[New Era, New Journey, New Great Achievement] One mu of Camellia oleifera opens up the "Green Bank" of Dabie Mountains

　　Chinanews.com, Xinyang, December 28th, title: One mu of Camellia oleifera opens the Dabie Mountains "Green Bank"

　　Author Kan Lishengpeng

　　An acre of Camellia oleifera in front of the house and behind the house is the current situation of Camellia oleifera planting in Guangshan County, southern Henan Province, an old revolutionary area in the Dabie Mountains.

Today, Camellia oleifera is like a "green bank" and has gradually become the code for getting rich in the Dabie Mountains.

　　Camellia oleifera, as a woody oil plant, has high economic value.

In 2022, the No. 1 Central Document clarified that it supports the expansion of camellia oleifera planting area and the transformation and upgrading of low-yield forests.

Guangshan County, awarded the "Hometown of Camellia Camellia in China", has developed the camellia oleifera industry into one of the important channels for local farmers to increase their income.

The picture shows the Camellia oleifera trees all over the mountains and plains in the Sima Guangyou tea garden.

(Data map) Photo by Sheng Peng

　　In the quiet winter of Sima Guangyou Tea Garden in Guangshan County, several workers are busy pruning old branches and maintaining the tea garden.

　　"I earn 3,000 yuan a month in the tea garden, plus the camellia that I grow, and I can earn 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year!" In recent years, Huang Youde, a villager who works in the tea garden, also responded to "a mu of tea in front of the house and behind the house". Camellia oleifera for all people has planted more than 20 mu of camellia oleifera.

　　In the local area, there is a popular jingle that "one mu of Camellia oleifera and one hundred catties of oil will marry a wife and build a building".

Nowadays, like Huang Youde, there are more and more Guangshan people who rely on Camellia oleifera to build houses and get rich.

The picture shows the Sima Guangyou tea garden.

(Data map) Photo by Sheng Peng

　　Up to now, the total planting area of ​​camellia oleifera in Guangshan County is nearly 300,000 mu, and there are more than 100 professional cooperatives engaged in the camellia oleifera industry, driving nearly 300,000 farmers to increase their income and become rich.

　　So, why are there so many villagers planting camellia oleifera?

　　When talking about Camellia oleifera in Guangshan, people will mention Chen Shifa.

In 2008, after spending half his life away, he returned to his hometown to contract barren hills and promote the cultivation of camellia oleifera.

　　Guangshan County, located in the hills, has a pleasant climate and sufficient sunlight, which is suitable for the growth of camellia oleifera trees, although it has unique conditions.

However, the Camellia oleifera industry has a large investment and slow results. Chen Shifa chose to return to his hometown to engage in this industry, which also puzzled many people.

　　However, Chen Shifa also has his own "small calculations": "Camellia oleifera trees have a long return period, with a fruiting period of up to 80 years. They can not only see economic benefits but also green barren hills and wild slopes. It is a 'green bank' that can be planted in one year for many years. "

　　Just do it.

Chen Shifa contracted 10,000 mu of barren slopes in Huaidian Township, Guangshan County, and became the "leader" in the local cultivation of camellia oleifera.

Today, the barren slope he contracted is the famous "Sima Guangyou Tea Garden".

At the same time, he also registered Henan Lianxing Camellia Camellia Company in the name of "Lianxing" and acted as the chairman himself.

The picture shows the Sima Guangyou tea garden in winter.

(Data map) Photo by Sheng Peng

　　Walking into the "Lianxing" Camellia oleifera Processing Factory, the roar of the machines and the busyness of the workers.

A worker who is busy filling camellia oil said, "Camellia oleifera seeds have been picked and put into storage by the end of October, and the refined camellia oil is being packaged. The peak sales season is before the Spring Festival."

　　"Through the planting, production and processing of Camellia oleifera, Sima Guang Oil Tea Garden has achieved an annual output value of nearly 100 million yuan, which has driven the employment and income of surrounding people." Chen Shifa said that the company developed 30,000 mu of camellia oleifera with the model of "company + base + farmers" to realize the industrial The whole chain is integrated, and a series of camellia oil cosmetics have been developed at the same time, which has increased the added value of camellia oleifera.

　　If one person gets rich, it is not considered rich;

Along with the development of the camellia oleifera industry, a number of leading camellia oleifera planting enterprises have emerged in Guangshan County, such as Lantian, Lianxing, and Chengxin.

　　Chen Yong, general manager of Guangshan County Chengxin Industrial Company, said that at present, they are using camellia oleifera as a carrier to expand the planting scale of camellia oleifera, develop camellia oleifera sightseeing and leisure tourism, and build the integration of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries of camellia oleifera.

　　According to the relevant person in charge of the Forestry and Tea Industry Bureau of Guangshan County, in recent years, the county has established an industry alliance to guide the healthy development of the camellia oleifera industry; it has cultivated Camellia oleifera brands such as "Sima Guang", "Lianxing" and "Jiafu", and launched the "Guangshan Camellia oleifera "The creation of geographical indication brands integrates the Camellia oleifera industry into the construction of the "Belt and Road" and promotes Camellia oleifera enterprises to "go global."

　　In recent years, the vigorous development of the Camellia oleifera industry has not only brought economic benefits to Guangshan County, but also brought ecological and social benefits.

Driven by the cultivation of camellia oleifera, the county's fir-based timber forest covers an area of ​​288,000 mu. The former barren hills are covered with "green clothing", and a group of mountainous farmers have "green rice bowls" and "ecological rice."

　　"By 2025, the county will increase the planting area of ​​camellia oleifera by 100,000 mu, build a modern camellia oleifera industry demonstration park of 10,000 mu, drive 100,000 farmers to plant camellia oleifera, increase the average household income by 5,000 yuan, and make every effort to build a strong county in the northern edge of China's camellia oleifera." Guangshan Jin Zuoyin, director of the County Forestry and Tea Industry Bureau, said confidently.

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