Chinanews.com, Chengdu, February 28th telegram: Sichuan villages fly back to the "homing swallow": "acceleration" on the road to a well-off society
Author Yue Yitong Su Qiuwen
Carefully observe the growth of each vine, and carefully trim it with scissors from time to time... The sky is dripping with light rain. Located in the Boshi family farm in Pengshan District, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, 34-year-old Liu Chenting has rough hands. , The shoes and trouser legs were covered with yellow mud, but there was a happy smile on his face.
"Spring rain is as expensive as oil." This "new farmer" said.
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 zones in the country. Attracted by the development opportunities of the vast countryside, Liu Shenting resigned from his stable job in 2017 and used all his savings to contract 130 mu of land. , set foot on the road of returning home to start a business.
At present, Liu Shenting operates two family farms with a land scale of about 220 mu and an annual income of about 2 million yuan.
He Tingting is busy at the farm.
Photo by Wang Lei
In fact, with the continuous advancement of the rural revitalization process, more and more "homing swallows" have been flown back to villages across Sichuan. These young people who have left the villages choose to return to their hometowns to inject new vitality into the rural revitalization and become the driving force behind the rural revitalization. An emerging force of "acceleration" on the road to a well-off society.
Liu Chenting is working in the field.
Photo by Wang Lei
He Tingting, 30, is busy making fragrant Italian latte for tourists in the "Qianhe Farm" family cafe in Gaohuai Village, Jingyang District, Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
In 2015, He Tingting, who had been working outside for a long time and separated from her family, 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.
"We all want to see the village get better and better, and everyone is working on it."
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.
"I used to work in other places, and I always cared about my hometown. Now the development prospects of the countryside are getting wider and wider. I can accompany my family and develop my career. The best of both worlds." Guan Yong said with a smile. Growth, "everyone is getting better and better."
He Tingting is preparing coffee for customers.
Photo by Wang Lei
Gaohuai Village, which is firmly on the road of rural revitalization, has now developed into a well-known "coffee village". In addition to coffee, cultural and creative, mountain cross-country, homestays, handicrafts and other business formats 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.
Chen Bo told reporters that since 2018 alone, Gaohuai Village has welcomed 11 young people who have returned to their hometowns to start businesses, and the development of the village has become more and more vigorous.
"These young people have worked hard outside and have seen the world. After returning to the village, they brought new development concepts and methods, which have a very obvious role in promoting rural revitalization."
Guan Yong making coffee.
Photo by Wang Lei
In addition to the development opportunities in the vast countryside, government support 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 Entrepreneurship in the Countryside. , one-time start-up subsidy and other measures to provide and promote the further development of migrant workers and college students returning to the countryside to start their own businesses.
According to data provided by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, in 2021, a total of 18,000 people out of poverty in Sichuan 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.
Guan Yong is busy in the store.
Photo by Wang Lei
Liu Shenting is one of the typical representatives.
Since returning to his hometown for 5 years, he has continued to settle and cultivate agriculture. Not only has he grown from an initial "layman" to an intermediate agricultural technician, but he has also directed or invented 3 agriculture-related national patents. Among them, his self-created simple drip irrigation system has been used in Sichuan. It is applied on more than 5,000 acres of land in the region; he also initiated the establishment of the Pengshan Fruit Industry Chamber of Commerce, and through the establishment of the Pengshan digital agricultural service platform, it has served more than 800 members...
"If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go with a group of people." Liu Chenting firmly said that the countryside has nurtured himself, and he also wants to do his best to nurture the countryside.
"I hope that through the efforts of those young people who have returned to their hometowns to start their own businesses, we can contribute to the revitalization of the countryside." (End)