The picture shows the Fenghuang Community, Changjian Community, Zhangzhuang Town, Fan County. Photo by Liu Peng
China News Service Zhengzhou, January 6th Title: Live well, be stable, and be able to get rich. Henan’s “three mountains and one pool” people moved out of “butterfly transformation”
Reporter Liu Peng
Although Henan Province is located in the central region has fertile soil of the Central Plains, it also had contiguous poverty-stricken areas in the early years of Dabie Mountains, Taihang Mountains, Funiu Mountains and Yellow River Beach Area “three mountains and one pools”, with 260,300 poor people. In order to completely get rid of the shackles of deep mountains and floods, Henan Province has vigorously implemented the poverty alleviation relocation project in recent years. It has achieved the goal of relocation of the poor in "three mountains and one pool" and more than 260,000 people have started a new life.
The picture shows a villager who is doing handmade rattan in Fenghuang Community, Zhangzhuang Town, Fan County. Photo by Liu Peng
Walk out of the deep mountains and homes
West Henan Deep in Lu's county, with mountains as clear as the sea. Here, 4,037 peaks of all sizes are located on the 4,004 square kilometers of land. In the early years, many problems such as difficulty in getting water, travel, going to school, and seeing a doctor became the shackles of deep poverty in the mountains, causing the dilemma of the fact that the land and water cannot nurture the people in the other part of the country.
It is imperative to move out of poverty and cut off the roots of poverty. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Lushi County has based on long-term development and scientific demonstrations, and has coordinated the planning of 55 centralized relocation resettlement sites to avoid geological disaster areas, flood threat areas, and urban areas, industrial parks, tourist attractions, etc., thus allowing more than 30,000 poor people to get out of the barren mountains and ridges and move into a new livable home.
is located in Xinzhuang Village, northeast of Fanli Town, Lushi County. It was once a well-known deeply impoverished village. During a recent visit, the reporter found that the poor mountain nests of the past have now undergone transformation. The local area not only built resettlement housing for poverty alleviation through relocation, but also built a thousand-acre forsythia base on deserted slopes, built trails, plant green bamboos, and build wooden houses on the front of the village, transforming old houses into specialty B&B and to drive self-driving tour consumption... The creation of a series of industries has injected a surging source of power into the economic development of Xinzhuang Village.
"I really didn't expect that such a big change will happen in our village in recent years. The roads are wide, the houses are good, and the environment is beautiful. The key is that you can make money without leaving the village. How dare you think about this before!" Villager Yang Zengliang said happily.
The picture shows people relocating in the Yellow River Beach Area of Taiqian County on November 23, 2021, getting the "golden key". Photo by Wang Weifeng
Live in a "good house" and live in a "good life"
News from the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission shows that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan incorporated poverty alleviation relocation into the rural revitalization strategy, new urbanization , and coordinated promotion in the development of modern industries. A total of 15.6 billion yuan was invested, and 77,000 new resettlement housing units were built, which allowed the people in the mountains to achieve the transformation from "good house" to "good days" by "down the mountain" and "upstairs".
As the relocated people bid farewell to the production and lifestyle under harsh natural conditions, follow-up support work in various places has gradually begun, and the people's employment and income increase channels are broadened according to local conditions.
"There is an entrepreneurial base here, with schools, hospitals, banks, and markets... just like in the city. Thanks to the Party and the government for the good relocation policies of residents in the Yellow River Beach area, which has made our people's lives blooming!" In Taiqian County, Henan Province, Zheng Lijun and his sisters, a villager who has moved from the Yellow River Beach area to the Wuba Town Cangjian Community, have become workers in the clothing processing workshop of the rural revitalization entrepreneurship base. They are so happy that they can work at home to earn money.
Taiqian County under Puyang City, Henan Province is the last county in which the Yellow River is out of Henan, and the total length of the Yellow River channel under its jurisdiction is 62 kilometers. Because the county is located in the " tofu waist " area of the Yellow River low-season area, the towering Yellow River embankment is like a continuous barrier, blocking wealth outside and imprisoning poverty inside the embankment. In the memory of Yan Jizhong, a villager in Tiemiao Village who is nearly 60 years old, the Yellow River has flooded twice in the past three years. Every time the Yellow River floods, the crops have been harvested, the houses have collapsed, and the property has been lost. For a long time, the people in the beach area have been accustomed to building houses on soil foundations that are more than ten meters high, saving money for three years, building a platform for three years, and paying off their debts in three years. The ancestors have spent all their efforts and sweat on building houses for generations.
"Now we farmers can move into the county town and live in small foreign buildings and become urban residents. I have never thought of it!" Yan Jizhong said.
According to official news from Taiqian County, as of the end of November 2021, the relocation and construction of Taiqian County’s beach area has been completed, and more than 36,000 people in the beach area have realized their dream of living. At present, the county is making every effort to support the subsequent industrial development. It not only invests in the construction of employment industrial parks in multiple resettlement areas, but also relies on the existing labor-intensive enterprises such as clothing, food, accessories processing, etc. in township commercial centers and industrial clusters to help the people find employment nearby.
"The key to the relocation and construction of beach areas lies in the guarantee of factors. Only by coordinating the relocation and construction of beach areas with rural revitalization, continuously consolidating and expanding the results of poverty alleviation, and the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, and at the same time, focusing on the basic guarantees for the construction of rural public service systems such as employment, education, and medical care, can we achieve the simultaneous promotion of housing and people-enriching the people and the development of ecology and industries." Wang Junhai, secretary of Taiqian County Party Committee, said.
In Fan County, Puyang City, which is also adjacent to the Yellow River in the south, as of September this year, 2,400 households and 8,611 villagers in 10 administrative villages in Zhangzhuang Town, the county have all moved to the newly completed Phoenix Community.
"Before moving, we took into account the employment problems of the people, especially the labor force such as older and sick.” Wu Yuanzeng, secretary of the Party Branch of the Phoenix Community, told reporters that in order to make the people who moved, the local government has introduced multiple handmade factories such as rattan furniture, garment processing, and shoe processing in the Phoenix Community. People can take the raw materials home to make them and get paid for pieces, especially for some elderly and women who pick up and drop off children at the time, which has brought great convenience.
In the eyes of villager Yu Fengzhi, not only did he live well after the relocation, but the factories introduced in the community gave them old people access to income channels. "We old couple are all working as rattan weaving in the community. Now, not only do we don't have to ask children for money to spend, but our quality of life has also improved a lot compared to before."
"While letting the people develop and become rich, spiritual and cultural life must also be enriched." Wu Yuanzeng told reporters that Phoenix Community has also set up a cultural service center for this purpose, so that villagers can dance, sing opera, etc. in their spare time. As the Spring Festival approaches, the community is planning an exclusive farmers' Spring Festival Gala for the people in the beach area who have moved in.
The picture shows the launching ceremony of the second phase of the people's relocation and resettlement area in the Yellow River Beach Area of Taiqian County on November 23, 2021. Photo by Wang Weifeng
Policy escort "can move out, stabilize, develop, and get rich"
According to the relevant person in charge of Henan Rural Revitalization Bureau , in order to do a good job in follow-up support for poverty alleviation relocation, the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Henan Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau and 21 other departments have specially issued the "Implementation Opinions on Effectively Doing a Good Job in Follow-up Support for Poverty Alleviation Relocation Consolidating and Expanding the Results of Poverty Alleviation", and put forward 21 support measures in terms of industrial development, employment assistance, public services, community governance, etc. At the same time, strengthen the construction of community governance capabilities. Relying on the original dispatched forces, 732 first secretaries have been dispatched at the relocation resettlement site, 752 working teams, 4,850 working team members, and 11,696 community service personnel have been provided.
In terms of employment assistance, employment for relocated people is promoted through multiple channels. In 2021, 108,800 relocated poverty-stricken workers in the province worked, accounting for 80.6% of all relocated poverty-stricken workers. Actively seek funds, give priority to the recovery or reconstruction of infrastructure, public service facilities and supporting poverty alleviation workshops that were damaged by the flood site, and plan to promote the implementation of 59 reconstruction projects using for labor-for-relief , and has completed an investment of 11.61 million yuan.
The person in charge said, "Only by promoting the sustainable development of subsequent industries of resettlement sites, improving supporting infrastructure, improving basic public services, and improving the community governance system, can we truly ensure that the people can move out, stay stable, develop, and become rich." (End)
Source: China News Network
