[Explanation] There was a patter of rain in the sky. When he saw Zhong Naiping, he was putting food for the chickens in the chicken farm.
Zhong Naiping is a large under-forest farmer in Jiewen Village, Wan'an Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province.
In the past, like most villagers in the village, Zhong Naiping supported the mountains to eat the mountains and cut trees to make money; now, raising chickens on the mountains not only has a stable income, but also a stable heart.
A few days ago, the reporter went to Jiewen Village, the source of China's forest reform, to conduct field interviews.
[Concurrent] Zhong Naiping, a villager of Jiewen Village
When the reforms first started, there was no wood in the mountains. Because we used to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, our ancestors chopped wood for generations and lived on wood.
As a result of the reform of the forest property system, the mountain was allocated to every household. So I decided that there was no wood on the mountain, and you can’t eat from the mountain, so we engaged in under-forest farming. Under-forest farming means raising chickens.
Basically, it has already reached 10,000 heads every year.
[Explanation] In 2001, Jiewen Village took the lead in reforming the collective forest tenure system in China, implementing the system of mountain-to-household, and the birth of China's No. 1 new version of the forest tenure certificate.
In the year that the forest reform started, Zhong Naiping's family was allocated more than 50 acres of forest land.
After repeated considerations, he decided to develop the undergrowth aquaculture industry.
Nowadays, the trees on this woodland are lush, and the flocks of free-range chickens shuttle through the forest for food.
[Concurrent] Zhong Naiping, a villager of Jiewen Village
I think the forest reform is the benefit of this. The best thing is that we have the right to control our mountains to make money. If we can plant it under the forest, we can plant it, and the plant can be cultivated under the forest. It depends on personal preference.
[Explanation] From the difficult to stop deforestation before forest reform, the difficult mobilization of forest fire fighting, the difficult investment in afforestation, the difficult development of forestry industry, the difficult profitability of looking at the green hills, the continuous deepening of forest reform and the active development of ecological agriculture and underforest Economically, Jiewen Village has embarked on a road of "prospering the forest and enriching the people".
[Concurrent] Li Cailin, Secretary of the Party Branch of Jiewen Village
Before the forest reform, most of the mountains were not managed and protected. To rely on the mountains to eat the mountains was to chop wood and sell everything that could be sold. Therefore, there was not even a decent tree in the mountains.
[Explanation] Li Cailin told reporters that the forest suddenly changed from a collective to an individual. At the beginning, there was still clandestine felling, but then everyone was afraid of sitting and eating the mountains and empty, and began to transform independently, exploring under-forest planting and breeding.
[Concurrent] Li Cailin, Secretary of the Party Branch of Jiewen Village
After the forest reform, all the forests were distributed to our villagers, and the villagers had this awareness, including managing and protecting the forest.
We have also introduced many policies for the development of the under-forest economy to encourage forest farmers. Before the forest reform, we should not talk about repaying the village's wealth and debts. At present, we have reached more than 200,000 yuan, and it is still increasing every year.
[Explanation] The development of the forest economy has become a way for Jiewen Village to increase the income of the villagers and become rich.
At present, the village has built 6 under-forest characteristic planting and breeding bases, established 4 professional cooperatives and 1 village-level company, and through the provision of industrial capital encouragement, technical guidance and sales channels, the villagers continue to increase their income.
[Explanation] Xie Chunrong, a villager who got out of poverty, raised nearly a hundred boxes of bees, and used his own woodland to grow Ganoderma lucidum, kiwi fruit, grass coral, etc. Today, he has an income of nearly 100,000 yuan a year, and the days go by.
[Concurrent] Xie Chunrong, a villager in Jiewen Village
The beekeeping was okay. Later I got government funds to help me. I also started beekeeping with technology. After being beekeeping, I planted passion fruit for 17 years, and then I planted Ganoderma lucidum and kiwi fruit. Now I have about ten incomes. Ten thousand, don't talk about money before, I didn't have enough food.
Now the annual income is more than 100,000 yuan.
[Explanation] Jiewen Village is a microcosm of Fujian's continuous exploration and practice of forest reform and the promotion of the construction of a national ecological civilization experimental zone.
Walking in Jiewen Village, the sight is full of green, and the village has built a tourist distribution center, agricultural cultural center, and cultural corridor.
Today, the forest coverage rate of Jiewen Village has increased from 78% in 2001 to 84.2% in 2020. The village is also committed to the development of research and forest health tourism, a new picture of "ecological beauty and prosperity for the people" Is showing.
Reporter Wu Shengwei reports from Longyan, Fujian
Editor in charge: [Wang Yu]