Record participation marks Ningxia's International Wine Culture Expo

Zhang Yupu, governor of Ningxia, said the region has emerged as the country's largest wine-producing area after more than four decades of development. It has about 40,000 hectares of grape plantations and 130 wineries annually producing 140 million bottles of wine.

He said the wine produced in Ningxia is exported to more than 40 countries and regions and has won more than 1700 awards in various international competitions, accounting for about half of China's total.