甘肃省庆阳地区地处陇东黄土高原,区内沟壑纵横,日照充足,昼夜温差大,适宜栽植苹果。为此,庆阳地委、行署于1986年把建设“百万亩商品苹果基地”确定为振兴庆阳老区农村经济的四大支柱之一,列入“七五”至“九五”全区经济发展规划,计划到2000年栽植苹果100万亩。一年多来, Gansu Province Qingyang area is located in Longdong Loess Plateau, gully aspect of the region, adequate sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, suitable for planting apples. To this end, Qingyang prefectural and administrative offices in 1986 to the construction of “one million mu of apple base” as one of the four pillars of the revitalization of rural economy in Qingyang old district, included in the “seven five” to “Nine Five” region Economic development planning, plan to plant 1000000 acres of apples in 2000. Over the past year,