minxianIntroduction:Introduction to Jixian County: Jixian County is located in Dingxi City, Gansu Province. In the south of Gansu Province, southwest of Dingxi City, the middle reaches of the Weihe River, in the area between the eastern foot of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Weinan Mountain in the West Qinling Mountains, at the east diameter of 103°41′29′′-104°59′23′′. The central area of the plane equilateral triangle formed by the three vertices of Lanzhou, Xi'an and Chengdu and the center of Dingxi, Tianshui, Weinan and Gannan. The National Highway 212 runs through the north and south, and the Provincial Highway 306 runs through the east and west. It is the main thoroughfare for “West Control Qinghai, Nantong Bayu, and East to Sanqin”. It includes 9 townships and 9 towns, with a land area of 3,579 square kilometers and 484,000 people (2013). The government is located in Fuyang Town. Jixian is known as the “millennial medicine township” and “the hometown of Chinese angelica”. It is a famous Chinese traditional raw material producing area in China. It is rich in 238 kinds of valuable Chinese herbal medicines such as Chinese angelica, Astragalus, Radix, Codonopsis and Salvia. It is famous for its long history of planting, quality and production. In 2001, Jixian was awarded the “Hometown of Chinese Angelica” by the China Agricultural Society and the Organizing Committee of the Chinese Specialties Township. [2-3]