In 1987, the Taoyuan County Government began putting on a "Honey Peach Night" activity every summer, and with top politicians from many cities around the island attending, and Taoyuan County chief executive Liu Pang-you selling the concept for all he was worth, honey peaches became Taoyuan County's "national fruit."
民國七十六年，桃園縣每年夏天開始舉辦「水蜜桃之夜」，在許多部會首長聯袂參加、共襄盛舉下，縣長劉邦友更全力推銷，水蜜桃因此成為桃園的「縣果」。