China News Service, Ningbo, December 1 (Lin Bo and Zheng Danfeng) From Leibo County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, to Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, with rolling mountains on one side and magnificent sea on the other. "Go to the mountains and reach the sea" and get rich in the local area. Between these two cities, which are more than 2,000 kilometers apart, Zhang Guangui staged the "Tale of Two Cities" story of helping the east and the west.

  Zhang Guangui is a native of Leibo County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. In 1995, he went to Shipu, Xiangshan, where he worked hard, got married, and had children. He stayed there for 15 years.

  "From a small worker to a skilled worker, then to a middle-level enterprise." The Shipu Fishing Port ebbs and flows, from the mountains to the sea, Zhang Guangui, who fell asleep with the sound of the waves, earnestly learned skills there.

In his opinion, the mountains are closed, and he is not well-educated, and he needs to learn more down-to-earth. “While earning a living in Xiangshan, I also broadened my horizons. Especially at the Shipu Refrigeration Plant, I learned refrigeration technology and also learned welding technology. Brought a lot of apprentices."

  During his 15 years in Xiangshan, Zhang Guangui has witnessed the development of this city, which has also ignited his ambitions of starting a business and getting rich. "The skills I have learned over the years are precious wealth for me to settle down."

Lepoma Lake Brasenia.

Photo by Zheng Danfeng

  In 2010, because his father in Sichuan was getting older, he returned home with his wife and children.

Zhang Guangui, who returned to Leibo County, aspires to start a business and "be the boss". He has opened a welding shop and a logistics company.

  "Let Leibo Brasenia be a'shared rich dish' for local farmers." In 2018, with the advancement of the east-west cooperation strategy, the trend of entrepreneurship and innovation also impacted the quiet and peaceful Leibo County, Zhang Guangui is even more focused on the industry The goal is to use the momentum to become a representative of the local "returning to start a business and get rich in the village".

  It is understood that Lake Lepoma is the third largest mountain and deep-water lake in the country. The surrounding farmers have always had the tradition of planting "water ginseng"-Brasenia. However, due to various factors, the Mahu and Brasenia industry at that time was at fault and was on the verge of extinction.

  Therefore, Zhang Guangui participated in the two-way cooperation of "corporate capital + financial agriculture-related funds" in Leibo County and initiated the establishment of Mahu Youjia Brasenia Plantation Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Youjia Company"), with the help of Sichuan Agricultural University and Zhejiang University. "Industry-University-Research" helps to lead the "industrial rebirth" of Mahu Brasenia so that it will become bigger and stronger.

  Up to now, the planting area of ​​Brasenia officinalis in Leipoma Lake has reached 1,200 mu, with an annual output of over 300 tons.

Youjia's dividends will then cover 19 poverty alleviation villages in the county, benefiting 2,000 poverty alleviation households.

  In late November, the autumn harvest in Leibo County was over, and the production of Brasenia mahu also entered "dormancy".

But at Youjia Company in Shanyakou, Zhang Guangui and the workers are still busy, bottling, inspecting, OEM, and packaging the freshly stored brasenia that will leave the factory.

  "This year's brasenia is about to be sold out by Xiangshan fellow villagers. This batch of more than 1,000 bottles can be shipped to Xiangshan soon." Zhang Guangui said.

  Xiang Lei got married. Today, Leibo County has ushered in the second round of cooperation between the east and the west. As a famous specialty, Mahu Brasenia is included in the purchasing list of "consumer cooperation", and it is officially "out of the mountains and the sea", and it is continuously shipped to the east coast of Zhejiang.

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