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Exploration of Management Systems for Characteristic and Endemic Regional Food Resources in China

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Exploration of Management Systems for Characteristic and Endemic Regional Food Resources in China

Jiao Liu 1,2,3 Hao Huai 1 Mengdie Song 1 Tingyang Ai 1,2,3 Jiawei Wan 1,2,3 Nan Yang 4 Wenjie Yan 5 Hong Liu 1,2,3 Siyi Pan 6 Rui Qin 1,2,3,*

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College of Life Sciences, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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Hubei Key Laboratory of Germplasm Conservation and Utilization of Characteristic Resource Plants in Wuling Mountain Area, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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Key Laboratory of Biotechnology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan 430074, China
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Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Sichuan Province, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610225, China
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College of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing Union University, Beijing 100101, China
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College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Received: 16 December 2025 Revised: 03 April 2026 Accepted: 24 April 2026 Published: 13 May 2026

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Nat. Anthropol. 2026, 4(2), 10007; DOI: 10.70322/natanthropol.2026.10007
ABSTRACT: China, with its vast territory, harbors abundant regional food resources with multiple values in nutrition, ecology, and anthropology. However, simply adopting the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Geographical Indication (GI) system for classifying and managing these agricultural products fails to fully reflect their authentic natural and anthropological attributes, which cannot support the development of local characteristic economies and food cultural ecosystems. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish a hierarchical classification standard system for regional food resources tailored to China’s national conditions. This paper proposed a new definition for China’s endemic and characteristic food resources and summarizes interdisciplinary research methods for exploring their biological and cultural attributes. Additionally, the economic and sociological values of these resources were discussed. The proposed classification standards provide guidance for the industrialization of regional food resources in China and offer new ideas for transforming biodiversity into novel productive forces in characteristic industries.
Keywords: Geographical characteristics; Geoherbalism; Characteristic; Endemic; Food resources; Sustainable development
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