Up to the end of 2016, the walnut planting area in Yunnan Province
has reached 42,800,000mu with the total output as 1,020,000 tons and
comprehensive output value as RMB30,500,000,000 and the per-capita walnut
income of the farmers in the main walnut production region has exceeded RMB1,500.
The walnut industry has become the plateau characteristic economic forest
industry with the largest area, the widest scope and the most benefited masses
in Yunnan Province and the walnut tree has also
become the “Prosperity Tree” and “Money Tree” for the income increase of the
foresters in the mountain area.