On September 6, the 12th China · Antu Matsutake Culture Festival was held in Taiyang village of Mingyue town, Antu county. The onsite sales volume of matsutake and its series products exceeded 700,000 yuan, and the contract value reached nearly 20 million yuan.
This year’s matsutake culture festival was organized by the publicity authority of the Antu county Party committee and jointly held by the Antu Economic Development Zone, the Mingyue town government, Yanbian Changbai Mountain Fuxinyu Matsutake Food Industrial Corporation and the Changbai Mountain local specialty cooperative of Mingyue town. With the theme of "Changbai Charm·Matsutake Passion·Antu Tour", the festival integrated picking experience, product exhibition, food tasting and art performance, attracting many people to visit.
Fresh matsutake, matsutake wine, matsutake slices and matsutake sauce were the most popular products on site. To date, the matsutake industry of Antu county has gradually formed a "company + cooperative + farmer" operation mode with the integration of production and marketing to increase incomes steadily and to lay a solid foundation for the development of the county’s matsutake industry.