Zizhong blood orange is native to Italy, also known as Taroko blood orange. In 1992, it was introduced and cultivated by the Citrus Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to Zizhong County, Sichuan Province.
Today, the planting area of blood oranges in Zizhong has reached 280,000 mu, accounting for 60% of the country's total, with an annual output of 400,000 tons. Zizhong County has put forward the goal of Zizhong Blood Orange’s “Double 3 Plan, Ten Billion Industry”. By the end of 2022, Zizhong’s blood orange planting area will reach 300,000 mu, realizing direct fruit growers’ income of 3 billion yuan, and the output value of the entire blood orange industry chain. 10 billion yuan.
In January 2019, Zizhong also introduced the first intelligent 4.0 sorting and washing machine. The price of this machine is more than ten times that of the ordinary sorting and washing machine. It not only has a fast washing speed, but also washes fruits according to parameters such as sugar content and acidity.