[Explanation] "Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears up" this familiar nursery rhyme is still remembered deeply.
Recently, in Shache County, Kashgar Prefecture, southern Xinjiang, local people cultivated characteristic industries and led villagers to raise white rabbits. While continuing to increase the income of the villagers, it enabled the villagers to achieve stable employment at their doorsteps and made the "white rabbits" a help to the village. The "new magic weapon" for revitalization.
[Explanation] The reporter saw in the rabbit cooperative in Qiongerike Village, Udalike Town, Shache County, that in the modern breeding plant, rows of rabbit cages are neatly and uniformly white, as white as snow, large and well-proportioned rabbits. Eating alive, a lively scene in the rabbit house.
Villager Patti Mai Mai is preparing feed for the rabbits. Under her careful care, each rabbit is fat and strong.
Patimai Memati had been farming at home. After the establishment of the rabbit cooperative, she became a breeder of the cooperative and had a stable income every month.
[Simultaneous] Patti Mai Mai, a villager of Qiong Aik Village, Udalike Town, Shache County
I used to be a housewife and did not have a job. Now I have a monthly salary of 1,800. Next year, I plan to buy 100 rabbits for my family and make more money to live a better life.
[Explanation] In August last year, Shanghai aided Xinjiang with an investment of 600,000 yuan to build a rabbit breeding cooperative in Qiongairik Village, which was officially put into operation. The cooperative adopted a development model of "enterprise + cooperative + farmer households". The enterprise was responsible for technical guidance and sales, and the cooperative was responsible for it. For breeding and breeding of rabbits, farmers are responsible for breeding rabbits at home. After the rabbits are fattened, they are sold to the enterprise. The rabbit industry chain is formed, and the little rabbits become the "new magic weapon" for villagers to get rich.
[Concurrent] Zhou Hui, Secretary of the Party Branch of Qiongairik Village, Udalike Town, Shache County
There are 500 rabbits in the two rabbit sheds that have been put into breeding so far. After the rabbits have been fattened up to two kilograms, they will be sold to enterprises at a price of 16 yuan per kilogram. The establishment of a rabbit industry chain will promote the industrialization and large-scale development of meat rabbit breeding.
[Explanation] Udalike Town, Shache County has always been based on farming. With the strong support of Shanghai Xinjiang Aid Funds in August 2020, a rabbit breeding base was built in Qiongairik Village. There are now four rabbit houses. It is estimated that the construction of 8 rabbit houses will be completed by the end of November. By that time, the number of rabbits will reach 6,000, which is expected to bring about 10 more local jobs.
It is reported that the next step in Qiongairik Village will lead the farmers in the village to carry out the rabbit breeding industry, and drive the farmers to increase their income and become rich.
Zuo Dandan reports from Kashgar, Xinjiang
Editor in charge: [Zhang Aolin]