China News Service, Hohhot, September 26th, title: Inner Mongolia women grow tea in the deep mountains, leading villagers to get rich, hope that their hometown will change from tea garden to tea mountain
Author Olan Wang Mingyuan
"I hope that in the future, I can plant a tea mountain in my hometown, and promote the development of tourism in my hometown through the development of camellia planting, so that the villagers can enjoy the benefits of tea mountain." Wang Lingling said, looking at the ridges of tea trees in the tea garden.
The "post-80s" woman who is full of vision for the development of her hometown was born in Wuchuan County, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. She is a rural girl born and raised.
After graduating from high school, Wang Lingling chose to stay in her hometown for development. In 2012, she started to grow camellia in her hometown, and now she has become a leader in getting rich for the local people.
“In the past, there were almost no people growing tea in the local area. Today, the planting area of tea trees has reached more than 3,000 acres. There are still many poor households who also follow me to grow tea." When she mentioned her hometown tea planting business, Wang Lingling was very proud. The camellia of China is especially popular with consumers because of its health-preserving effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire." Wang Lingling said
"The price of camellia this year is particularly good. Tea farmers can earn about 1,500 yuan per mu of land, which is more than 800 yuan more than the original potato planting." Under the leadership of Wang Lingling, more and more farmers in Wuchuan County started Grow camellia.
The camellia cooperative run by Wang Lingling regularly purchases camellia planted by tea farmers every year, eliminating the worry of tea farmers selling. At the same time, Wang Lingling also provides opportunities for local farmers to work in their own cooperatives.
The reporter learned that Wang Lingling not only led the local people to grow tea to become rich, but also actively assumed the responsibility of helping poor households.
"Our cooperative distributes tea tree seeds to six poor households free of charge and provides them with full technical guidance. In addition, we also provide poor households with a weeding subsidy of 200 yuan per mu, hoping to help them live a good life. "Wang Lingling told reporters.
The picture shows various camellia purchased by Wang Lingling.
Wang Ming Telephoto
"I have stayed in my hometown after graduating from high school. As an ordinary rural girl, I never thought that one day I would lead my fellow villagers to get rich together. This job allows me to find my own value." See Wang Lingling Now, being able to lead the villagers to get rich together is her biggest success in entrepreneurship.
Wuchuan County is located at the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, in the transition zone from Yinshan Mountain to the northern grassland. People live close to the mountain. The unique geographical resources have allowed locals to develop many "health secrets". Every family here has the habit of drinking wild camellia. .
Eight years ago, Wang Lingling saw a business opportunity from the wild camellia picked by the villagers. “Camellia has the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire. This is in line with modern people's health concept. After all, the quantity of wild camellia is limited, and it can be produced in large quantities by artificial cultivation." Lingling Wang quickly put her entrepreneurial ideas into practice.
In 2012, Wang Lingling transferred 300 acres of land from nearby fellow villagers to develop camellia planting.
After three years, Wang Lingling's tea planting base has basically taken shape.
After continuous exploration, a whole industrial chain from production, processing to sales has been formed.
Seeing Wang Lingling's success in planting tea, people in nearby towns joined the tea planting team.
How to select seeds, how to raise seedlings, and when to pick them... Wang Lingling, a "soil expert", passed on his tea-growing experience to the nearby villagers in detail. In this way, Wang Lingling assumed the technical guidance of tea farmers.
"I am very busy every day. In addition to managing my own tea tree planting base, I also want to help other people solve the problems of tea planting." The tea farmers asked Wang Lingling for help when they encountered difficulties in planting, and Wang Lingling would be there in his spare time. The fellow villagers do on-site guidance at home.
In 2018, Wang Lingling, who has many years of experience in planting tea, was named as the Special Commissioner for Science and Technology in Hohhot. “There are some complicated situations that I can’t solve. I will help farmers connect with more professional agricultural experts.” Wang Lingling told reporters.
When it comes to future plans, Wang Lingling said that the next step is to develop various types of health teas to bring out the unique health benefits of northern tea, extend the tea industry chain, and increase the added value of tea.
"It is said that there is no tea in the north, but the quality of the camellia grown in our hometown is particularly good. I hope that more and more consumers can drink the northern camellia we grow." Wang Lingling said.
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