On April 24, 2003, Xi Jinping, then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, visited Xiajiang Village, Zhejiang Province.
Xiajiang Village is affiliated to Fengshuling Town, Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province.
In western Zhejiang, Xiajiang Village has always been very famous.
It used to be famous because of “poorness”—there is a folk song: “Houses with earth walls and food for half a year, there are women who will not marry Jiang Lang.”
In the early 1980s, villagers eager to get rid of poverty one after another carried axes up the mountain to cut trees.
More than 40 charcoal kilns were burning at the same time, and the whole village was filled with smoke.
In just a few years, more than 6,000 acres of forests have disappeared, and the mountains have become dysentery... Xiajiang Village, in the mouth of the old party secretary Jiang Yinxiang, looked like this in the past: "The street is a muddy road with potholes, and every family lives in adobe houses. , There are pigs in the dam and sewage flows everywhere..."
"Speaking of blushing! We welcomed Secretary Xi in this environment." Speaking of the past, Jiang Yinxiang still feels embarrassed.
On the morning of April 24, 2003, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, came to Xiajiang Village-the "washboard road" that was bumped for more than 60 kilometers from Chun'an County, took another half an hour on the ferry, and then went around 100 more. I arrived in the village after a winding road.
Regardless of rest, he immediately began to visit and investigate.
After the investigation was over, Secretary Xi called the village cadres to the simple village committee office for a meeting.
Jiang Yinxiang took out the materials he had prepared in advance to prepare a report.
Xi Jinping said cheerfully: "Don't use materials. Just say what you have in your mind, and tell where you think. We are here to listen to the truth. Let go of it."
Jiang Yinxiang relaxed all of a sudden, and poured bitter water for a long time.
Finally, I made another request: "Secretary Xi, I don’t know if I should say something. I would like the province to help us build biogas. Otherwise, the mountains will be cut down..."
"This proposal is good! For ordinary people, every little thing in life around them is a real big thing. Just like the human body, the small'cells' are healthy, and the big'body' is full of vitality and vitality. Vitality." Xi Jinping asked the comrades accompanying him to write it down and urged: "The funds shall be settled by the provincial finance."
A few days later, the Zhejiang Provincial Rural Energy Office sent experts to the village for guidance.
Funds are also quickly implemented.
Villager Jiang Zuhai used biogas for the first time in the village.
After the biogas was completed, Xi Jinping once again came to Xiajiang Village.
It was a spring rainy day, and the distant mountains were misty.
Wearing rain boots, Xi Jinping listened enthusiastically to Jiang Zuhai's talk about the use of biogas.
Xi Jinping said: “When I was the branch secretary in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi more than 20 years ago, I built the first biogas village in Shaanxi.” He added humorously: “When it comes to building biogas, I can be considered a half expert. Biogas construction Well, it must be maintained and used well." He also arranged supporting work such as the renovation of the farmers' kitchen and the utilization of solar energy.
To this day, Jiang Zuhai's family still uses the biogas built in the past.
The mountains around Xiajiang Village are towering, and the per capita farmland is less than one mu.
Narrow development space is one of the causes of poverty.
On the morning of April 24, 2003, Xi Jinping held a symposium at the home of Jiang Deming, a major tea planter, and asked in detail about the production and sales of agricultural products.
He held a pen to his finger and calculated input and output accounts with everyone: "What development difficulties do you have? Tell them all. Let's discuss countermeasures together."
Some villagers said: "Lack of talent!" Some said: "Lack of funds!" Others said: "Lack of technology!"
Xi Jinping said that from what everyone said, the output of sericulture, tea, and early rice is not low.
So, why is the harvest unsatisfactory after a hard year?
All kinds of goods are of general market.
Failure to achieve high-quality, efficient and dislocation development.
Without quality, there is no market competitiveness.
And without misplaced development, it is impossible to achieve people without self.
"Are there any science and technology commissioners in your village?" Xi Jinping asked.
Jiang Yinxiang shook his head.
"Research in the province and send a science and technology commissioner to your village." Xi Jinping said.
Under Xi Jinping's care, Yu Xuping, a senior engineer from Zhejiang Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, moved to Xiajiang Village.
Some villagers were not convinced at first: “Before helping the poor, it was to send money, food, and farm tools. Now I'm sending an expert! Can he make the field grow golden bumps?” Yu Xuping “stayed” in the village for a month and thought: "The village's low-pit dock is most suitable for growing gardenia jasminoides, a Chinese medicinal material."
As a result, 500 acres of yellow gardenia were planted in the low pit where only weeds and shrubs could grow before.
Two years later, when the villagers counted the thick banknotes, they said from the bottom of their hearts: "Take it!"
On March 22, 2005, Xi Jinping came to Xiajiang Village again.
He proposed to look at the Yellow Gardenia base.
Xi Jinping came to the field and asked Yu Xuping while watching the growth of the yellow gardenia: "How is the quality of this medicinal material?" "Is it difficult for the villagers to learn?" "How good is the sales?"...
Knowing that each farmer can earn more than 4,000 yuan from planting medicinal materials, Xi Jinping patted Yu Xuping on the shoulder: "Good job! You have merit!"
Xi Jinping said to the comrades accompanying Zhejiang Province: “Teaching them to fish is not as good as teaching them to fish. We must continue to improve the system of special officers and instructors, and truly shift the focus. In the future, the instructors in the villages will be in every village in the province. One."
Soon, the resident instructors walked into more than 30,000 villages in Zhejiang.
The old party secretary Jiang Yinxiang and Xi Jinping had the most exchanges. He talked about a close contact with Xi Jinping.
On October 4, 2004, Xi Jinping accompanied leading comrades from the central government to inspect Chun'an County.
Although it was 9 pm, he still gave up rest and took the time to convene the next work "inquiry meeting" in Xiajiang Village.
After everyone arrived, he first apologized: "I'm sorry, but I still called everyone to talk about work at so late."
Because the main leaders of the county and the town participated, Jiang Yinxiang and several village officials habitually sat in the back.
Upon seeing this, Xi Jinping greeted him cordially and said: "Sit here, sit here. You are the protagonists of today's meeting. You should sit in the middle. Everyone should get closer and speak more easily."
Jiang Yinxiang said: "The Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee is so humble, without any arrogance at all. At that time, I only felt hot and indescribably moved."
On May 25, 2006, facing the drizzle, Xi Jinping once again came to Xiajiang Village.
In the village party member activity room, Xi Jinping talked about grassroots party building work with everyone.
He first told everyone a story: "In a small remote village, because their branch secretary fell ill, the villagers spontaneously raised tens of thousands of yuan for surgery to treat him in a single day. The villagers said, "Just beg for food, but also save. He'. He is Comrade Zheng Jiuwan, a party branch secretary in Yongjia County. Some local cadres sent out,'If I fall ill, how many villagers will come to rescue me?'
Xi Jinping looked around everyone and continued: "It can be said that Zheng Jiuwan has profoundly revealed the rich connotation of'the weight of ordinary people in the hearts of cadres, and the weight of cadres in the hearts of ordinary people'. Development is impossible without a battle fortress, and cadres cannot do things for the people. Therefore, the majority of rural party members must be leaders in production and development, demonstrators of new styles, leaders of harmony, and the masses. Sweetheart."
Today, these requirements of Xi Jinping for party members and cadres in rural areas are printed on one side of the gate of the Xiajiang Village Cultural Auditorium, and a shiny party emblem is hung on the other side.
"We will come here whenever we have time and think about it," said Yang Hongma, the former secretary of the village Party branch.
On the edge of the covered bridge at the entrance of Xiajiang Village, a "Siyuan Pavilion" has now been built.
Jiang Yinxiang often hangs a small speaker on his chest to serve as a volunteer guide for tourists:
"Although Secretary Xi has left Zhejiang, he has been thinking about and caring about Xiajiang Village. On March 25, 2007, when he first came to work in Shanghai, he took the time to write a letter to Xiajiang Village:'Xiajiang Village is mine. Contact point at the grass-roots level. In the past few years, I have been thinking about the construction and development of Xiajiang Village and the production and life of the villagers. Basically, I go to the village every year and listen to you talk about it through harassment with the villagers. In my heart, I learned a lot about the rural situation and made many friends with farmers. The party committees and governments of Chun'an County and Fengshuling Town, and the party branch and village committee of Xiajiang Village have been very supportive of my work. I am very grateful. The central government decided to transfer me to Shanghai recently. Due to time constraints, I could not go to see and say goodbye to the villagers friends again. I am very sorry and worried...'"
"In Shanghai, Secretary Xi did not forget the fathers and villagers of Xiajiang Village. He specifically telegrams to the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee General Office that there are still some projects in Xiajiang Village that have not been implemented. Can the relevant departments organize the various work and construction projects in Xiajiang Village? Investigate to ensure that the project is implemented. This year, we established a general party branch in Xiajiang Village."
"On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2011, the villagers sent a letter to Secretary Xi with deep affection, inviting the old leaders to come again and walk down the mountain trails of Jiangcun, sit on the small benches of the people's farmhouses, and listen to the heart of the fathers and villagers. "
"Soon, the village party branch received a letter from Beijing-Comrade Xi Jinping replied to Xiajiang Village!"
Xiajiang Village Party Branch and Village Committee:
I received the letter and read it very kindly.
During my work in Zhejiang, I visited Xiajiang Village 4 times for investigations and forged an indissoluble bond with the village.
In a blink of an eye, it has been 4 years since I left Zhejiang.
In the past four years, under the leadership of the village party branch and the village committee, and the joint efforts of the villagers, Xiajiang Village has undergone new changes, the economy has continued to develop, the appearance of the village has been further improved, and the lives of the people have become better.
I am sincerely happy about this...
Please convey my greetings to the cadres and the masses of the village, and I wish everyone a more prosperous life.
"Look! Now, this letter full of Comrade Xi Jinping's deep love for the people is engraved on the stone tablet of Siyuan Pavilion!"
While speaking, Jiang Yinxiang's heart was filled with joy and gratitude.
Today's Xiajiang, the scenery is picturesque!
In the fall, the sweet-scented osmanthus in front of every house blooms.
The thick scent wafted wildly in the alleys of the cottage.
When it rained, the mountains were verdant.
The milky-white buildings with three or four floors hidden among the green trees appear cleaner and more dignified.
The water in Fenglin Port was rising, and a clear stream was flowing happily.
The stone roads on both sides of the stream are spotless.
Colorful flowers bloom in the flowerbeds in front of each house.
Today, Xiajiang is still famous: the name of the village is often referred to as "most beautiful" and "richest" adjectives.
From turning over to becoming rich, the people under Jiang will never forget Xi Jinping.
Xi Jin usually said, "If you have no heart, you can't be an official."
People in Xiajiang often say, "Daughter never forgets the digger."
Such simple words just express the profound friendship between Xi Jinping and the people.
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition