[Well-off China] From the family workshop to the factory intensive Anhui Feidong hangs out "happy side"
[Explanation] As one of the three largest noodle villages in China, Zhutang Community, Qiaotouji Town, Feidong County, Anhui Province, has been making noodles by hand for a century.
In 2020, the village moved the production of dried noodles to the dried noodle processing factory, unified production, unified packaging, unified sales, the villagers no longer "do it alone", relying on the brand "Zhutang dried noodles", the villagers' "pockets" gradually Bulged up.
On January 3, the reporter walked into the dried noodle processing plant, the silky dried noodles swayed with the wind, and the workers were busy with their work.
[Concurrent] Wu Junbao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhutang Community, Qiaotouji Town, Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province
Relying on the stock economic cooperatives, we established the Noodle Association to gather these noodle artisans in our noodle production workshop for centralized production, including sales, so as to ensure the quality of the noodles and its food safety, and solve the problems of these noodle artisans. Sales, including some problems in other channels, are focused on improving the income of the people and strengthening the collective economy of our village.
[Explanation] According to reports, since the "Zhutang Noodle Factory" as the representative of the collective economy of Zhutang Village was put into operation, the production of handmade noodles has gradually developed from a "family workshop" to a "factory intensive type."
Fan Yuzheng, 78, has been making dried noodles since he was 21.
He told reporters that he used to make noodles at home. Now that a dried noodle factory has been established in the village, he and his wife have moved "positions". Not only has the working environment been greatly improved, but the income has also increased.
[Concurrent] Fan Yuzheng, a villager in Zhutang Community, Qiaotouji Town, Feidong County
We used to make dried noodles and we would sell them ourselves. Now we go to the dried noodle factory to make dried noodles. We don’t bother to sell them. We will hand it over to the boss after we make it. We will make more money here, two people a month. Probably can earn 10,000 yuan, and when there are too many rainy days, it can make seven to eight thousand or eight to nine thousand yuan.
[Explanation] Standardized production process, clean and hygienic production environment... Not only do people feel comfortable at work, but also enable them to live a well-off life.
At present, there are 20 to 30 people in the village who make dried noodles in factories like Fan Yuzheng.
Because it is purely handmade, the current daily output of the noodle factory is about one thousand catties, and the price has also changed from 5 yuan per catty for family-style workshops to the current ex-factory price of 15 yuan per catty.
[Concurrent] Li Lianqin, Head of Zhutang Noodle Factory, Qiaotouji Town, Feidong County, Hefei
The common people used to make (noodles) at home, and he wanted to sell it on the street. Now he enters our factory and he doesn't (worry) selling it, just make it for money.
If two of them are working here, they are both masters. Generally, it costs (average) to eight or nine thousand (yuan) for two people a month.
[Explanation] In 2016, "Zhutang Noodles" registered a trademark.
Nowadays, Zhutang community is based on traditional dried noodle making craftsmanship, and through online and offline simultaneous marketing models, the traditional craftsmanship is transformed into economic benefits, so as to increase the income of the village collective economy and make the people rich.
[Concurrent] Wu Junbao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhutang Community, Qiaotouji Town, Feidong County, Hefei City, Anhui Province
In the next step, we will rely on the brand "Zhutang Noodles" and prepare to hold the first noodle theme cultural festival to create our special product of bambootang noodles. At the same time, we will rely on our rice and shrimp co-cultivation, greenhouse vegetables, including eco-tourism, homestay and other industries. , Can develop and expand the collective economy of the village, at the same time increase the income of the people, enhance their happiness and sense of gain, and realize their greatest yearning for a better life.
Liu Honghe Shi Chao reports from Hefei, Anhui
Editor in charge: [Zhou Zhaojun]