(Interview with the two associations) Shen Jilan participated in the two meetings for the 66th time: I live in the countryside and know what farmers want and expect
China News Agency Taiyuan, May 21 Telegram: Shen Jilan participated in the two meetings for the 66th time: I live in the countryside and know what farmers want and expect
Author Fan Lifang
"2020 is my 66th time to participate in the two sessions of the country. I am a farmer representative. I live in the countryside every day and I know that the farmers want and hope very much. This year I still pay attention to the contents of agriculture and rural areas." Shen Jilan, who was over 90 years old, expressed his concern and expectation on topics such as poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.
On the eve of the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, Shen Jilan, a representative of the National People's Congress, a national model worker, and the "Republic Medal", received an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service.
As the only representative of the 13th National People's Congress from 1954 to 2018 in China, Shen Jilan, who came out of Xigou Village, Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, is a "witness" of the National People's Congress system. Is a practitioner of rural development.
Xigou Village in Pingshun County where Shen Jilan is located is a typical Taihang mountainous area in the north. Over the years, she and the villagers planted trees, planted dams and land, started businesses and set up factories, and never left the countryside.
At the beginning of 2020, affected by the new crown epidemic, farmers also faced unprecedented difficulties, such as being blocked from working abroad, agricultural products being unsaleable, and production and operation being stalled. This year, Xigou Village identified 20 key engineering projects, which were postponed due to the impact of the epidemic.
"Everyone can work together to overcome difficulties," Shen Jilan said. Now, with the improvement of China's epidemic prevention and control situation, many places are actively resuming production. Xigou Village strengthens daily protection. At present, 8 projects have been started, and 3 infrastructure projects such as sewers have been completed. In addition, many rural areas have expanded their agricultural product sales channels through live webcasts.
"There must be new ideas in the new era, new actions in the new era, and new measures in the new era." Shen Jilan said that online sales of agricultural products are very good. In recent years, Pingshun County has increased income for farmers through online sales of Codonopsis, Zanthoxylum, etc. We also have an e-commerce platform in Xigou Village. "
2020 is known as "the year of a decisive battle against poverty". In the countryside, Shen Jilan saw the changes brought about by the poverty alleviation work for farmers: the introduction of garment enterprises and the development of red tourism; the agricultural products "out of the mountain", the labor force "out of the ditch"; the mountains are greener and the water is cleaner.
Shen Jilan said, we must continue to pay attention to the old areas, and we must not get rid of it. "Now, poverty due to illness is a major problem, and we must increase efforts in rural medical security; the other is marginalized rural households, who must care about their production and life. Prevent them from becoming poor due to illness ".
At present, China is implementing a rural revitalization strategy. Shen Jilan believes that rural revitalization is inseparable from industry. "Like our smooth, Xigou, and mountains are all forsythia. The province has proposed the development of 'Shanxi herbal tea', which is a good industry for us and hopes to get national support. "Shen Jilan said, rural revitalization does not necessarily have to build high-rise buildings, but to make plans for spare land in rural areas." Now the countryside is empty in the middle, and new houses are covered outside. It is recommended to plan the old village well and make full use of it. ".
Once a year, it is routine for Xigou Village to send off Shen Jilan to Beijing to participate in the National Two Sessions. At the farewell ceremony in Xigou Village on May 14, Shen Jilan told everyone to work "at home" to overcome the impact of the epidemic and recover the lost time. (Finish)