[Xiaokang China] Sichuan villages fly back to the "homing swallow": "acceleration" on the road to Xiaokang
[Explanation] With the continuous advancement of the rural revitalization process, more and more "homing swallows" have flown back to villages across Sichuan. These young people who have left the countryside chose to return home, injecting new vitality into the rural revitalization and becoming the driving force behind An emerging force of "acceleration" in the countryside on the road to a well-off society.
Recently, in the "Qianhe Farm" family cafe in Gaohuai Village, Jingyang District, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, 30-year-old He Tingting is busy making fragrant Italian coffee for tourists.
In 2015, after working outside for a long time and separated from her family, she returned to her hometown and transformed her beautiful small building after the Wenchuan earthquake into a cafe, with an annual income of more than 100,000 yuan.
With the continuous advancement of Gaohuai Village's rural revitalization, He Tingting also witnessed great changes in her hometown.
[Concurrent] He Tingting, a villager in Gaohuai Village
Roads used to be smaller, but they were not as big as they are now, they were only half as big.
Then after the expansion of the road, it was slowly built, including the front yard of our own, which was beautifully built. It is not like the kind of countryside before. Now (tourists) come in and feel that we are living a very comfortable life now.
[Explanation] Like He Tingting, Guan Yong, a "post-80s" villager who had been traveling for many years, also returned to his hometown to start a business in 2018 and became a cafe owner.
Guan Yong introduced that he used to work in other places, and he always cared about his hometown in his heart. Now the development prospects of the countryside are getting wider and wider. He can not only accompany his family, but also develop his own business.
[Concurrent] Guan Yong, a villager in Gaohuai Village
Through the investment in this coffee (shop) over the past few years, the economy is still growing steadily year by year. The biggest advantage is that people are not only in the village, but also take care of their family members and children. This is the biggest gain. .
[Explanation] Today's Gaohuai Village has developed into a well-known "coffee village". In addition to coffee, various formats such as cultural creativity, homestays, and handicrafts have also taken root here.
According to Chen Bo, Party Secretary of Gaohuai Village, the village was lifted out of poverty in 2016, and the per capita income of the village has increased to 26,500 yuan in 2021.
[Concurrent] Chen Bo, Party Secretary of Gaohuai Village
Since we started in 2018 so far, a total of 11 (young people) have returned to their hometowns to start businesses.
This group of people is a new force in our Gaohuai Village and a hope for the future development of Gaohuai (village).
They have seen some things outside, learned some knowledge, and coming back to build their hometown is definitely a boost to the revitalization of their hometowns and villages.
[Explanation] In addition to the development opportunities of the vast countryside, the support of the government is also the reason why more and more young people choose to return to their hometowns to start businesses.
Taking Sichuan as an example, as early as 2018, the local government issued the Twenty-two Measures for Promoting Returning to the Countryside and Starting a Business , college students, etc. returned to the countryside to start their own businesses to develop in depth.
According to data provided by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, a total of 18,000 people lifted out of poverty in 2021 have successfully started businesses.
At the same time, for the "homing swallows" who flew back to the countryside, in addition to seizing the opportunity to achieve personal development, they are also actively growing from "new farmers" to "prospering farmers", and bravely take on the role of rural revitalization The responsibility to contribute.
Liu Shenting, general manager of Boshi Family Farm in Pengshan District, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, is one of the typical representatives.
Liu Shenting, who graduated from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China with a master's degree, has stayed at the school to teach.
In 2014, his hometown Pengshan was included in the second batch of rural reform pilot areas in the country.
Attracted by the development opportunities of the vast countryside, Liu Shenting resigned from his stable job in 2017 and began to return to his hometown to start a business.
At present, he runs two family farms with a land scale of about 220 mu and an annual income of about 2 million yuan.
In the past 5 years, he has continued to settle down and cultivated agriculture. Not only has he grown from an initial "layman" to an intermediate agricultural technician, he has also instructed or invented 3 agriculture-related national patents successively.
Among them, his self-created simple drip irrigation system has been applied on more than 5,000 acres of land in Sichuan; he also initiated the establishment of the Pengshan Fruit Industry Chamber of Commerce, which has served more than 800 members through the establishment of the Pengshan digital agricultural service platform.
In this regard, Liu Shenting said that he hopes to contribute to the revitalization of the countryside through the joint efforts of young entrepreneurs who return home.
[Concurrent period] Liu Shenting, general manager of Boshi Family Farm, Pengshan District, Meishan City
Through this kind of social organization, and then gather these people engaged in agriculture in the whole region, in order to deal with the market from a broader level, because sometimes the improvement of our overall technology, or the improvement of varieties, Only then can it bring us greater benefits.
He Meikun Sichuan Comprehensive Report
Responsible editor: [Zhang Xi]