Chilies help make ties a hot success story
China DailyGently spin a globe and one would easily find the Tropic of Cancer, a beautiful arc that runs through a dozen countries including China and Mexico. According to Wang Dongxiang, deputy director of the Selenium Industry Development Center in Yudu, the county's current selenium-rich chili planting area has reached 8 square kilometers, with an annual output of 78,000 metric tons and annual revenues of 470 million yuan. Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative more than 400 years later, Chinese chili peppers have made their way to the dining tables in Mexico, one of the world's largest markets for the hot fruit. The Mexican Chili Products Commission estimates that about 30 percent of the green chilies sold in Mexico come from China. In the first five months of this year, China exported unground dried chilies worth more than 120 million yuan to Mexico, with about 50 million yuan of ground dried chilies, according to China's General Administration of Customs.
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