On June 12, a bullet train passed through Xiannan Township, Maonan Autonomous County, Huanjiang. Zhang Youhao/photo
"There has been a lot of rain recently, so I have to deal with the drainage problem in time to prevent the dead roots and rotten roots of the fruit trees." On June 12, in a green citrus base in Bochuan Village, Xiannan Township, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi City, Tan Meichun, a Maonan citizen who took the lead in writing a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping to report the good news of poverty alleviation, was very busy.
Over the past four years, Huanjiang has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the Maonan people to achieve poverty alleviation for the entire ethnic group, taking poverty alleviation as a new starting point for a better new life, vigorously cultivating characteristic industries, promoting the masses to increase income and become rich, and constantly consolidating the material foundation for the sense of community of the Chinese nation.
"Poverty alleviation is not the end, but the starting point of a new life and new struggle, I want to work together with the villagers to continue to work hard to develop the citrus industry." For Tan Meichun, the citrus base is all her hard work, not only the "child" she cares for, but also the "hot land" for her entrepreneurship.
Ten years ago, Tan Meichun's family struggled to survive by planting corn, with a monthly income of only a few hundred yuan. At that time, her father-in-law was hospitalized with a serious illness, and her eldest son had to pay tuition and living expenses for college...... Under the predicament, her family was listed as a registered poor household in 2015.
Tan Meichun and his wife were not comfortable wearing this "hat" of poverty, and they were determined to get rid of poverty as soon as possible. So, the couple rented the barren slope of the village to grow citrus, a special fruit, planted citrus seedlings provided by the government for free, worked hard to study planting techniques, and got out of poverty in only one year. At present, her citrus planting scale has expanded from the initial 35 acres to more than 160 acres, and in recent years, she has made a profit of nearly 300,000 yuan per year by planting citrus, becoming a wealthy person in the village.
One person is not rich, everyone is rich. After poverty alleviation, Tan Meichun took the lead in establishing a professional fruit planting cooperative in Maonan New Village, Huanjiang, and mobilized 60 farmers in Bochuan Village New Village to develop characteristic fruit planting, with a planting area of more than 280 mu and an annual output value of nearly 900,000 yuan. Due to her outstanding ability, at the beginning of 2021, she was elected as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and deputy director of the village committee of Bochuan Village, Xiannan Township.
"To achieve common prosperity, the key is to solve the problem of stable income increase of the masses." In her opinion, guiding the masses to develop diversified and advantageous industries and "linking" the masses in the industry can enable the masses to steadily increase their income and puff up their "money bags". In the past two or three years, she and the cadres of the village "two committees" have been working non-stop to lead the masses to actively develop diversified industries.
On June 12, around Tan Meichun's citrus base, green rice grew vigorously and grew gratifyingly.
"The climatic conditions in our village are very suitable for growing high-quality rice, and the purchase price of each kilogram of high-quality rice is nearly 2 yuan more than that of ordinary rice." Tan Meichun said that due to the high purchase price, the masses are very enthusiastic about planting high-quality rice, and more than 500 acres of high-quality rice have been planted in the village. "After the harvest, we will recycle and sell in a unified manner to create the brand of 'Bochuan Village Ecological Fragrant Rice'."
Nowadays, the people of Bochuan Village not only plant citrus and high-quality rice, but also build silkworm houses, cattle pens, pig houses, and develop special breeding industries such as vegetable cattle.
On August 31 last year, the Guinan high-speed railway was put into operation. For the 380,000 people of all ethnic groups in Huanjiang, this is an epoch-making event, and so far, Huanjiang has officially entered the "high-speed rail era".
After the Guinan high-speed railway is fully operational, it will effectively optimize the allocation of medical, education, human resources and other resources along the line, promote the high-quality development of cultural tourism and other industries, boost rural revitalization into the "fast lane", and help all ethnic groups "hug each other tightly like pomegranate seeds".
Chenshuang Village, Sien Town, which is about 8 kilometers away from the Huanjiang high-speed rail station, enjoys the "dividend" of high-speed rail, and vigorously develops rural tourism, ecological agriculture, farmhouse entertainment and other industries to enrich the people.
In the past, Chenshuang Village was surrounded by mountains, which was not only sparsely populated, but also inconvenient. After the 90s of the 20th century, the poor people in the Shishan area such as Tale Miao Township and Xiannan Township and the immigrants from the reservoir area moved to Chenshuang Village one after another with the help of the party committee and the government. With the arrival of the relocated people, Chenshuang Village has gradually become a large migrant village with 11 ethnic groups such as Maonan, Yao and Zhuang, with a total of 905 households and 3,280 people.
Through the efforts of the people of all ethnic groups for many years, Chen Shuangcun has created a demonstration area of leisure agriculture (core) around the river, Huashan and Guohai, and has also created a "Mao Miao Yao" characteristic ecological leisure and entertainment tourist attraction integrating food, sightseeing and folk performances.
Nanchang Tunshan has beautiful scenery and attracts many tourists to come for sightseeing. Zhang Youhao/photo
Although it has abundant tourism resources, Chen Shuangcun is facing the dilemma of "applauding but not applauding". "The lack of breadth and depth of rural tourism product development, the single product structure, and the limited attraction of products to tourists are the 'pain points' faced by our village in the development of rural tourism." Wei Binglu, secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of Chen Shuangcun, said frankly.
Face the "pain points" and break them one by one. "At the beginning of this year, we introduced Huanjiang Yiyuan Tourism and Culture Co., Ltd., which is responsible for building and operating the 'Four Squares' (intangible cultural heritage workshop, batik workshop, weaving workshop, and painting workshop) project of the 'Xiumei Maonan' pastoral complex; At the same time, Huanjiang Quye Campground Service Co., Ltd. was introduced to create agricultural and tourism integration attractions such as Quye campsite. These new projects are a new breakthrough for us to explore the quality and development of the rural tourism industry. Wei Binglu introduced.
"When you come to us, you can not only experience the whole process of intangible cultural heritage ethnic crafts such as Maonan batik and embroidery from raw material production to production to finished products, but also enjoy the Maonan style noodle dance, which many tourists come to visit." On June 11, at the "Sifang" project base in Chenshuang Village, Tan Xiaxue, manager of Huanjiang Yiyuan Tourism and Culture Co., Ltd., said.
She also introduced that since April this year, the "Sifang" project has received nearly 10,000 school teachers, students and social groups, and has become a favorite Internet celebrity check-in place for students, social groups and tourists from surrounding colleges.
Wei Binglu said that after the operation of the "Four Squares" project, nearly 20 jobs have been provided for the masses, with a salary of about 2,000 yuan per month. At the same time, the barren mountains in the surrounding villages are also leased by enterprises, and the rent is 1,000 yuan per mu per year.
"After the opening of the high-speed railway, there are more tourists in our village, and it is very popular." Wei Yurong, executive director of Huanjiang Mao Miao Yao Shuangle Farm Park Co., Ltd., said that with the help of the popularity brought by the opening of the high-speed railway, they spent money to renovate the farmhouse, which opened on May 1 this year and has received more than 3,000 tourists and a turnover of more than 30,000 yuan. "We will also explore the development of new business projects such as summer camps and wedding services to drive the masses to get rich together." Wei Yurong was full of longing.
Reporter's Notes
Development is the key to solving various problems in minority areas. The issue of the development of ethnic minority areas is close to General Secretary Xi Jinping's heart.
Maonanshan Township is the place where General Secretary Xi Jinping cares, and Huanjiang is the only Maonan Autonomous County in the country. Revisiting Huanjiang, along the way, the community and village are still familiar in memory, but there are many new changes in the subtleties.
In Nanchangtun, Zhongnan Village, Nanxiang Township, the birthplace of the Maonan people, in addition to building characteristic houses, Huanjiang also focuses on the Maonan language, the Fenlong Festival, the flower and bamboo hat, the Wu culture and other "live" Maonan characteristic cultures, and makes every effort to build Maonan characteristic villages to boost rural revitalization and economic and social development; In Hanxiang Village, Shuiyuan Town, Huanjiang took advantage of the opening of the high-speed railway to "take off" to build a modern forestry industrial park in Hechi City, and strive to transform ecological advantages into economic advantages...... Over the past four years, Huanjiang has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the Maonan ethnic group to achieve poverty alleviation for the entire ethnic group, based on its own advantages, identified the development positioning, united the people of all ethnic groups, and constantly carried out beneficial attempts and innovative explorations, consolidating the industrial foundation for the masses to increase their income and get rich.
The transformation of the Huanjiang River is a true portrayal of the common struggle and common prosperity and development of the masses of all ethnic groups in Guangxi. In the process of building a demonstration area for the creation of national unity and progress and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, Guangxi has carried out in-depth work on the creation of national unity and progress, continuously enhanced the sense of gain, happiness and security of the people of all ethnic groups, and steadily promoted all ethnic groups to move towards socialist modernization.
Making people's lives happy is the "great man of the country". At present, under the cordial care and care of the CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping, the time has come for Guangxi's high-quality development has arrived, and its momentum has been achieved. It is necessary to focus on the primary task of high-quality development and the strategic task of building a new development pattern, accelerate the construction of "one district, two places, one park and one channel", firmly grasp the main line of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, and solidly promote common prosperity.
The road is solid and far, and it can be reached; Although the matter is huge, it must be done. As long as the whole society forms a joint force to promote common prosperity, is down-to-earth, and works hard for a long time, this dream will surely be realized.