Recently, MuLan town has proposed to declare the traditional handicraft production of willow industry as the cultural industry.

MuLan town known as one of the hometowns of willow baskets, willow industry has a history of nearly 30 years. Started willow farm product is mainly with soil basket and skips with willow products gain international market, Mulan strongly support willow industry, the willow technique level rising, innovation of breed of design and color. From the wicker into the fence to tower head made of grass Christmas tree, starting from the basket from stem to weave the art of making the bird's nest. Raw materials from past wicker a, expanded to straw, make up, from birch cane make up, make up of mixed grass, with the creation of the folk art emerge in endlessly, style keep in more than 1000 above, the products are exported to Japan, America, Britain, the Netherlands, Australia and so on more than 20 countries and the area, the annual production value amount to 20 million yuan, RMB 2 million yuan.

Willow industry has to fight a Mulan charming brand industry, has the cultural industry characteristics and the good foundation. They set up willow association, coordinate the county seven willow factory production, the processing, the sale, formed the company peasant household culture industry association with pattern, and emerged with a large number of local breath and with international view to the willow product designers, from their work can see local art foundation and fashion popular element.

Mulan town has a supplier who with 30 years of willow process design and production sales experience, this year he and Dutch merchants got a big order. He said, for willow baskets positioning cultural industry will willow, we will pay more attention to the artistic quality of product and its design, the international competition ability of the product will certainly rise further.