much as the original Why does little pepper have such value-added potential? This is the charm of characteristic agriculture Quzhou natural pigment production and sales accounted for more than 30% of the world Quzhou is the national key leading enterprise of agricultural industrialization, the only listed agricultural word enterprise in Hebei Province, the world's natural pigment "boss" and China's well-known trademark enterprise Chenguang science and technology biological Group Co., Ltd Its leading products are capsicum, Gan Lanhong, beet red, Jiang Huang, lutein, etc., because the raw materials are still in short supply, Chenguang company has established planting bases of more than 70 mu in Northeast, Xinjiang, Yunnan and other places in recent years, which has led to the formation of a unique color agricultural products planting and processing industry According to the mode of "company + base + farmer", Chenguang company has actively carried out industrial operation, established water-soluble pigment raw material production bases such as purple cabbage, beet and purple sweet potato in Quzhou, hot pepper production bases in Henan and Shandong, marigold planting bases in Heilongjiang and Jilin, hot pepper planting bases in Xinjiang and natural color in China The prime industry has a say The bigger the market is, the more confident investors will be to enter the market Driven by Quzhou Chenguang company, natural pigment enterprises have sprung up in Quzhou County At present, there are 32 natural pigment production and processing enterprises such as Hebei Ruide Natural Pigment Co., Ltd and Hebei Tianxu Natural Pigment Co., Ltd in Quzhou County, with fixed asset investment of 87000000 yuan, including 8 large-scale enterprises, forming a group of natural pigment production and processing enterprises Relying on the advantages of scale, enterprises further reduce production costs, promote technological upgrading and transformation, and effectively transform into market advantages In 2010, the total output value of natural pigment in the county reached 1.76 billion yuan, of which, the production and sales volume of capsanthin accounted for 70% of China's domestic sales volume, accounting for more than 50% of the world's total output, and exported to Japan, South Korea, India, Europe and the United States and other countries and regions This year, the natural pigment industry of the county has completed sales revenue of 2 billion yuan and achieved export earnings of 150 million US dollars According to the natural pigment industry plan of the county, by 2015, the sales revenue of natural pigment will be 5 billion yuan, the export income will be 400 million US dollars, and 150000 farmers will be driven to plant 1.3 million mu of pepper and other crops Scientific and technological talents are always the source and driving force of enterprise development Quzhou natural pigment industry is becoming bigger and stronger in the fierce international and domestic competition Scientific and technological innovation is the core force In recent years, the county has invested more than 50 million yuan in scientific and technological research and development to carry out technological innovation and research and development investment, and constantly enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises "Capsanthin and capsaicin large-scale production technology" with independent intellectual property rights won the first prize of science and technology progress of Hebei Province in 2009; the industrial production method of extracting natural capsanthin with No The application of the patent of "quality industrial method" has increased the extraction amount of Capsicum essence from 30% to 99%, the solubility and stability have been greatly improved, and the leap of quantity and quality has been realized This innovation has made China's capsicum essence realize the fundamental transformation from almost all imports from India to substitute imports and batch exports to India The county took the lead in establishing provincial natural pigment engineering technology center and national recognized enterprise technology center, and has 9 national patent technologies, 22 patent applications have been accepted In terms of policy, for natural pigment projects, the county takes the initiative to solve the land use problem and ensure its construction land index; actively strives for the support of special funds from the state, province and city, and implements the special fund tilt policy The county finance should arrange a certain scale of funds every year to support the development of natural pigment industry cluster; strengthen the introduction and training of natural pigment talents, actively and comprehensively National famous universities coordinate technology docking, actively guide and encourage the development of industries such as highly educated and highly qualified technical personnel to carry out technical services in the natural pigment industry cluster, and set up the natural pigment industry cluster development to urgently need talent education and training funds Up to now, lutein project, water-soluble pigment project and high-quality natural pigment industrialization project with an investment of 100 million yuan are actively planned, and the total investment of 440 million yuan is speeding up the promotion of the natural pigment Industrial Park project; Quzhou natural pigment technical service center is expanded, and the national natural pigment Testing Center project is actively applied Quzhou natural pigment industry will play the strongest voice in the world.