The 2nd World Bamboo and Rattan Conference is Held in Beijing, the Capital of China

The 2nd World Bamboo and Rattan Conference (BARC) is held in Beijing, the capital of China. According to the information obtained from the conference, the total production value of the bamboo industry in China has now reached 320 billion yuan (approximately 44 billion 568 million dollars).

The total area of ​​bamboo forests in China is 7 million 10 thousand hectares and this area constitutes one fifth of the bamboo forests in the world. The foreign trade volume of China's bamboo products has exceeded 5 billion 1 million dollars and constituted 2 percent of the foreign trade volume of bamboo products in the world. In order to consolidate the bamboo industry, emphasis was placed on growing bamboo, producing bamboo products, developing bamboo-related science and technologies, and increasing foreign trade of bamboo products.

Chen Ruiguo, Vice President of the International Center for Bamboo and Calamus, affiliated with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China, said, “The majority of bamboos are grown in the mountainous regions of the south of the country. 50 million peasants in the country have benefited from the cultivation of bamboo. In addition, 30 million people were employed in the production and sale of bamboo products. In the regions where bamboo is grown, the income of the villagers from the bamboo sector constituted 20 percent of their total income.” used the phrases.

According to the plan to develop the bamboo industry, the production value of the bamboo industry in the country will exceed 2025 billion yuan in 700, and 2035 trillion yuan in 1, according to the Chinese National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

According to the call for “Using Bamboo Instead of Plastic” jointly by China and the International Organization of Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), international cooperation should be strengthened to reduce environmental pollution caused by plastic products and to consolidate the production of bamboo products.

Within the scope of the call, cooperation will be intensified for the implementation of policies regarding the use of bamboo products instead of plastics and the development of science and technologies in the bamboo sector with the help of relevant international organizations from the countries of the world.