Intellectual Property Protection and High-quality Development of Grape Industrial Clusters in Xinjiang

Miaomiao XU, Jinjin WANG, Yulan BAI, Jin ZENG, Yuanpeng SUN, Zhiguo SUN

1. Research Base for Forging the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, China; 2. College of Economics, Xinjiang University of Science and Technology, Korla 841000, China

Abstract This paper introduced the grape industry in Xinjiang and its agricultural intellectual property resources, and analyzed six major problems such as the ineffective leading role of intellectual property rights in high-quality development. Finally, it proposed eight strategies to build a national-level regional fine-grain breeding base for grapes and develop “agricultural chips” in the context of the strategy of strengthening the country with intellectual property and innovation-driven development strategy.

Key words Grape, Industrial clusters, Intellectual property, High-quality development, Xinjiang

1 Introduction

Agricultural intellectual property rights are intellectual property rights related to the agricultural field, and are important factors of production in the knowledge economy and core elements of international competitiveness[1-5]. Heritage intellectual property rights such as traditional knowledge and agricultural biogenetic resources promote the inheritance of farming culture; creative intellectual property rights such as invention patents, utility model patents, and new varieties of agricultural plants support the innovation drive of rural advantageous and characteristic industries; marking intellectual property rights such as geographical indications, trademarks, and design patents will promote the branding of rural advantageous and characteristic industries.

Xinjiang is the earliest area in China to plant grapes, and it is also a main grape producing area in China. In Turpan, Hotan, Aksu, Kashgar, Hami, and many other areas of Xinjiang, the grape industry has become a pillar industry in the rural area and an important source of income for farmers[6]. During July 12 and July 15, 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we should cultivate and strengthen Xinjiang’s characteristic and advantageous industries. In March 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance launched the construction of advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, and approved the construction of Xinjiang grape advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters in 2021. Xinjiang is making every effort to build this agricultural advantageous and characteristic industrial cluster, and focuses on implementing 37 sub-projects of five major projects, including the improvement of the production capacity of the grape base and the improvement of the high-quality development of wine. Xinjiang is making every effort to build this agricultural advantageous and characteristic industrial cluster, and focuses on implementing 37 sub-projects of five major projects, including the improvement of the production capacity of the grape base and the improvement of the high-quality development of wine. Prospering rural advantageous and characteristic industries is an important task for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation, and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country.

In view of the above situations, we studied the grape industry in Xinjiang and its intellectual property resources, and discussed the strategy of intellectual property protection and high-quality development of grape industrial clusters in Xinjiang in the context of the strategy of strengthening the country with intellectual property rights and the innovation-driven development strategy.

2 Grape industry in Xinjiang

2.1 Grape and its whole industrial chainGrape (VitisviniferaL.) is a woody vine plant belonging to the genusVitisin the family Vitaceae. It is native to western Asia and is now cultivated all over the world. Grape specimens and grape seeds were unearthed from the Zhou Dynasty (about 2 500 years ago) Yanghai Ancient Tombs and the Warring States Period (475BC-221BC) Subeixi Ancient Tombs in Shanshan County, Turpan City, Xinjiang, proving that the grape has been spread to the Turpan Basin of Xinjiang in the Zhou Dynasty (before the 5thcentury BC) through Central Asia from West Asia. But it was not until the Han Dynasty that Zhang Qian introduced grape species to the Central Plains. In China, grapes are mainly produced in Xinjiang, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Yunnan and other places.

Grape is a famous fruit. It can be eaten fresh, brewed wine, made raisins, grape juice, grape seed beverage, grape seed oil and other grape foods, and tartaric acid, resveratrol, and proanthocyanidins can be extracted from grape. Grape also has high medicinal value. Its roots and vines can stop vomiting and prevent miscarriage, and its peel and seeds can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. According to the theory of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), grape is neutral in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, nourishing liver and kidney, promoting body fluid, strengthening bones and muscles, relieving cough and irritability, replenishing qi and blood, and facilitating urination. The whole grape industrial chain includes the production of agricultural machinery, pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural materials, seed selection, farmland improvement, grape planting, processing (wine making, raisin making, grape beverage, grape seed oil and other grape foods, extraction of tartaric acid,etc.), sales, and picking tour.

2.2 Planting area and yieldThe planting area in Xinjiang grape reached 122.97 thousand ha (Table 1). Xinjiang planted 88.58 thousand ha, accounting for 72.03%. Specifically, the seven cities and prefectures in northern Xinjiang only planted 2.56 thousand ha, accounting for 2.08% of the entire autonomous region; the two cities in eastern Xinjiang planted 38.61 thousand ha, accounting for 31.40%; the five prefectures in southern Xinjiang planted as high as 32.17 thousand ha, accounting for 26.16%, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps planted 34.39 thousand ha, accounting for 27.97%.

Table 1 Grape planting area and yield in Xinjiang

The yield of Xinjiang grape reached 3.049 8 million t (Table 1). Xinjiang produced 2.198 1 million t, accounting for 72.07%. Specifically, the seven cities and prefectures in northern Xinjiang only produced 179 900 t, accounting for 5.90% of the entire autonomous region; the yield of the two cities in eastern Xinjiang was 1.328 3 million t, accounting for 43.55%; the yield of the five prefectures in southern Xinjiang was as high as 689 900 t, accounting for 22.62%; the yield of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps was 851 700 t, accounting for 27.93% of the entire autonomous region. In the local cities and prefectures of Xinjiang (Table 1), the main grape producing areas are Turpan, Hotan, Aksu, Kashgar, Hami, and Ili, and the yield was 12 115 000 million, 283 000, 151 600, 124 900, 116 800, and 99 400 t, accounting for 39.72%, 9.28%, 4.97%, 4.10%, 3.83%, and 3.26% of the total in the autonomous region.

Among Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (Table 2), the main grape producing areas are Shihezi City of the 8thDivision of the Southern Xinjiang Corps, Shuanghe City of the 5thDivision, Xinxing City of the 13thDivision, Kekedala City of the 4thDivision, 12thDivision, and Tiemenguan City of the 2ndDivision, with the yield of 234 400, 123 500, 119 600, 92 200, 60 200, and 55 400 t, accounting for 7.69%, 4.05%, 3.92%, 3.02%, 1.97%, and 1.82% of the total in the autonomous region.

Table 2 Grape planting area and yield of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

2.3 Advantageous counties of characteristic agricultural products (division of the corps)TheRegionalLayoutPlanforSpecialAgriculturalProducts(2013-2020) formulated by the former Ministry of Agriculture determined that North China, Northeast China, East China, Central South, Southwest and Northwest China are the advantageous regions for grapes in the country. Among the 182 grape advantageous counties (divisions of the corps) in the country, there are 20 in Xinjiang. In northern Xinjiang, there are Bole City in Bortala Prefecture, Changji City, Hutubi County, and Manas County in in Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Shihezi City, Wujiaqu City, 4thDivision, 5thDivision, 6thDivision, 8thDivision, and 222 Regiment of the 12thDivision. In the eastern Xinjiang, there are Gaochang District, Turpan City, Shanshan County, Yizhou District, Hami City, the 12thDivision and 13thDivision of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In southern Xinjiang, there are Bayingolin Prefecture Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Second Division, Xinhe County in Aksu Prefecture, and Atush City in Kizilsu Prefecture.

2.4 "One village, one product" demonstration villages and townsAmong the "one village, one product" demonstration villages and towns in Xinjiang, there are 19 whose leading products are grapes (Table 3), including 8 in northern Xinjiang, 8 in eastern Xinjiang, and 3 in southern Xinjiang. Specifically, there are 9 such villages and towns in Xinjiang local areas and 10 in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Table 3 National "one village, one product" demonstration villages and towns for grapes in Xinjiang

2.5 Advantageous areas of characteristic agricultural products and advantageous characteristic industrial clustersAmong the 308 national advantageous areas of characteristic agricultural products, there are Shuanghe grape and Shanshan County advantageous areas in the 5thDivision of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In the list of 140 national advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, there is the grape industrial cluster in Xinjiang. This industrial cluster mainly covers 8 counties and cities in Changji City, Hutubi County, Manas County, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Heshuo County, Bohu County, Artux City, and Hotan County.

2.6 Regional improved variety breeding base and germplasm resource bank (nursery)For the national-level improved variety breeding base for grapes, China already has Pingdu City in Shandong Province, but there is no such base in Xinjiang. For the cross-provincial seed breeding bases, there are Sanya City, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Lingshui Li Autonomous County in Hainan Province, Xundian County and Yuanmou County in Yunnan Province. Among the 72 national crop germplasm resource banks (nurseries), Xinjiang autonomous region has the national Xinjiang unique fruit tree germplasm resource nursery (Luntai), and the national central Asian characteristic crop germplasm resource bank (Urumqi). The professional germplasm resource banks in other places include the national jujube grape germplasm resource nursery (Taigu), the national grape peach germplasm resource nursery (Zhengzhou), and the national wolfberry germplasm resource nursery (Yinchuan).

2.7 Foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases and exportsThere are only three national foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases related to the grape industry in northern Xinjiang: 8thDivision Shihezi City National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Base (Agricultural Products) in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 10thDivision Beituni City National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Base (Agricultural Products) in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and National Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Base (Canned Fruits and Vegetables) in Urumqi City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. In 2021, Xinjiang exported 23 598.9 t of grapes, mainly to Thailand, the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia and other places. The export volume was 21 460.7, 1 512.0, 154.0, and 127.8 t, respectively, and the export value was 43.352 million, 2.679 million, 318 000, and 183 000 USD.

3 Intellectual property resources of grape industry in Xinjiang

Intellectual property resources related to grapes[7-8]mainly include patents, new plant varieties, geographical indications, trademarks, biological genetic resources, traditional knowledge,etc.

3.1 PatentsThe Xinjiang grape obtained national patents relatively late, starting in 1990, and has obtained a total of 2 484 national patents so far (Fig.1). Among them, there are 1 492 invention patents, accounting for 60.06%, 829 new utility patents, accounting for 33.37%, and 163 industrial design patents, accounting for 6.56%. The top ten applicants (patentees) with the number of patents are: Shihezi University (90 patents), Xinjiang Agricultural University (70 patents), Tarim University (62 patents), Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences (52 patents), Xinjiang University (47 patents), Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics &Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (43 patents), Horticultural Crops Research Institute of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (43 patents), Urumqi Unic Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (36 patents), Agricultural Products Storage and Processing Research Institute of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (28 patents), and Shihezi Agricultural Science Research Institute (18 patents). These national industrial design patents generally belong to class 9 of the industrial design Locarno Classification (LOC), namely, industrial design used for grape packaging and containers, belonging to the marking class intellectual property rights.

Fig.1 Number of national patents obtained in Xinjiang grape field during 1990-2022

Xinjiang grapes have obtained 233 national invention patents and 349 national new utility patents in the Planting Industry International Patent Classification (IPC) A01; obtained 17 national invention patents and 4 national utility patents in the breeding field IPC A01H; obtained 315 national invention patents and 188 national utility patents in food field IPC A21 and A23; and obtained 62 national invention patents and no national utility patent in medicine and health field IPC A61. In the wine field, Xinjiang grape has obtained 392 national patents, including 200 invention patents, accounting for 51.02%; 143 new utility patents, accounting for 36.48%; 49 industrial design patents, accounting for 12.50%.

3.2 New varieties of agricultural plantsIn China, there are two systems for the protection of new plant variety rights: new varieties of agricultural plants under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; new varieties of forest and grass plants under the State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA). On August 5, 2003, the former Ministry of Agriculture issued the fifth batch ofProtectionListofAgriculturalPlantVarietiesofthePeople’sRepublicofChina, which included the genusVitisL. But, neitherVitisviniferaL. nor genusVitisL. was included intoProtectionListofNewVarietiesofPlantsofthePeople’sRepublicofChina(ForestandGrassPart). By now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has granted 126 new varieties of agricultural plants of the genusVitisL., but none of the variety rights holders are involved in Xinjiang.

3.3 Geographical indicationsIn accordance withEU-ChinaAgreementonCooperationonandProtectionofGeographicalIndications, 275 Chinese geographical indication products will be protected in the EU, including Turpan raisins.

China’s geographical indication protection system is still not perfect. At present, there are three systems: (i) geographical indication products of the China National Intellectual Property Administration; (ii) geographical indication trademarks of the Trademark Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration; (iii) geographical indications of agricultural products of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

3.3.1Geographical indication products. There are 4 kinds of geographical indication products in Xinjiang grape industry (Table 4). Northern Xinjiang has no geographical indication products, eastern Xinjiang has Turpan grapes, Turpan raisins, and Turpan wine, and southern Xinjiang has Heshuo wine.

Table 4 Geographical indication products related to Xinjiang grapes

3.3.2Geographical indication trademarks. Xinjiang grape industry has 10 geographical indication trademarks (Table 5). Northern Xinjiang has no geographical indication trademark, eastern Xinjiang has Turpan raisins and Turpan grapes, and southern Xinjiang has Heshuo grapes, Kuqa Akshaywa grapes, Xinhe grapes, Hotan grapes, Kashgar grapes, Atushi Munage grapes, Awati Musailaisi (grape drink, registration number 5717691), and Awati Musailasi (registration number 5717692).

Table 5 Geographical indication trademarks related to Xinjiang grapes

As shown in Table 6, the trademark in Class 29 of the International Classification is raisins, and the trademark in Class 31 is table grapes. Only Turpan raisin has registered the geographical indication trademark of raisin. Turpan grapes, Heshuo grapes, Kuqa Akshaywa grapes, Xinhe grapes, Hotan grapes, Kashgar grapes, Atushi Munage grapes actually only registered geographical indication trademarks for table grapes, although the leading product of grape commodities selling out of Xinjiang is raisins.

3.3.3Geographical indications of agricultural products. Xinjiang grapes have 5 geographical indications of agricultural products (Table 6). Specifically, there are Bole red grapes, Shihezi table grapes, Toutunhe grapes, and Mohuer grapes in northern Xinjiang, eastern Xinjiang has no geographical indication of agricultural products, and southern Xinjiang has Munage grapes.

Table 6 Geographical indications of agricultural products of Xinjiang grapes

3.4 TrademarksThere are four basic types of trademarks: ordinary trademarks; collective trademarks; certification trademarks; special signs. There are no collective trademarks or special sign trademarks in the grape industry in Xinjiang, but there are many ordinary trademarks, and related companies generally register their own private ordinary trademarks for their products. There are 10 relevant certification trademarks, all of which are geographical indication trademarks (Table 6). These are regional public trademarks like collective trademarks. In this industry, China’s well-known trademarks include: ordinary trademark "Xintian" (Xintian International Wine Industry Co., Ltd., wine), "Loulan" (Turpan Loulan Wine Co., Ltd., wine), and "Xiangdu" (Xinjiang Xiangdu Wine Co., Ltd., wine). Famous trademarks in Xinjiang include: certification trademarks "Turpan Grape", "Atushi Munage grapes",etc., the ordinary trademarks "Beijiang" (Xinjiang Beijiang Hongti Grape Industry Development Co., Ltd.) and "Xinpuwang" (Xinjiang Turpan Xinpuwang Liquor Industry Co., Ltd.).

3.5 Biogenetic resourcesXinjiang has a long history of grape planting[9]and rich biological genetic resources[10-11], with more than 600 varieties of grapes. Most of the grapes belong to Eurasian species, mainly Xiangfei, Hetianhong, Xinyu, Suosuo, Rizamat, Hongti, Lady Red, Red Earth, Murag, Jingzaojing, Kyoho, Crimson Seedless, Seedless Red, Seedless Purple, Seedless White, Centennial Seedless, Long Grain Seedless White, Milk, Late Red, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Kashikar, and Pink Toffee,etc.

3.6 Traditional knowledgeThe traditional knowledge of grape industry clusters in Xinjiang is rich, mainly including traditional planting techniques, important agricultural cultural heritage (unique land use system and agricultural landscape, ancient vineyards,etc.), traditional techniques for preparing traditional processes, wines and musalais and other related traditional foods, traditional medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine, Uighur medicine, Kazakh medicine) knowledge of grape medicinal use (traditional pharmacology, prescriptions, prescriptions, treatment methods), and famous traditional grapes and the traditional names of traditional products, which are important agricultural cultural content in major grape producing areas. Among them, relevant Chinese important agricultural cultural heritages include Turpan Karez agricultural system and Ili Chabucharbuha agricultural system, related national intangible cultural heritage, autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage includes Awati Uyghur Musalais brewing process, Uyghur Sierkai (grape fruit vinegar) production skills, raisin drying skills, melon and fruit storage skills. The names include Turpan grapes, Hotan grapes, Kashgar grapes, Awati Musailasi, Turpan wine,etc.

4 Main problems

4.1 Few high-quality patentsThere are few national patents in the field of grapes in Xinjiang, only 2 484 national patents, and there is a lack of high-quality patents, especially in the field of breeding [A01H of International Patent Classification (IPC)], food deep processing (A21 and A23 of IPC), and medicine and health field (A61 of IPC).

4.2 No new plant variety rightsSince the genus Vitis was included in the fifth batch ofProtectionListofAgriculturalPlantVarietiesofthePeople’sRepublicofChinain 2003, there were not many new grape varieties cultivated in Xinjiang. In addition, the awareness of protection of new plant variety rights is not strong, and the new variety rights are still in blank.

4.3 Development of the seed industry lagging behindThe ability to create patents in the field of grape breeding in Xinjiang is not strong, there are not many achievements in the cultivation of new varieties, and the "agricultural chips" are backward. The national-level regional improved variety breeding base of grapes and the national-level seed industry counties lag behind in the development of the seed industry.

4.4 Weak awareness of biological genetic resources protectionThe investigation and collection of biological genetic resources is not in-depth and incomplete. The national grape crop germplasm resource bank (nursery) has not been established, the loss of biological genetic resources is serious, the germplasm diversity is threatened, and the awareness of biological genetic resources protection is weak.

4.5 Weak traditional knowledge inheritance and innovation

The inheritance of traditional knowledge is weak, the grape industry is basically blank in China and the world’s important agricultural cultural heritage, and there is no related national intangible cultural heritage. The only intangible cultural heritages at the autonomous region level include Awati Uyghur Musailasi brewing technology, Uyghur Sirkai (grape fruit vinegar) production technology, raisin drying technology, and melon and fruit storage skills. Related traditional medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine, Uighur medicine, Kazakh medicine) knowledge inheritance and innovation development has not received enough attention. As the source of innovation, traditional knowledge needs to be further excavated and utilized.

4.6 Not prominent leading role of intellectual property rights in high-quality developmentIntellectual property resources are not very rich. Especially in collective trademarks, certification trademarks, Xinjiang famous trademarks, Chinese well-known trademarks, new varieties of agricultural plants, invention patents and new utility patents in key technical fields,etc., the leading role of intellectual property rights in high-quality development is not prominent. It is necessary to strengthen the creation, application, protection, management and service of intellectual property rights, especially heritage intellectual property rights such as traditional knowledge and agricultural biological genetic resources, and promote the inheritance of farming culture in grape industry clusters. Creative intellectual property rights such as invention patents, utility model patents, and new varieties of agricultural plants support the innovation-driven development of the grape industry cluster. Marking class intellectual property rights such as geographical indications, trademarks, industrial design patents promote the brand development of grape industry clusters.

5 Strategy recommendations

5.1 Exploring the traditional knowledge that is the source of innovation and inheriting and innovate the farming culture of the grape industryIt is recommended to collect and sort out the traditional knowledge, cultural heritage, and biological genetic resources of grape industry clusters in Xinjiang, to identify and extract the cultural connotation of grapes and their products, and to use traditional knowledge, cultural heritage, and biological genetic resources as the sources of innovation for grape industry clusters, carry forward relevant knowledge and culture of traditional medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine, Uighur medicine, Kazakh medicine), carry forward the production skills of traditional grape products (especially Musailasi and wine), actively declare China and the world’s important agricultural cultural heritage, national and autonomous region intangible cultural heritage,etc., inherit and innovate the farming culture of the grape industry.

5.2 Maintaining the diversity of biological genetic resources and creating a national germplasm resource bank (nursery) for grape cropsIt is necessary to investigate and collect grape biological genetic resources, introduce fine varieties at home and abroad, maintain the diversity of its biological genetic resources, draw on the experience of the national jujube grape germplasm resource nursery (Taigu), the national grape peach germplasm resource nursery (Zhengzhou), and the national wolfberry germplasm resource nursery (Yinchuan),etc., and create a national crop germplasm resource bank (nursery) specialized in grapes in Xinjiang.

5.3 Creating a national-level regional improved variety breeding base for grapes and developing "agricultural chips"

It is recommended to learn from relevant domestic experience to create a national-level improved variety breeding base for grapes. Besides, it is recommended to adopt modern plant breeding technology, cultivate fine varieties, support leading enterprises in the grape seed industry. Specifically, it is necessary to build Gaochang District, Shanshan County, Changji City, Heshuo County, Hotan County, the 5thDivision, the 8thDivision, and the 14thDivision of the Grape Seed Industry Major Counties (divisions), and develop "agricultural chips".

5.4 Creating a cross-regional "industry-university-research-use-innovation" innovation platform to tackle key technologies for the development of industrial clustersIt is recommended to take advantage of targeted projects for aiding Xinjiang, combined with local foundations, to create a five-in-one cross-regional "industry-university-research-application-innovation" innovation platform for grape industry clusters in Xinjiang. Besides, it is necessary to concentrate on the grape seed industry, deep processing of grape products, grape manufacturing, and development of medical and health products,etc., to tackle the key technologies for the development of grape industry clusters.

5.5 Enhancing the protection of creative intellectual property rights and promoting the innovation-driven development of industrial clustersIt is necessary to enhance key technological breakthroughs in the development of the grape seed industry and industrial clusters, enhance the creation of creative intellectual property rights such as invention patents, utility model patents, and new varieties of agricultural plants, improve the level of creation, utilization, protection, management and service of intellectual property rights, and promote the innovation-driven development of industrial clusters with creative intellectual property rights.

5.6 Improving the marking class intellectual property rights to promote the brand development of industrial clustersIt is recommended to formulate the corresponding national standards for each geographical indication, and encourage new grape agricultural business entities and ordinary farmers within the scope of geographical indication protection to use the corresponding special signs of geographical indications. Besides, Xinjiang should actively register collective trademarks and certification trademarks, and use these two regional public trademarks to compete for Xinjiang famous trademarks and Chinese well-known trademarks. Xinjiang should use geographical indications as the key link to integrate the regional brands of grape industry clusters, and improve the protection and utilization of intellectual property rights such as geographical indications, collective marks, certification marks, and LOC category 9 industrial design patents, strengthen brand marketing and create a regional public brand for grape industry clusters.

5.7 Building an agricultural product advantageous area with Chinese characteristics, and building a national advantageous and characteristic industrial clusterIt is recommended to build the Chinese characteristics of Shuanghe grape in the 5thDivision of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Turpan grape in Shanshan County from the aspects of standardized production base, processing base, warehousing and logistics base, scientific and technological support system, brand building and marketing system, quality control system, construction and operation mechanism.

Xinjiang should improve the production capacity of grape "agricultural chips" and bases, improve the high-quality development of wine, and improve the creation, application, protection, management and service of intellectual property rights in the whole industry, especially Changji City, Hutubi County, Manas County, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Heshuo County, Bohu County, Artux City, Hotan County.

5.8 Implementing the "Three New Developments" thought and promoting the high-quality development of industrial clustersXinjiang should implement Xi Jinping’s "Three New Developments" thought[12-13], grasp the new development stage-the historical stage of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with both inheritance and innovation, and realize the integration of inheritance and innovation. It is recommended to implement new development concepts, adhere to innovative development, coordinated development, green development, open development, and shared development, make full use of domestic and foreign resources, develop the entire grape industry chain, and accelerate the construction of domestic and international double cycles that promote each other. Furthermore, strengthen the demonstration role of the national "one village, one product" demonstration villages and towns, the national foreign trade transformation and upgrading base, the advantageous area of agricultural products with Chinese characteristics, and the national advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters,etc., lead the high-quality development of grape industry clusters in Xinjiang with the "Three New Developments" thought and intellectual property rights, and promote the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.