Taiwan Peasant Innovation Park in Shilin County, Kunming

Overview

The Taiwan Peasant Innovation Park (云南石林台湾农民创业园) was established on December 17, 2008, with the approval of the Ministry of Agriculture (农业部) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (国台办). It is the only Taiwan Farmer Innovation Park in Yunnan Province (云南省) and the fourth national-level park established in Kunming (昆明) following the High-tech Zone (高新区), Economic Development Zone (经开区), and Dianchi Tourism Resort Area (滇池旅游度假区). The park has been awarded honors such as “National Agricultural Industrialization Demonstration Base” (国家农业产业化示范基地), “National Agricultural Science and Technology Park” (国家农业科技园区), and “National Rural Science Popularization Demonstration Base” (全国农村科普示范基地). It has become one of the 11 Taiwan Innovation Parks approved by the state.

  • Total Area: 200,000 acres (亩)
  • Planned Area: 54,000 acres (亩)
  • Core Area: 12,000 acres (亩)

Geographic Location

The core area of the innovation park is situated at the junction of the South Kun Railway (南昆铁路), National Highway 324 (324国道), and the Jiushi’aa Tourist Line (九石阿旅游专线), just 5 kilometers from the Shilin Scenic Area (石林风景区) and 78 kilometers from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The region is well-connected with railways and a convenient road traffic network.

Development and Construction

Construction officially began on June 16, 2009, with an investment of 568 million RMB completed for the park’s infrastructure. This includes the expansion of the Tuanjie Reservoir (团结水库), 57.94 kilometers of park roads, 15.8 kilometers of power lines, five water supply pump stations, 27 water tanks, 143 kilometers of pipelines, and 3,906 acres of green space. Facilities such as the Investment Service Center (园区投资服务中心) and the park square (园区广场) have also been established.

Currently, there are 43 enterprises settled in the park (including 8 Taiwanese-funded enterprises), with 9 enterprises having investments over 100 million RMB, 9 projects in production, and a total agreed investment of 6 billion RMB. The park has begun to form modern urban farms led by enterprises like Wanjiahua (万家欢) and Yunyan Impression Technology Park (云烟印象科技园), a biotechnology park represented by Aishengxing Biotechnology (爱生行生物科技), a flower industry park led by Jinyuan Flowers (锦苑花卉), a specialty ecological breeding center represented by Longhui (龙晖), and health resort centers represented by Xinglin International Health Resort (杏林国际养生度假村), Shadoburg Auto Hotel (莎多堡汽车酒店), and Wangfu Hotel (王府酒店).

Development Goals

Leveraging the three advantages of Shilin’s tourism resources, culture, and location, the park aims to promote the organic integration of modern agriculture and tourism. The goal is to establish the Taiwan Peasant Innovation Park as a technology-leading agricultural technology cooperation experimental zone across the Taiwan Strait, a demonstration area for leisure and sightseeing agriculture, and a leading modern facility agricultural production experimental base in the western region with a distinct and fashionable leisure agriculture base radiating across the country.

Supportive Policies

Leaders at the central, provincial, municipal, and county levels highly value the park’s construction. A series of supportive policies and guarantees have been introduced, including the “Opinions on Promoting Agricultural Industrialization Development and Supporting Agricultural Leading Enterprises” by the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共云南省委、云南省人民政府关于推进农业产业化发展扶持农业龙头企业的意见), “Opinions on Supporting Agricultural Leading Enterprises Development to Build Headquarters Economy” by the Kunming Municipal People’s Government (昆明市人民政府关于扶持农业龙头企业发展打造总部经济的意见), “Several Opinions on Promoting Taiwan Business Investment and Supporting Taiwanese Enterprises Development” by the Yunnan Provincial People’s Government (云南省人民政府关于促进台商投资扶持台资企业发展的若干意见), and “Preferential Policies for Kunming Shilin Taiwan Peasant Innovation Park” (昆明石林台湾农民创业园优惠政策).

All enterprises entering the park will receive “one-stop” approval services from the management committee from signing investment agreements to factory construction and production, ensuring investor safety.

Functional Zoning

The total area of the innovation park is 200,000 acres, with a planned area of 54,000 acres, including a core area of 12,000 acres. The overall planning area is designed in a conch structure, divided into “Three Hearts,” “Three Belts,” and “Seven Zones.”

Three Hearts

  • Entrepreneurial Service Center (创业服务中心): This center aims to provide services for Taiwanese farmers entering the park, introducing advanced agricultural technologies, excellent varieties, and management experiences from Taiwan to create a good service platform for research, development, and innovation.
  • Entrepreneurial Incubation Center (创业孵化中心): This center will establish tissue culture bases, seed breeding bases, and incubation bases, serving as the core area for introducing, researching, developing, and innovating in the park.
  • Modern Agricultural Sightseeing and Tourism Service Center (现代农业观光旅游服务中心): This center will become a highlight combining agricultural technology displays, tourism, folk experiences, and leisure vacations.

Three Belts

  • Boutique Agricultural Exhibition Area (精品农业展示区): Planned area of 10,800 acres focusing on showcasing quality agricultural products.
  • Agricultural Production Demonstration Area (农业生产示范区): Planned area of 10,800 acres to demonstrate modern agricultural production techniques.
  • Modern Agricultural Sightseeing Tourism Demonstration Area (现代农业观光旅游示范区): Planned area of 10,800 acres to promote sightseeing tourism.

The main focus is on agriculture, including off-season pollution-free vegetable bases, facility vegetable bases, organic vegetable planting demonstration bases, rare edible mushroom production bases, garden flower planting bases, quality fruit planting demonstration bases, agricultural production and research bases, and quality seedling breeding bases. The modern agricultural sightseeing tourism demonstration area employs a natural dispersed patch mixed design for ecological landscape forests, creating an artistic garden with high ornamental value.

Seven Zones

The planned area of 42,000 acres will develop the following zones:

  • High-Quality Specialty Fruit Industry Zone (优质特色水果产业区)
  • Specialty Vegetable Industry Zone (特色蔬菜产业区)
  • Flower Industry Zone (花卉产业区)
  • Nursery Stock Industry Zone (园林苗木产业区)
  • Ecological Breeding Demonstration Zone (生态养殖示范区)
  • Storage and Logistics Industry Zone (仓储物流产业区)
  • Agricultural Product Processing Industry Zone (农产品加工产业区)

These zones will form a modern international agricultural industrialization system.

Key Projects

The following is a list of 31 key recommended projects in the Taiwan Peasant Innovation Park in Kunming:

Processing Projects (12)

  1. Wine Estate (葡萄酒庄)
  2. Feed Processing (饲料加工)
  3. Comprehensive Fruit Processing (水果综合加工)
  4. Meat Processing (肉食品加工)
  5. Natural Pigment Extraction Production Line (天然色素提取生产线)
  6. Persimmon Leaf Flavonoid Development and Utilization (柿叶黄酮开发利用)
  7. Artichoke Deep Processing (朝鲜蓟精深加工)
  8. Dairy Processing (乳制品加工)
  9. Garlic Processing (大蒜加工)
  10. Chili Export Base and Deep Processing Project (辣椒出口基地及深加工项目)
  11. Sheep Placenta Processing (羊胎素加工)
  12. Integrated Demonstration Base for Modern Organic Agriculture (现代有机农业产业一体化示范基地建设)

Breeding Projects (5)

  1. Ecological Dairy Cattle Breeding (生态奶牛养殖)
  2. Rabbit Breeding Base (肉兔养殖基地)
  3. Scaled Goat Breeding (山羊规模化养殖)
  4. Poultry Breeding (禽类养殖)
  5. Beef Cattle Breeding (肉牛养殖)

Planting Projects (8)

  1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Planting Base (中草药种植基地)
  2. Green Vegetable Planting Base (绿色蔬菜种植基地)
  3. Rare Edible Mushroom Production Base (珍稀食用菌生产基地)
  4. High-End Flower Planting Base (高档花卉种植基地)
  5. Standardized Production Base for Sweet Persimmons (甜柿标准化生产基地)
  6. Quality Fruit Planting Demonstration Base (优质水果种植示范基地)
  7. Nursery Stock Planting Base for Landscaping (园林绿化苗木种植基地)
  8. Jinyuan Flower Industry Park (锦苑花卉产业园)

Agricultural Ecological Sightseeing Tourism Projects (2)

  1. Leisure Farm (休闲农庄)
  2. Folk Culture Ecological Village Renovation (民俗文化生态村改造)

Service Industry Projects (4)

  1. Innovation Park Storage and Logistics Center (创业园仓储物流中心)
  2. Innovation Park Incubation Center (创业园孵化中心)
  3. Yunnan-ASEAN International Agricultural Products Expo Center (云南东盟国际农产品博览中心)
  4. Integrated E-Commerce Platform for Agricultural Products (农产品综合电商平台)