A visitor checks a kind of medical herb at a herbal ecological garden in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain. (Photos: Xinhua)

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2019 shows the panax notoginseng and its fibrous roots for making medical diets in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Visitors learn about raw materials of Chinese medicine at a Chinese medicine culture exhibition hall in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Liu Yingpin (L), a staff member from a local healthcare company, and his colleague check the panax notoginseng planted in pipes in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Chef Yang Xianyong cooks panax notoginseng and dark-skinned chicken soup in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Chef Yang Xianyong cooks panax notoginseng and dark-skinned chicken soup in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Combo photo taken on Nov. 28, 2019 shows the panax notoginseng displayed at a Chinese medicine culture exhibition hall in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

A staff member from a local healthcare company checks the lateral bud of panax notoginseng in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 28, 2019 shows the panax notoginseng green house at a local healthcare company in Beidacun Township of Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.

A staff member from the Chinese medicine culture exhibition hall demonstrates how to grind panax notoginseng in Shilin Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 28, 2019. Yunnan Province is a major production area of panax notoginseng, the main ingredient of Yunnan white medical powder, also known as "Yunnan Baiyao". The local government of Shilin County has made great efforts to develop panax notoginseng industry, including the ecological planting of panax notoginseng, the establishment of viewing base and the development of panax notoginseng medical diet, forming a whole industry chain.