(Character of the Two Sessions) Ma Huijuan, deputy to the National People's Congress: After walking out of the mountains, how do immigrants pursue a better life?
Chinanews.com, Ningxia Hongsibao, February 22. Question: Ma Huijuan, deputy to the National People's Congress: After walking out of the mountains, how can immigrants pursue a better life?
Chinanews reporter Yang Di
"I went from a rural woman who graduated from junior high school to becoming a representative of the National People's Congress, a national women's representative, and a member of the Chinese Writers' Association. These series of changes were brought about by immigration." In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com recently, Ma Huijuan, a representative of the National People's Congress, said frankly that the resettlement policy allowed people in mountainous areas to get out of the mountains and changed their lives.
Ma Huijuan was born in a small mountain village called Heiyanwan in Jingyuan County, Guyuan City, Ningxia.
"Whether going to school or shopping, you have to climb over the mountain in front of you to get out." Ma Huijuan said that the harsh natural conditions make the development of Black Eye Bay a step slower than the outside world. "There are motorcycles in the village outside. We don't even have bicycles here when the driver walks the tractor; when people have color TVs, we buy black and white TVs."
The turning point occurred in 2000. Because of the resettlement policy, Ma Huijuan and others walked out of the mountains and moved to the largest centralized resettlement area for ex-situ ecological immigrants in China - Hongsibao District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia.
"After arriving at Hongsibao, great changes have taken place in both life and spiritual aspects. The development of Hongsibao can be summed up in one sentence, from 'no birds in the sky, sand and rocks on the ground' to 'high buildings on the ground, deserts become oasis' '."
As a peasant writer, Ma Huijuan also used her own words to show the experience of this immigrant relocation. Her works "Out of the Black Eye" and "The Way Out" concentrated on the changes brought about by immigrant relocation.
After walking out of the mountains, how can immigrants pursue a better life?
Ma Huijuan, a deputy to the National People's Congress, has been thinking about this topic, and this year, she also made suggestions in related fields.
"The establishment of medical institutions in some immigrant areas is not complete and the medical staff is insufficient, resulting in relatively weak medical services." Ma Huijuan suggested that the construction of grassroots medical and health personnel should be further strengthened, and more targeted and specific grassroots health technical personnel training policies should be introduced. In the form of training projects, it will be bundled and implemented in immigrant areas to strengthen basic living security in other places, so that more young health technical personnel at the grass-roots level can go to medical and health institutions in developed areas to increase their knowledge and skills, and gradually improve the medical and health service capabilities in immigrant areas. Special fund guarantees for full-time and flexible introduction of talents will be provided to immigrant areas and remote and poor areas.
In addition, Ma Huijuan also suggested that relevant departments support Hongsibao District to create a national-level demonstration area for ex-situ relocation and enrichment of migrants. "I hope to promote the successful experience of Hongsibao at a broader level." Ma Huijuan said.
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