As summer heat fades and autumn settles over China's Jiangnan region — the area south of the lower Yangtze River — a tiny white kernel begins appearing in markets, restaurant kitchens and family bowls.
In a bid to bring high-quality produce from its volcanic grasslands to consumers nationwide, Ulaanqab in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region is accelerating efforts to build new sales models through the integration of e-commerce and local specialty agricultural commodities.