According to an official concerned, many fruits were gathered from more than 40,000 female trees in Pyongyang City alone this year.

A research has been conducted to reduce sedimentation in the course of making drinks with gingko leaves and verify the anti-oxidation activity of nano-solution extracted from gingko leaf. And a brisk work goes on to develop new products with clear medical treatment function.

Pharmaceutical and Koryo medicine pharmaceutical factories in the country are now producing tea and different kinds of medicines with gingko leaves.

Gingko fruits have been widely used as a medicinal material good for the treatment of tuberculosis and bronchial asthma and as a health food.