After the eu-China Agreement on Geographical Indications officially enters into force, the white yak is blessed with EU protection

After the eu-China Agreement on Geographical Indications officially enters into force, the white yak is blessed with EU protection

Photo courtesy of Tianzhu County Bureau of Culture and Tourism

According to lanzhou evening news on March 5, with the official entry into force of the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement, the Tianzhu white yak, as one of the first batch of "listed" China's 100 geographical indications, will be protected from now on. This move will have a positive impact and promotion on improving the international popularity of Cultural Tourism products in Wuwei City and stimulating the development of local tourism and aquaculture.

The EU-China Agreement on Geographical Indications is the first comprehensive and high-level agreement on geographical indications signed by China to foreign investors. The entry into force of the agreement will further strengthen China-EU economic and trade cooperation and benefit consumers and enterprises on both sides. The Appendix to the Agreement includes a total of more than 500 geographical indication products from both sides, all of which are well-known geographical indications of both sides. For example, China's Shaoxing wine, Liu'an gua slices, Anxi Tieguanyin, Turpan raisins; European champagne, Bavarian beer and so on. The geographical indications protected by the two sides in the agreement can not only obtain a high level of protection for each other, but also use the official indications of the other party's geographical indications, which is conducive to the effective development of the market for related products. The protection will be carried out in two batches, the first batch of about 100 geographical indications recognized by the two sides will begin to be protected on the date of entry into force of the agreement, and the white yak will be on the list.

Tianzhu white yak is produced in the eyes of Qinghai-Tibet, Qilian hinterland of Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province and named, known as "Qilian Snow Peony" "Grassland White Pearl", is a precious and special local good breed in the Qinghai-Tibet high prototype yak, long-term growth in the cold and hypoxia, dry grass period and ice period of about half a year of severe natural conditions, by the Ministry of Agriculture into the "National Inventory of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Protection", and through the "Agricultural Products Geographical Indications" certification and geographical indication trademark certification, green food A level certification, Organic product certification, listed as one of the 100 public brands of high-quality characteristic agricultural products in China, was listed as a geographical indication product protected by the European Union in 2020. "Lü's Spring and Autumn" contains "the beauty of meat, the meat of the yak". Tianzhu white yak beef is delicious and has a unique flavor, with high protein, low fat and rich mineral quality characteristics. Today, Tianzhu white yak has become a representative of "sweet" agricultural products. The entry into force of the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement provides intellectual property protection for Tianzhu white yak to enter the European Union, provides a treaty guarantee for the white yak series of products to enter the European market, and will also make it easier for Europeans to purchase authentic white yak products that are "only Tianzhu has". Up to now, the number of white yaks in Tianzhu County has reached 80,000 heads, and the average number of farmers has increased by 44,500 yuan.

Luo Huansu, an all-media reporter of Lanzhou Daily