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Yibin
is the bamboo base of Sichuan province with its total amount of standing
bamboo forest accounting for 90 percent of the province. There are more
than 50 bamboo species in 31,800-hectare bamboo forest. The annual Cutting
amount includes 1,272,700 pieces of bamboo and 321,000 tons of other bamboos.
The bamboo base not only provides inexhaustible raw materials for the
industries of papermaking, building material and furniture making, but
also enlarges the traditional bamboo carving and bamboo handicraft and
promotes the development of tourism souvenirs. Now the bamboo handicraft
products total more than 2,000 kinds in 18 types, all are elegantly
shaped, with exquisite workmanship and acclaimed as the acme of
perfection. Some are exported to more than 30 countries and regions,
enhancing economical and cultural exchanges between China and other
nations. By the year of 1997, the bamboo forest is 63,200 hectare and the
annual cutting amount doubled.
