Weibo topic reading volume exceeds 500 million in a month, and Liang Huimin, the county magistrate of Cao County, Shandong, responded to why Cao County "fired out of the circle"

  The head of Cao County: Cao County’s “popularity” is related to the Internet thinking of the locals

  Cao County was suddenly on fire.

  The reason was that on the short video platform, an internet celebrity blogger shouted the slogan "Cao County 666" with a unique accent, which triggered many netizens to follow suit and commented that "Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen Cao" "I would rather sleep in a bed in Cao County, don't buy it." A suite in Shanghai"...

  The data shows that from April 13 to May 17, the number of views on the topic of Cao County on Weibo exceeded 500 million.

  On May 17, the county magistrate of Cao County responded to Cao County's “popularity” at the “Returning Home Entrepreneurship Symposium”, saying that whether it is positive or ridiculous, netizens are welcome to walk around Cao County and take a look at the real Cao County.

  Behind the "fire out of the circle", this small city has the largest Taobao village in Shandong Province, ranking second in the country's top ten Taobao village clusters, and is the country's largest performance clothing and Han clothing base. Coffin exports occupy the Japanese coffin market. 90% of it.

  On the afternoon of May 18, Liang Huimin, deputy secretary of the Caoxian County Party Committee and County Mayor, said in an interview with a reporter from the Beijing News that the "fire" in Cao County has a lot to do with Cao County’s people’s keenness, faster exposure to new things, and Internet thinking. Businesses have boosted the development of local industries.

  Talk popular

  The "popularity" of the Internet shows that there are areas worth paying attention

  Beijing News: When did you notice that Cao County became popular online?

  Liang Huimin: About three or four days ago, I saw that everyone was talking about Cao County, some of them were positive and some were ridiculing.

After seeing the hot discussion, we are very excited. There are more than 2,800 counties across the country, and the ability to conduct hot discussions on Cao County shows that we have something to pay attention to.

  Beijing News: Why do you think Cao County is being watched and ridiculed?

  Liang Huimin: One point that everyone ridiculed this time is that Cao County's coffins are exported to Japan.

Indeed, the coffins exported by our Cao County account for 90% of the Japanese market, and the volume is very large. In the Chinese market, it accounts for about 60 to 70%.

  In fact, apart from the coffin, Cao County still has many traditional industries.

Cao County is one of the three 100-billion-level wood product industrial clusters in the country. From wood boards to terminal products, the output sold to the country is relatively large, and hundreds of thousands of people are engaged in this industry.

  Beijing News: Are there any netizens' opinions that impressed you?

  Liang Huimin: For example, some netizens put Cao County alongside Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, calling it "Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Cao." We Caoxian laughed after reading it.

A young man who returned to Cao County from Beijing to start a business told me that he felt (this ridicule) was positive. Although we have no way to compare with these big cities in many aspects, Cao County has a very good environment and low cost of living. He returned to Cao County. Entrepreneurship, life, and work are all very convenient.

Many people return to Cao County from a big city, and they feel a sense of belonging and feel that this place belongs to them.

  Beijing News: Then why do you think Cao County is "fire"?

  Liang Huimin: Cao County is located in such a remote place in the southwest of Shandong Province, why the fire?

It has a lot to do with our keenness, faster exposure to new things, and Internet thinking.

Our e-commerce started relatively early, starting in 1997, and it also boosted our development at that time.

  Now Cao County is the second largest Taobao village cluster in the country, and the e-commerce industry is relatively strong. There are 300,000 people participating in the e-commerce industry in Cao County.

We also have a big market town, the first Taobao town to fully cover Taobao villages, and it ranks among the top ten "Taobao village clusters" in the country.

  The Beijing News: How do you view the impact of this Internet "popularity"?

  Liang Huimin: I think it's a good thing.

The promotion of Cao County will also have a good impact on the pull and drive of the industry. If we have shortcomings or problems in Cao County, the suggestions made by netizens will also allow us to better improve.

  Talk live

  The government just does its job, it should talk less and do more

  The Beijing News: You did a live broadcast of "endorsement" for Cao County's Hanfu last year. Why did you do such a live broadcast?

  Liang Huimin: The epidemic has dealt a great blow to our e-commerce companies. In order to transform our industry and let the people survive better, I think it is necessary for me, as the county magistrate, to come out live.

  The live broadcast sold 3,000 Hanfu and attracted millions of netizens.

As a matter of fact, the government does its work. It needs to talk less and do more, and promote what we need to do in a pragmatic and solid manner.

  Beijing News: How did the local Hanfu industry develop?

  Liang Huimin: Cao County was originally the largest costume base in the country. The costumes used to be made manually by us and sold one by one. Now, when I sit at home and tap on the keyboard, I sell things.

  The epidemic hit last year and there were fewer performances, so we changed from performing costumes to making Han costumes in Cao County.

At present, the production of Hanfu in our county is also the largest in the country, from design to manufacturing and sales.

  Beijing News: In addition to the Hanfu industry, what other characteristic industries are developing in the local area?

  Liang Huimin: The optoelectronic industry has its own characteristics.

The core of the optoelectronics industry is the digital economy, and we are just getting started here, beginning to have products such as mobile phone screens, mobile phone cases, and tempered films.

This is also an industry developed in response to the conversion of the old and new kinetic energy of the provincial party committee and the provincial government.

  Talk about talent

  The high-quality development of a place depends on talents

  Beijing News: We are concerned that you attended the "Returning Hometown Entrepreneur Symposium" on May 17. Why do you say that netizens are welcome to visit Cao County and take a look at the real Cao County?

  Liang Huimin: Cao County has changed a lot in recent years.

When I say this, I hope everyone can truly understand Cao County. The good side can help us to publicize and publicize it, and the bad ones can provide valuable advice. We will make corrections in future work.

  Beijing News: What did Cao County do in attracting talents?

  Liang Huimin: We have a statistics. In recent years, more than 3,000 college students, including doctoral students and foreign students, have gone to Cao County to start their own businesses.

Under the relevant policies formulated by the provinces and cities, we have also formulated some policies based on the needs of entrepreneurs returning to their hometowns. For example, the house issues they care about will be given to them at a cost price; other issues such as children’s school choice and medical problems , Pension insurance payment, etc., the government will take care of it.

  For example, when you come back to start a business, you need loans and mortgages. Our rural commercial bank has different quotas of 300,000, 500,000, and 1 million for college students, master students, and doctoral students. They can apply for loans for house purchases, entrepreneurship, etc., without mortgages or guarantees. .

  The Beijing News: Why pay attention to returning to the hometown for entrepreneurial work and the introduction of high-level talents?

  Liang Huimin: Under the policy of industrial structure transformation and upgrading proposed by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the traditional industries in Cao County will also be upgraded.

As for the high-quality development of a place, I think it depends on talents and how to bring them back to their hometowns. This is what we need to consider.

I hope that under the attention of all netizens, Cao County's tomorrow will become better.

  Beijing News reporter Zhao Min