The staff members encouraged farmers to pay more attention to the brand construction of their signature agricultural products and expand the sales channels for their chestnuts, kiwis, citrus fruits and water bamboo.

工作人员鼓励农民更加重视他们的招牌农产品的品牌建设，扩大他们的栗子、猕猴桃、柑橘类水果和水竹的销售渠道。

"This has pushed us to actively explore the research and development of organic cotton, bamboo charcoal fiber and antibacterial functional products to meet new market demand.

Considering the regional nuance differences, it has created a collection of fragrances with distinctive Chinese elements like jasmine oolong tea, green bamboo and others.

So, SK-II is now using bamboo material-based packaging.

At the Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress held in Beijing in late June, the company showcased its latest technology that uses bamboo to replace iron and steel in the making of turbine blades for wind farms.

The patented technology has been piloted on wind farms in Shandong, Shanxi and Hebei provinces and is expected to help upgrade traditional industries in China's bamboo plantation centers including Jiangxi and Sichuan provinces, as well as aid in poverty relief, Wen said.

Businesses can opt for straws and utensils made from more environmentally friendly materials such as paper, steel and bamboo.

Forest Green requires more than a decade of storage first before it matures and develops into a fragrant, thick and pure-body liquor with a touch of crispy, refreshing taste of bamboo.

It requires over 10 years of storage first before it matures and develops into a fragrant, thick and pure-body liquor with a touch of crispy, refreshing taste of bamboo.

According to Huang Yan, a researcher from the center, an adult panda consumes 12 to 15 kilograms of bamboo every day and produces more than 10 kg of fiber-rich feces after absorbing the fructose in bamboo.

Pandas also produce about 50 kg of food waste daily as the bears spit out bamboo after chewing it or simply leave it uneaten.

In order to turn bamboo into paper, it is necessary to break down fructose and extract the fiber, which the pandas are able to do through digestion, said Yang Chaolin, president of the company.

From its factory in Anshun, a city in Southwest China's Guizhou province, Topseat creates decorative toilet seats from locally sourced, environmentally friendly materials such as bamboo, straw stalks and bio-glues.

From its factory in Anshun, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Topseat creates bright decorative toilet seats from locally sourced materials such as bamboo, straw stalks and bio-glues.

It has more than 5,000 pattern designs, everything from green bamboo leaves, flying birds, whales, turtles and the Eiffel Tower, and some even with relief sculptures and 3D effects.

Together with his girlfriend then and wife now, Hong Kong-born architect Delphine Yip, they renovated a farmhouse in the bamboo forest at Moganshan, Zhejiang province, for their own and friends' holiday at first.

Users can experience the whole process of making a fan, starting from choosing the bamboo, which is the initial material used to make a fan.

Bamboo, the crowd realized, can not only serve as a meal for pandas or as raw material in the making of furniture but also be transformed into a whole set of tableware, including knives and forks, spoons, straws, cups and even napkins.

Fu Jinhe, director of Host Country Affairs of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization, or Inbar, an intergovernmental development organization that promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan, said: "Bamboo is a green, low-carbon, fast-growing and degradable biomass material.

Currently, there are over 10,000 types of bamboo products, covering the areas of basic necessities of life.

It quoted Feng Limei, general manager of a company in Foshan, Guangdong province, saying that bamboo will not cause soil erosion during harvest and has a fast growth cycle.

Feng's company also brought many new bamboo products to the Canton Fair, including environmentally friendly cups and lunch boxes.

Yu Zhenfei, a craftsman who produces goods made with bamboo strips, is a good example.

Instead of simply selling his handcrafted bamboo products, his role changed after Yimadangxian's shared farm was set up in Chengyang.

Yu became a craftsmanship tutor, teaching visitors the basic techniques of making goods with bamboo strips.

Further west, Yixing Bamboo Forest, Changzhou Dinosaur Park at Playland Valley, Maoshan Mountain in Jurong and other scenic spots are easily accessible.

Rong'an county in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region take advantage of raw materials including rattan, bamboo and wood and process them into home and garden handicrafts with support provided by Suixi county in South China's Guangdong province.

"Bamboo umbrella ribs were replaced by solid wood to improve the quality of the umbrellas.

Zongzi, a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped with bamboo or reed leaves, is a traditional delicacy Chinese people eat on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, which fell on Monday this year, June 14.

Zhao Jianfeng, founder of Natasha, told reporters that they have invented an intelligent guitar made of bamboo, providing a richer playing experience through innovative technologies such as embedded sound cards and chips.

What I like the most is the moment when I get creative and decorate bamboo baskets with wild flowers and ferns," Guo added.

The booths showcasing these products were set up by the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization, which aims to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by replacing plastic products with bamboo items.

In 2021, the company worked with Starbucks to make new materials by mixing coffee grounds with natural bamboo fiber, helping the US coffee giant significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions in packaging materials.

As the county gradually explores a green development path, it has invested 1 billion yuan ($144 million) to build panda-themed sculptures and exhibits, a bamboo forest and a science popularization base in an area of more than 33 hectares in Wannian village, which is at the south entrance of Giant Panda National Park.

"If the charm of zongzi lies in bamboo leaves and packaging, the glamor of qingtuan lies in its green appearance, glutinous taste and rich stuffing," said Li Qinglin, a food analyst at food market information aggregator Allfood.

Sun Baiyu, a manager of a food trade company in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, had to visit local customs frequently to complete customs clearance procedures for exports of canned corn and bamboo shoots.

Having been engaged in the luxury trading sector for years, Liu Min, based in Chengdu, Sichuan province, described secondhand luxury trading in communities as "bamboo shoots", and is attracting more entrepreneurs nationwide.

Luosifen, pungent rice noodles containing pickled bamboo shoots and river snails, is a dish that has become increasingly popular among young consumers looking for tasty and quickly prepared meals.

It features rice vermicelli soaked in a spicy broth flavored by river snails and topped with ingredients such as pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

Liuzhou Luosifen features rice vermicelli soaked in a spicy broth nicely flavored by river snails and topped with ingredients including pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

The festival, which also involves eating glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves, fell on June 3 this year.

Zhejiang's bamboo groves create clean atmosphere, boost tourism and promote common prosperityWhat amazes farmer Ying Zhongdong in East China's Zhejiang province most these days is a sort of miracle that turns local thin air into money.

The fresh air in the bamboo forest area near his native village not only attracts tourists from around the country, but helps strengthen the local economy.

"I never expected fresh air produced by bamboo forests could earn us so much money," said Ying with a broad smile.

The revenue has been generated not through cutting down bamboo or from products made from the plants.

The area of over 5,000 mu (334 hectares) of bamboo in Dali is only a fraction of the 870,000 mu of moso bamboo groves in the county, which is known as one of the nation's top 10"bamboo hometowns".

According to estimates, the carbon storage capacity of these bamboo groves can reach as much as 1.34 million metric tons, and with effective management, they can sequester 340,000 tons of carbon annually.

Plenty of research shows that bamboo is a top plant to help cut greenhouse gases, as it rapidly captures large quantities of carbon and stores them as a powerful carbon sink.

As a very fast-growing plant that can thrive on degraded soils, bamboo is often considered an ideal choice to fight climate change.

First observation towerAs far back as 2010, Anji teamed up with Zhejiang A&F University, which has a strong research team in agricultural and forestry sciences, and built the world's first moso bamboo carbon flux observation tower to track and calculate the carbon sequestration capacity of the local bamboo stands.

Ecological innovation"Our goal is to build a circular carbon trading market to promote green innovation of the bamboo industry and realize the high-quality development value of ecological products," said Chen Wei, chairman of Anji Construction Investment Group, which manages Anji's Liangshan Bank.

For example, villages can borrow from a low-interest loan specially allotted to develop bamboo groves and grow carbon sinks, before selling them to the carbon trading platform, which, relying on financing from Liangshan Bank, trades them to companies that need carbon offsets.

Green insurance products are also provided to deal with such risks as price fluctuations and natural disasters that may diminish the value or cause damage to bamboo groves.

"With the money from 'fresh air' produced by the bamboo, we will invest more in mechanized development of the bamboo growth, which will help villagers continue to increase their income," said Ying, head of Dali.

And with rising incomes, villages like Dali can grow more green resources like bamboo, further helping reduce carbon emissions and move toward realizing the "dual carbon goals".

The hotel is decorated with dried pine, peony and bamboo to create a festive atmosphere.

For example, we created a Chinese collection with fragrances of oolong tea, green bamboo and other elements," Hui said.

Retailers should make sure ingredients are as natural and organic as possible when designing fragrances, diffusers and candles, explore materials that eliminate odors without the use of heavy fragrances and consider utilizing traditional materials such as beeswax and bamboo charcoal in new products, WGSN said.

With abundant sunshine and sharp temperature differences between day and night, Lanzhou has advantages in terms of natural conditions to plant vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, bamboo shoots and celery.

Boiled with pickled bamboo shoots, dried turnips, fresh vegetables and peanuts in a spiced river-snail soup, the street food has developed into an iconic dish around the world.

Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region-inspired luosifen, pungent rice noodles containing pickled bamboo shoots and river snails, has become a hot workplace commodity.

Wen Shishan, 57, wandered in a bamboo grove, holding a machete in search of ideal materials to make oil-paper umbrellas, an old craft dating back to over a millennium ago.

As a representative of high-end Chinese green tea, Zhuyeqing tea (literally translated as green bamboo leaves) has become the official designated green tea of the China Pavilion for Expo 2020.

There are lovely bamboo trees and tea gardens all around amid creeping vines in a serene environment," said Zhang, adding that her family members had a rare chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and embrace nature.

Combining the traditional cuisine of the Han people with that of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups, Luosifen is a delicacy of rice noodles boiled with pickled bamboo shoots, dried turnip, fresh vegetables and peanuts in spiced river snail soup.

"Handstein established Hape Group over three decades ago in a rural town in central Germany and expanded the business to Ningbo, a port city of East China's Zhejiang province, in 1995, featuring ecological-friendly innovative educational wooden and bamboo toys.

The company has tried to turn various sustainable materials, including wood, bamboo, rice-based plastic and sugarcane plastic, into toys.

The latest article introduces all 10 pandas, followed by pictures and videos showing them sauntering in snow and loudly munching bamboo.

Sensing huge opportunities in the bamboo fungus industry, he started a business and devoted himself to research and development.

During the Singles Day shopping gala on Nov 11 last year, his bamboo fungus was promoted and sold by livestreaming internet celebrities.

"A total of 600 to 700 boxes of bamboo fungus were sold that day alone, which was much higher than our average sales volume," said Gao.

The bamboo industry is thriving in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

Last year, the output value of the bamboo industry totaled 14.9 billion yuan ($2.15 billion) in Sichuan's Yibin city, which accounted for 32.4 percent of the province's total, according to figures released at China (Yibin) International Bamboo Industry Development Summit & Trade Fair which closed on the weekend.

This year, the output value from more than 226,667 hectares of bamboo forests in Yibin is expected to jump to 21 billion yuan, according to the summit.

The bamboo industry is huge in China, where people have a long history of growing and using bamboo.

The total value of the country's bamboo industry exceeded 200 billion yuan in 2018, according to official figures.

"There were lovely bamboo trees all around amid old intertwining vines in a serene environment.

The eco-friendly materials, including sustainable bamboo flooring, non-volatile paint, latest lighting devices, as well as the cutting-edge air-and water-purification systems, appear to create an oasis amid the concrete jungle.

Wu oversees Wufangzhai, an upscale brand with 97 years of history making zongzi－a traditional festival cuisine of glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.

"We are the bamboo stalk that stands tall and proud against wind from all directions, whether north, south, east or west," Xu said.

The office tower was designed by Leoh Ming Pei, borrowing inspiration from bamboo, which symbolizes rapid growth in Chinese culture.

"Weeds and bamboo grew so fast they almost reached into the rooms," Wang said, adding that the family has abandoned the house, as it may collapse at some stage.

The couple used to sell bamboo, but as prices for the crop fell, they struggled to make a living from their plantation, which covered about 7 hectares, Wang said.

As tourists visit the area, the company will also likely rent her parents' bamboo plantation to cater to them, Wang added.

Plan hastens replacing plastics with bambooThe National Development and Reform Commission and three other government agencies have issued a three-year action plan to speed up substituting plastic with bamboo.

The plan, which was released on the commission's website last week, sets a goal for the country to establish an industrial system to produce bamboo substitutes for plastic by 2025.

The country also plans to build five to 10 bases in regions that are rich in bamboo resources and have a sound bamboo industry to promote the use of it as a substitute for plastic.

China and the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization proposed the "Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative" in 2022 to reduce pollution and carbon emissions.

In Nanchong, Sichuan province — a city known for its bamboo products — Ma Jun, a model craftswoman, has set up a bamboo workshop supported by the local government in Changle town.

Every day, Ma teaches villagers how to weave bamboo at her workshop.

Chen said that by using 58,000 hectares of bamboo forest as a carbon sink to trade, the bank program in Anji county can help the landowners earn extra income of roughly 14.6 million yuan a year.