What research achievements does Hu Zhongqing have in the field of Lycium barbarum?

Hu Zhongqing is the father of Lycium barbarum. Founder of sulfur-free smoked Lycium barbarum production technology, inheritor of intangible cultural heritage of traditional cultivation technology of Lycium barbarum.

In the 1970s, the Lycium barbarum industry was depressed, so Hu Zhongqing drafted the "Ningxia Lycium barbarum Revitalization Plan" and reported it to the Agriculture Bureau. He systematically summarized the comprehensive techniques of high-quality cultivation of Lycium barbarum, published relevant monographs, selected the essence of monographs and compiled training materials, and always insisted on explaining and teaching traditional cultivation techniques of Lycium barbarum to farmers in the first line.

Hu Zhongqing also founded the production technology of sulfur-free smoked Lycium barbarum. Fresh Lycium barbarum is thin and difficult to store. If the traditional production method of Lycium barbarum is adopted, Lycium barbarum will easily deteriorate or turn black in the production process, and the red fruit rate of Lycium barbarum is only 30%. In order to improve the red fruit rate, some people will use sulfur fumigation or dyeing during the production process. In order to ensure the quality of Lycium barbarum in Ningxia, Hu Zhongqing founded the "production technology of sulfur-free smoked Lycium barbarum" after years of research. This technology has fundamentally solved the problem that has puzzled farmers in Qi for thousands of years. Without using sulfur, the red fruit rate of excellent Lycium barbarum can be increased from only 30% to 90%. What is even more valuable is that Hu Zhongqing taught his skills to Qinong, Ningxia for free, and now the application rate of this skill in the production of sulfur-free smoked Lycium barbarum in China has reached 90%.