河南省淅川县是全国最大的小辣椒生产基地，由于深加工滞后，产品一度停留在只销售干辣椒的水平上。1996年由于国内外种植面积的扩大，淅川干辣椒由原来的每公斤30元以上降到每公斤6元以下。椒农收入急剧下降。这一年，原在淅川外贸工作，当初为小辣椒引种做出贡献的刘保生退休 Xichuan County, Henan Province, is the country’s largest production base of small peppers, due to the processing lag, the product once stopped at the level of sales of dried peppers. In 1996 due to the expansion of planting area at home and abroad, Xichuan chili dried peppers from the original more than 30 yuan per kilogram down to 6 yuan per kilogram or less. Pepper farmers income dropped sharply. This year, the original Xichuan business, had contributed to the introduction of small pepper Liu Baosheng retired