In 2006, Guangxi's cocoon output is more than 2.8 million dan, the highest output in the China. In Guangxi, more than 110,000 farmers earn over 10,000 yuan by raising silkworms.
Currently, there are more than 60 thousand households engaged in sericulture in Guangxi. Last year, the region's sales revenue of fresh cocoon reached 2.772 billion yuan,
At present, Guangxi mulberry area is more than 1.4 million mu. Since the beginning of this year, Guangxi has expanded new mulberry area of 300 thousand mu, released silkworms of 2.832.800, an increase of 51.99%. Sericultural farmers' income increased from 689 million yuan in 2002 to 2.876 billion yuan in 2005, an increase of 317.4% in four short years.
Till 2010, the region's mulberry area will reach 2 million to 2.5 million mu, cocoon production will reach 200,000 tons.
