China Cleans Up Hemp Plant For Industrial Use

Hemp, a plant that sounds fearful, can be applied for the production of high-grade clothing and home textiles after being modified and detoxified.

China has made a breakthrough in the research, development and industrialization of hemp.

Youngor Group, China National Textile & Apparel Council, and the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department Quartermaster Equipment Institute on a jointly-held press conference made the announcement.

Hemp grows in Yunnan and Xinjiang in China, and is forbidden to be planted for it can be used to extract drugs.

Hemp is also a source for superior natural fibers.

Some departments in China studying on it for over 20 years successfully modified it, and explored two new varieties, Yunma Ⅰ and Yunma Ⅱ, which are totally poison-free and named under a general category of "Chinese Hemp".　　　　

Chinese Hemp fiber, is a kind of typically rare functional and environment-friendly textile fibers.

To cope with the situation that the industrialization of Chinese Hemp as a raw material for textile industry develops slowly, Youngor Group was appointed to industrialize modified and detoxified Chinese Hemp.

Currently, the company has successfully explored clothing from Chinese Hemp

The cutting edge company obtains an annual production capacity of 5000mt Chinese Hemp bast fibers.

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