(Characters of the two sessions) The new identity of "chicken commander" Song Qingli
China News Service, Wuhan, March 6 (Reporter Guo Xiaoying) "We, Hefeng, are treasures and scenery everywhere. In the past few years, the road has been connected to the wealth, and the villagers have found the confidence and direction of development, and have motivation and confidence. Speaking of the development and changes of his hometown, Song Qingli, a representative of the National People's Congress and a legal person of Jintaimu Family Farm in Hefeng County, Hubei Province, opened the box.
Song Qingli retired from the army in 2008 and returned to his hometown of Hefeng. He contracted two hilltops to raise "six-toed chickens" in a family farm mode, and lifted nearly 200 poor households out of poverty in three surrounding villages. He was called "chicken commander" by the villagers.
During the National Two Sessions, Song Qingli said in an interview that the "chicken commander" has become a thing of the past, and now he has a new identity and responsibilities, that is, to be a good propagandist of his hometown, a salesperson of agricultural products and an image of farmers, and to be a good Enshi In the sales of agricultural products, tell the story of Enshi soil, selenium, tea, cool and green, and establish a simple and down-to-earth image of the Tujia people.
Hefeng Ecological Tea Garden (data map) Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In order to better perform his duties, Song Qingli opened the "Hefeng Specialty Products Museum" in Wuhan in October 2021.
The museum displays and sells more than 300 kinds of agricultural and sideline products such as tea, rice, honey, pueraria root powder, bacon, etc. in Enshi area. At present, products worth millions of yuan have been "walked" out of the mountains through the specialty museum.
It has always been Song Qingli's dream to let the mountain goods hidden in the boudoir go to the big market outside the mountain and help the villagers to increase their income.
As a mountain native, he is well aware of the importance of transportation to rural development.
In the four years since he took office, he has continued to call for strengthening the construction of transportation infrastructure in mountainous areas.
In 2019, he suggested to increase support for the construction of large transportation in impoverished mountainous areas; in 2020, he suggested to increase investment in the construction of Enshi high-speed rail, expressway, airport and other major transportation arteries; in 2021, he suggested to increase the investment in Hubei Province. Support for upgrading provincial roads and rural roads.
With the completion of the Xuanhe Expressway and the completion of the survey of the Yichang-Fuling section of the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, Song Qingli's dream has gradually become a reality.
"Before, my hometown was 'I saw the mountains and walked for a long time'. The kiwi fruit and Houttuynia cordata could not get out of the mountains, so I could only watch them rot in the ground. Now these mountain goods have become the big market outside the mountains.' Popular goods'." Song Qingli said that thanks to the improvement of traffic conditions, his hometown is now "industry flourishing through the road and Jingmei", and the appearance of the countryside and the life of farmers have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Focusing on "speeding up transportation construction in mountainous areas and promoting rural revitalization and development", during the National People's Congress and the National People's Congress this year, Song Qingli brought the "Suggestions on the Early Construction of the Yichang-Fuling Section of the Shanghai-Chongqing High-speed Railway" and "Suggestions on Requesting the Early Construction of the An-En-Zhang Railway". ”, etc., calling for increased investment in transportation in the border areas of Hunan and Hubei, promoting the formation of a network of transportation channels in mountainous areas, consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation in the contiguous poverty-stricken areas in Wuling Mountains, and promoting rural revitalization.
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