On May 16, the reporter learned that at the invitation of the Municipal Forestry Bureau, Wu Jinhu, the doctor of the Royal Institute of Plants and Foods in New Zealand, came to Yichang and conducted investigation and guidance on the cultivation and planting of kiwifruit.

　　During the period in Yichang, Dr. Wu successively went to the Yuxiakou town of Changyang and the Hehuatown of Yuan’an to guide planting techniques. At the three Gorges Botanical Garden, Dr. Wu taught the representatives of kiwifruit planters from all over the city about site selection and construction of kiwifruit gardens, scaffolding construction, formula fertilization, pruning and shaping, and pest control, etc., and then carried out an on-the-spot explanation and demonstration at the garden of kiwifruit germplasm resources.

　　Dr. Wu suggested that Yichang kiwifruit industry development should take a road suitable for its own characteristics, the market positioning of products should be aimed at the middle and high-end market, and the kiwifruit industry development should take yellow meat and red heart varieties as the main products to produce green organic safety products; in terms of marketing means, in addition to traditional off-trade sales, it was necessary to actively expand e-commerce sales and develop sightseeing and picking in the light of the rise of leisure tourism fever; as for the technological support for industrial development, we should pay attention to the collection and protection of germplasm resources, select and bred new and superior varieties, and vigorously carry out technical training. (Reporter: Jie Xingwei; Correspondent: Li Wei)