China News Service, Beijing, March 3rd (Xiong Jiaxin) "Nowadays, the Dulong people have planted grass fruits, raised bees, opened e-commerce, and are busy welcoming tourists. Life is sweeter than honey, and they are working hard. To 'better days'." Li Yong, a representative of the National People's Congress from the Dulong ethnic group, deputy secretary of the Gongshan County Party Committee and county magistrate of Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, was interviewed by a reporter from Chinanews.com recently, sharing the new atmosphere, new practices, new development.
Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province is located at the junction of Yunnan and Tibet, and on the China-Myanmar border. It has jurisdiction over 4 townships including Bingzhongluo Town and Dulongjiang Township.
Among them, Dulongjiang Township in the west was once one of the most remote, isolated, and poorest towns in China. The Dulong ethnic group, one of China's smallest ethnic groups, has lived here for generations.
At the end of 2018, the entire Dulong ethnic group was lifted out of poverty, realizing the leap of "one step for a thousand years".
"Since getting rid of poverty, Dulongjiang has firmly followed the path of common prosperity and harmonious coexistence between man and nature, improving the level of transportation, education, medical care and health, and comprehensively promoting rural revitalization." Li Yong introduced that in recent years, Dulongjiang has adhered to green development, combined with Climate and geographical resource conditions, actively explore the economic development of the forest, plant grass fruit and other crops under the forest, and also breed Dulong cattle, Chinese bee, etc., forming an ecological planting and breeding combination model.
Among them, Caoguo has a planting area of 83,000 mu, an annual output of more than 2,000 tons, and an output value of more than 15 million yuan. It has become the "golden fruit" of Dulong folks.
"Gongshan County has always insisted on the layout of the tourism industry around the two key areas of Dulong River and Bingzhongluo, and maximized the advantages of the Great West Yunnan Tourist Ring Road to create a world-class alpine and valley tourist resort." Li Yong said that with the orderly construction of the scenic spot The advancement and the improvement of infrastructure have attracted more tourists to Gongshan.
According to statistics, Gongshan County received a total of 1,042,400 tourists last year and realized a comprehensive tourism income of 873 million yuan.
The picture shows Li Yong (fourth from the right) having a discussion with villagers.
Photo provided by the interviewee
To the delight of Li Yong and his fellow villagers, in June 2022, the Kongqueshan Tunnel of the Degong Highway, the only highway connecting Gongshan on the Nujiang River and Deqin in Diqing, opened, opening the most beautiful self-driving tour route in Yunnan - the Great Ring Road in Western Yunnan. The northwest of the city is closed, making self-driving in the west of Yunnan more smooth and convenient.
"Tourists driving the Degong Highway by themselves can pass through the heart of the Three Parallel Rivers, the Hengduan Mountains and the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang River, look at the majestic Meili Snow Mountain, Biluo Snow Mountain and Gaoligong Mountain, and then go deep into the Dulong River deep in the mountains, gradually forming a global tourism , all-season tourism, and a new pattern of 'tourism + highway'."
"In the next step, we will maximize the role of the tourism industry in promoting rural revitalization, integrate the mechanism of joint farming and leading agriculture throughout the entire development process, and do our best to help the masses continue to increase their income." Li Yong said that Gongshan County will rely on mountains and valleys Geomorphology, ecological resource advantages, and national cultural characteristics, cultivate new industrial growth points in Dulongjiang and other places, develop new business forms such as "tourism +", "ecology +" and "agriculture +" and continue to explore "village collective + villagers + brand "Enterprise" mode, to achieve the participation of all people and share dividends.
During the National People's Congress in 2023, Li Yong will put forward suggestions on the construction of transportation infrastructure, industrial development, and people's livelihood in border areas, and bring the thoughts of the people in his hometown to Beijing: "On the road of rural revitalization and common prosperity, The people of the Dulong ethnic group will work together with compatriots of all ethnic groups in the whole country to make unremitting efforts and move towards a 'better day'." (End)