China has developed 6 series of more than 260 kinds of potato staple products

Xinhua News Agency, Lanzhou, September 27 (Reporter Wang Peng) from the 26th meeting of the 2020 China Potato Conference was informed that since the implementation of the domestic potato staple food development strategy in 2015, China has developed and sold 6 series, more than 260 kinds of potato staple products, annual output of more than 1.7 million tons of potato staple food products.
from the General Assembly learned that the potato is China's fourth largest food crop. In recent years, China's potato cultivation area is stable at more than 80 million mu, fresh potato production reached 100 million tons. In the process of promoting the development of potato staple food, China has not only developed more than 260 kinds of potato staple products, such as potato starch, potato flour and potato noodles, but also improved the processing capacity of potato staple food products. At present, the country has more than 5000 potato processing enterprises, of which more than 150 processing enterprises, annual processing capacity of more than 1.7 million tons.
is the largest potato seed potato breeding base and important potato staple product distribution center. Reporters learned from the Gansu Provincial Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department, the current potato cultivation area in Gansu Province, the yield is stable at 10 million mu, 15 million tons or so, potato processing conversion rate of more than 30%. At the same time, Gansu cultivated a total of 25 new varieties of potatoes, the production of "original species" more than 1.2 billion grains, accounting for 60% of the country's potato supply.