Status and Development Tendency of Chinese HerbalMedicine Planting in Guangdong Province

【Objective】 Located in south of China, Guangdong Province is rich in biological resources and Southern medicinal plants, with a wide variety of genuine medicinal materials. It is the main center of the cultivation, production, processing and distribution of Chinese herbal medicines. However, compared with the traditional agriculture, the overall planting level of Chinese medicine agriculture is relatively backward. The cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine is the fundamental part of Chinese medicine agriculture, however, get little attention to the breeding, plant protection and cultivation of medicinal materials, and less technical guidance has been provided to farmers, which results in the lower benefits of the planting of Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese medicine agriculture is an important part of the adjustment of industrial structure and supply-side reform, and more attention is paid to the development of Chinese medicine agriculture in Guangdong Province. In this paper, the current situation and problems of resource collection and identification, variety selection and standardized planting of traditional Chinese medicine agriculture were summarized, so as to provide support for the healthy and sustainable development of Chinese medicine agriculture in Guangdong Province in the future.