Correspondence: Commercial capitals of counties in northern China: bid farewell to poverty and start the "prosperous" mode

  Chinanews.com, Ulanqab, December 24th, title: Commercial capitals of northern counties in China: bid farewell to poverty and start the "prosperous" mode

  China News Service reporter Li Aiping

  “I planted two greenhouses this year, with a net income of more than 30,000 yuan, and a small shop for more than 10,000 yuan. On the road to a well-off society.” At noon on the 24th, Yang Hongjuan told reporters about his “income” this year.

  Yang Hongjuan, 35, is a villager in Lamaban Village, Qitai Town, Shangdu County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

As an expert in getting rich, she told reporters that now she has a feeling of "excited" on the street.

  Located in Shangdu County in northern China, it is the seventh station on the "Zhangku Avenue" (Zhangjiakou, China-Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) known as the "Northern Silk Road" in history.

As a poverty-stricken county in the past, the deepest mark left to the outside world here is poverty.

  "I have ended the days when a few people squeezed into a dilapidated adobe house, and have moved to a brick house." Yang Hongjuan said this with confidence.

  However, what made her even more excited was that when a large local shopping mall opened one day ago, she also saw "stars" that could only be seen on televisions before.

  "There are all kinds of goods, and you won't have to go to big cities to buy (commodities) in the future. In the future, we will be big cities here." Yang Hongjuan said humorously.

  Hu Jie, a local citizen, said: “Nowadays, we not only have a shopping mall here, but we also built a star-rated hotel two months ago. There are also a variety of restaurants nearby, which has the taste of a big city.

  Behind the local people's "prosperity" is the epitome of local officials' efforts to develop the economy in recent years.

  According to external sources from Shangdu County Government on the 24th, the first phase of the "Juhong Potato Town" project of the National Development and Reform Commission's Qianqiqian Town Juhong Potato Town Project has been completed in the county.

  The project plans a total investment of 1.855 billion yuan, a core area of ​​5.5 square kilometers, and a total construction area of ​​371,000 square meters.

The project plans to build a characteristic town that is suitable for business, travel, living, and raising, integrating science and technology demonstration, agricultural production, potato processing, and e-commerce logistics in 3 years.

This characteristic town is also the first industrial characteristic town named after "potato" in Inner Mongolia.

  On the 23rd, at the "Juhong Potato Town Industrial Development Cooperation Conference" held locally, Shangdu County Mayor Cao Kaihong said: "The county has built a large modern tissue culture center in China, including the Xisen Potato Tissue Culture Center and the Xisen Potato industry, Lanweiston, Kedu, Fulongtai, Deyi Fan and other leading potato companies are building a national and regional potato seed breeding (exhibition and trading) base."

  At the same time, the county is still seizing the opportunity of "cleaning vegetables into Beijing" to develop its economy.

  Cao Kaihong introduced that Shangdu County, relying on the pre-cooling and fresh-keeping logistics project of Kangan Lifeng's characteristic agricultural product production area, the Jiankun clean vegetable processing project and the PPP project of the "Food Security Chahar" Pastoral Complex in Ulan Qab City, has vigorously promoted the "central kitchen" Construct and build a guarantee base for the supply of agricultural products in the capital.

  "After years of development and accumulation, Shangdu County has a relatively good foundation for development in terms of industrial development, urban construction, social undertakings, and software and hardware environments." Jin Qianbin, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Ulanchabu, Inner Mongolia and Secretary of the Shangdu County Party Committee Said that Shangdu County is an important trade, logistics and cultural tourism channel that connects to the north, connects Mongolia and Russia, connects the east and west of Inner Mongolia and the Three North regions, and faces the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The future prospects are bright.

  "I have witnessed the changes in this area. This is my second hometown." Ying Hongju, the person in charge of Inner Mongolia Juhong Industrial Group Co., Ltd., said that the company has built a total area of ​​more than 60,000 square meters in the local area, covering commercial, A commercial life complex with seven functions including catering, hotel, business, residence, entertainment, and leisure.

  He Lijun, vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Federation of Industry and Commerce, commented on this: “This is the largest commercial complex in Shangdu County and even Ulan Chabu City. It is a large-scale, full-scale, all-weather operation, and full-customer service. Advanced consumption model to create a large open commercial community integrating shopping, food, entertainment and leisure."

  Analysts believe that Shangdu County, which has bid farewell to poverty and started the "prosperous" model, is on the way to a well-off society, and the future "money" will be unlimited.

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