Hwaseong Ginseng Distribution Center Opens Its Doors

The Hwaseong Ginseng Distribution Center opened its doors on the 3rd in Slhang-ri, Mado-myeon.

The Hwaseong Ginseng Distribution Center was built by Hwaseong Ginseng Farming Association Corporation, centered on ginseng farmers in Hwaseong City, with support from agricultural, forestry and fisheries projects, at a total project cost of 3,174 million won.

The center is equipped with ginseng product drying and production facilities, low-temperature storage, GMP zones, ginseng storage and processing facilities, as well as a sales floor. It also features a steaming room for consumers who wish to prepare red ginseng extract themselves, as well as a rest area.

The center offers a variety of ginseng-related products directly produced in Hwaseong City, including fresh ginseng and red ginseng extract, ginseng essence, and dried ginseng candy. With excellent accessibility, it is expected to be welcomed by many tourists visiting Hwaseong City.

Since ancient times, ginseng has been treated as a "superior medicine blessed with the essence of heaven" in East Asian tradition and has long been valued as a precious medicinal herb.

However, today the status of ginseng as the homeland of its origin is becoming precarious, overshadowed by large-scale production offensives from Chinese "Tianqi ginseng" and aggressive marketing strategies of North American ginseng.

In response, the government is working hard to reclaim the status of ginseng's country of origin by preparing ginseng industry promotion measures to expand its value as a source of natural new drug development and as diverse industrial materials and cultural content, transforming what was once an Eastern medicine.

In line with this, the Hwaseong City Agricultural Technology Center announced plans to cultivate ginseng as a specialized crop in Hwaseong City and to make multifaceted efforts including developing various products using ginseng and providing technical guidance for superior ginseng production.