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Guangxi launches alliance to develop its fragrant rice industry
Guangxi launched a fragrant rice industry alliance at an event in Nanning on October 24.
The alliance brings together businesses involved in the region’s rice industry, and its membership has grown to 80.
The effort builds on Guangxi’s regional rice brand, which has received national recognition and includes products with geographical indication certification.
Guangxi’s grain industry has a total industrial output value of more than 1,250 billion yuan, and more than one million tonnes of related products are sold to the Greater Bay Area each year.
The alliance aims to strengthen food security by improving coordination across the grain industry and promoting food conservation and reduced waste.
Guangxi has also introduced digital monitoring at all government grain reserve sites and is testing smart warehouse technologies.
Green storage technology has cut grain losses to 0.6%, and the event’s stated goal is to further improve the region’s food security system.
Guangxi launched an alliance to develop its fragrant rice industry at an event in Nanning on October 24.
The alliance has 80 members, according to the report.
The event focused on food security, building brands for quality food and reducing food waste and loss.
Guangxi’s grain industry has an industrial output value of more than 125 billion yuan, and related products sell more than 1 million tonnes annually to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
- Who
- Guangxi launched the fragrant rice industry alliance.
- What
- The alliance was launched to support development of the fragrant rice industry.
- When
- October 24, 2026.
- Where
- Nanning, Guangxi, China.
- Why
- The event aimed to strengthen food security, promote food conservation and reduce food waste and loss.
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- Launch date
- October 24, 2026
- Launch location
- Nanning, Guangxi
- Alliance membership
- 80 members
- Industrial output value
- More than 125 billion yuan
- Sales to Greater Bay Area
- More than 1 million tonnes annually
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What people are saying
Guangxi is one of the country's important regions where grain production and consumption are balanced, with a unique location and rich resources.
The event aims to advance grain conservation and efforts to prevent food waste, strengthen Guangxi's food security capacity, and help build a higher-level, higher-quality, more efficient and more sustainable food security system.