North-South cooperation But what of mainland China, the real homeland of the mihoutao? Having woken up to the fact that what had been considered a very ordinary wild fruit actually has an export earnings potential far beyond what anyone could have imagined years ago, in recent years the mainland has started making strenuous efforts to make up lost ground by setting up research establishments and commencing commercial cultivation.
獼猴桃的正宗原鄉﹘﹘中國大陸，近年看到這原本毫不起眼的野果竟有這般「創匯」能耐，遠非當年所能想像，也已經開始急起直追，設立研究機構，從事商業栽培。