Dashi Village in Chongyang County, Hubei Province was once a provincial key poverty-stricken village.

In 2014, Cheng Ju, a post-90s girl, returned to her hometown from Guangzhou and was elected as the secretary of the village party branch.

In the past 8 years, she has led the villagers out of poverty, and now she is painting a beautiful picture of rural revitalization.

　　The citrus base with an area of ​​36 mu is the first industrial project in Dashi Village this year. The more than 1,500 saplings are the varieties that the village party secretary Cheng Ju specially asked experts from Huazhong Agricultural University to help select.

　　Cheng Ju, Secretary of the Party Branch of Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: When the seedlings arrive, I feel that my heart has fallen.

In the next step, there are more than 20 projects that will be implemented in our village one after another, and they will be completed soon. I will feel that we will change a lot this year, and I will feel very happy.

　　Cheng Ju, who was born in 1990, has been the secretary of the Party branch in Dashi Village for eight years.

Eight years ago, Dashi Village was still a provincial-level key poverty-stricken village. There was no decent road, let alone the development of any industry. At that time, the members of the "two committees" of the village were all very old, and there was an urgent need for someone with ideas and strong ability. Young people lead everyone to change the situation of poverty and backwardness.

After discussion among the village cadres, they thought of Cheng Ju, who just graduated from college and is working as a designer in Guangzhou.

　　Wang Wanlong, a cadre from Yuanyuan Village, Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: I went to her (Cheng Ju) house twice and wanted to invite her out, but she was unwilling at the time. Later, the third time, I followed her Speaking, I said that there are no young people in the village, you are a college student, and the village needs you to go back.

　　In October 2014, after hesitating for a long time, Cheng Ju finally made up his mind to give up his job in Guangzhou and return to the village to participate in the general election of the "two committees" of the village.

After being elected as the party secretary of the village, Cheng Ju made three commitments to the villagers - building a party-mass service center, improving infrastructure, and developing rural tourism.

In order to fulfill these commitments, she contacted a professional team to help the village make overall planning, and began to raise funds from various sources. When she had no money, she even paid for the project out of her own pocket.

　　But unexpectedly, when she brought the construction team into the village to build the road, she encountered resistance: a few villagers who illegally occupied collective land refused to let it go, and instead drove an excavator to block the road.

After patient and meticulous work, Cheng Ju properly resolved the conflict, and finally led everyone to renovate the muddy road in the village.

The road was repaired, and this brave and decisive girl also won the trust of the villagers.

　　Wang Cunyong, director of the village committee of Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: Our secretary is a person who does practical work. When we see the secretary doing practical work, we young people are willing to follow her.

　　Cheng Ju understands that the development of the village is far from enough to rely on her own strength. She must inspire the enthusiasm of all the villagers. Therefore, she often takes everyone to visit and study in those fast-growing model villages.

　　Cheng Ju, Secretary of the Party Branch of Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: When they see what kind of place this was in the past, you can see how well it has developed now.

It can arouse their reflection, and I want them to actively participate in the construction of the village.

　　Driven by Cheng Ju, the development of Dashi Village is booming, and many young people who work outside have also returned to the village to participate in the construction of their hometown.

After the election of the "two committees" of the village last year, 4 of the 5 village cadres in Dashi Village were born in the 1980s and 1990s, and the core strength of Dashi Village's entrepreneurial development has become stronger and stronger.

　　Cheng Peng, a villager in Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: The changes (in the village) are quite big, indeed quite big. Now basically all young cadres and young party members are doing practical things for us.

　　Today, the appearance of the villages in Dashi Village has taken on a new look. Various industries such as the rice-shrimp co-cultivation base, the characteristic fruit base, the citrus base and the Chinese herbal medicine base go hand in hand and develop vigorously.

　　Cheng Ju, Secretary of the Party Branch of Dashi Village, Chongyang County, Xianning City: The rural revitalization I understand is not a matter of a few cadres, a few Party members, or a few people.

Every villager needs to exert his own strength. Everyone is a lamp. If we light up every lamp, our countryside will be better built.

　　(CCTV reporter Zhang Qianqian)