(Well-off China) Small grapes string together the big industry Ningxia "purple business card" into a "golden key" for wealth
China News Service, Yinchuan, September 19th, title: Small grapes string together the big industry "purple business card" of Ningxia and become the "golden key" for wealth
Author Yang Di Shi Yujia
In September in the golden autumn, the Helan Mountain Mountain East wine producing area ushered in the busiest picking and squeezing seasons of the year.
In the vineyard of Huida Sunshine Ecological Winery in Hongsibao District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia, farmer Ma Xiaohu drove his tractor and started a day's work.
Vineyards in the production area at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain.
Photo by Shi Yu
The eastern foothills of Helan Mountain in Ningxia are recognized by the industry as one of the most suitable golden areas for the cultivation of wine grapes and the production of high-end wines.
Nowadays, wine is not only the "purple business card" of Ningxia, but also the "golden key" to promote local people's wealth and income.
A few days ago, the reporter followed the “Chinese Wines That Surprise the World” online media network celebrity Ningxia offline visiting group to learn about the “code to get rich” at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain.
"In 2013, I immigrated from Guanting Town, Guyuan City, Ningxia to Hongsibao District, and now I am engaged in grape planting at Huida Sunshine Ecological Winery." When it comes to my current job, Ma Xiaohu smiles: "In the past, I was doing farm work at home, but I could only maintain basics throughout the year. Food and clothing, and now the annual income is more than 30,000 yuan (RMB, the same below)."
The Hongsibao area in the mouth of Ma Xiaohu is the largest resettlement area for ecological immigrants in China, and it is also the "first wine town in China".
At present, the grape planting area in Hongsibao District has reached 106,000 mu, and 18 wineries (factories) have been built. The wine industry has become a core industry that promotes the revitalization of local villages.
Wine grapes produced in the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain.
Photo by Shi Yu
The person in charge of Huida Sunshine Ecological Winery also calculated an account for the reporter: the annual labor volume of 10,000 acres of grape fields exceeds 100,000, and each person has an income of more than 100 yuan per day, which can provide a lot of job opportunities. Some farmers pay back. Can rely on land transfer to obtain income, achieve employment at home and get rich.
In recent years, the wine industry in Ningxia has developed rapidly.
Up to now, Ningxia’s wine grape planting area has reached 550,000 mu, and there are 211 wineries (including 101 wineries under construction and 110 wineries under construction), with an annual output of 130 million bottles of wine and a comprehensive output value of more than 26 billion yuan.
The rapid development of the wine industry has also driven the surrounding people to become rich and increase their income.
In Ningxia, the wine industry provides 120,000 jobs for neighboring farmers every year, and wage income is about 900 million yuan. According to statistics, one-third of the local farmers' income comes from the wine industry.
"14 years ago, when I chose to come to the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, it was still a Gobi Desert. It was the wine industry that turned this into an oasis. I have also witnessed that farmers here have moved from poverty alleviation to rural rejuvenation." (Ningxia) International Winery Co., Ltd. Chairman Chen Deqi believes that the wine industry has also promoted the development of Ningxia in areas such as eco-tourism and agricultural tourism.
The wine production area at the eastern foot of the Helan Mountain has the busiest picking and pressing seasons of the year.
Photo by Shi Yu
"Since the development and construction of my winery, it has provided about 1,500 jobs for ecological immigrants in Yuanlong Village, Minning Town, etc." Chen Deqi said that in the next step, he plans to invest in the construction of an organic eco-tourism, wine and health care facility. , Eco-industrial parks for leisure, vacation, and organic agriculture tourism can provide more jobs for farmers.
It is understood that Ningxia plans to use 5 to 10 years to achieve a total scale of wine grape base of 1 million mu, an annual output of more than 300 million bottles of high-quality wine, and a comprehensive output value of 100 billion yuan; by 2035, the total scale of the base will be more than 1.5 million mu. The annual output of high-quality wine is over 600 million bottles, with a comprehensive output value of 200 billion yuan.
On the road to rural revitalization, Little Grape will also do a lot.
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