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YINCHUAN, China, May 16, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

2022 International Trade Fair for Wines and Spirits, namely Prowein, kicked off

on May 15 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Thirty-six wineries from Ningxia Helan

Mountain's East Foothill Wine Region, China's biggest concentrated wine grape

plantation area, take part in the exhibition. On the opening ceremony, Ningxia

Helan Mountain's East Foothill Wine Region was awarded the prize of Emerging

Sustainable Wine Region and ten wines awarded Best Wine and Sustainable wine

respectively.

Ningxia participates in the event online with its display booth established in

convention and exhibition center in Dusseldorf and a conference room in

Yinchuan, capital city of Ningxia. Ningxia presents its charming customs and

flavors and showcases the development of its wine industry through live footage

from the two sites.

Ningxia Helan Mountain's East Foothill Wine Region is located between 37 and 39

degrees North Latitude and is thus internationally recognized as one of the

world's "golden belt" for planting grapes. In terms of natural endowment, the

area enjoys abundant sunshine, has little annual rainfall, registers big

differences in temperatures in different seasons, and maintains low air

humidity, which make the nectarous Ningxia wines have the typical oriental

style with the sweet, supple and balanced mouthfeel.

Over the past few years, Ningxia has taken advantage of its unique natural

conditions, emulated and followed the good examples of other major vineyards

across the world, learning good and updated world wine producing models and

building up a base of top quality vineyards. A constellation of large and

small-and-medium-sized vineyards here are forging increasingly popular brands,

experiencing a full momentum of consolidating a major wine industry.

Up to now, Ningxia has 550,000 mu (366,850 square kilometers) of vineyards and

has 101 wineries, producing 130 million bottles of wine each year. The Ningxia

wines have won over 1,000 international prizes, over 60 percent of all the

prizes ever won by Chinese wineries.

In 2013, J. Robinson, world's guru for wine tasting, introduced Ningxia wines

into "World Wine Map", while the Region won the prestige of one of the world's

top 10 wine tourism destinations in an evaluation by an international

institution of experts. In 2021, the Ningxia wine became one of Sino-Europe

cooperation's geographical symbols. In the same year, Chinese government

approved Ningxia to build the National Open Development Comprehensive Pilot

Zone for Grape and Wine Industry, the first of its kind in China, which means

Ningxia entering the country's national development strategical planning.

As one of the most prestigious international trade fair for wines & spirits,

2022 ProWein has attracted over 60 countries and regions with 5,500

participants to join. Through the event, Ningxia aims to enhance with other

major wine-producing countries and wine organizations the communication and

operation on variety, technology, education, talents, etc., increase

international popularity of the region and open wider global markets for the

wines.

Source: Ningxia Helan Mountain's East Foothill Wine Region

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