Classification and Evaluation of Characteristic Products of Origin in Yunnan Province" was released and implemented, and Tianbao Birch Biologicals participated as the main drafting unit.

Yunnan Geographical Indication Industry Association group standard "Yunnan Province origin characteristic product grade classification and evaluation" was officially released on November 6th. The group standard is proposed by Yunnan Geographical Indications Industry Association and is under the centralization, and the main drafting units include DINGHONG Intellectual Property Service Group Co., Ltd, Yunnan University, Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Horticultural Crops Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming South Asia Southeast Asia Import and Export Trade Co.

Yunnan Geographical Indication Industry Association was established in October 2022. The association aims to boost the deep development of Yunnan geographical indication products to high standard, high quality and high yield, and help Yunnan rural revitalization. Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Dinghong Intellectual Property Group, Yunnan Innovation Research Institute of Beihang and other units have specially set up the Geographical Indication Science and Technology Service Center and China (Kunming) Regional Geographical Indication Product Promotion and Service Center, and jointly created Yunnan Geographical Indication Industry Alliance, which is dedicated to the excavation of quality characteristics, product standard development, product cultivation and protection operation of geographical indication industry.

The mission standard stipulates the scope of the classification and evaluation of products of specialties of origin in Yunnan Province, the principles of classification and evaluation, the requirements for evaluation, the contents of evaluation, the evaluation procedures and the use and management of certificates, etc. It is applicable to the comprehensive grading and evaluation of products of specialties of origin from Yunnan Province. It is applicable to the comprehensive grading and assessment of products of specialties of origin produced in Yunnan Province.

The scope of products includes agricultural and forestry products such as tea, grains and cereals, fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy products, aquatic products, bee products, spices, etc. White kidney beans are included in this product category. In addition, it also includes non-edible agricultural and forestry products, Chinese herbal medicine products and handicrafts.

According to the basic conditions, region of origin, product quality, product culture, product technology, etc. involved in the specialty products of origin, they are comprehensively divided into A-grade products, A-grade products, A-grade products, and A-grade products. They are comprehensively divided into five levels: Grade A, Grade AA, Grade AAA, Grade AAAA, Grade AAAAA, with Grade A being the lowest and Grade AAAAA the highest.

Mission standard assessment of the origin of the region stipulates that, within a specific geographical range, the formation of the quality characteristics of the origin of specialty products have a direct or indirect impact on the natural environment of the region. This document stipulates that the production area is divided into three production areas: main production area, key production area and core production area, and the quality of the products produced in the three production areas should have intuitive differences.

The production area should have a specific range of origin of the product, based on the geographical scope of the product's long-term production, or based on the relevant units of the product's origin has been divided into the scope of the product; the natural environment of the production area (natural geography, climate, meteorology, hydrology, soils, vegetation, microorganisms, ores, etc.) have the necessary conditions for the production of agricultural products and handicrafts raw materials.

The quality of the products shall be assessed on the basis of unique external sensory characteristics and internal physical and chemical indicators. The quality indexes of the products shall not be lower than the relevant national standards, and the products shall have specific quality indexes that are different from or better than those of similar products. Product process should have a clear, standardized procedures and processes; production body to develop a quality control system, the product by the statutory inspection agency testing qualified.

Comprehensive provisions of the above standards, by the Yunnan Provincial Geographical Indication Industry Association as a permanent rating agency for rating. First of all, the applicant to provide the evaluation application and the listed evaluation conditions to submit the appropriate supporting information for the initial integrity and authenticity of the audit. Secondly, on-site verification is carried out and records of on-site verification are made. According to the information submitted by the subject of assessment and on-site verification, the relevant assessment contents are analyzed and preliminary assessment opinions and assessment reports are formed. Finally, the professional committee will review the assessment report and information to determine the comprehensive assessment level, and then submit it to the assessment organization for comprehensive assessment, give the appropriate level of the product, and make the result public.