General Secretary Xi Jinping's Concerns丨A Pulse of Tea Fragrance Produces Affection——Zhejiang White Tea Seedlings Rooted in Qianxiangchuan Mountain Village to Increase Income and Alleviate Poverty

Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era - a New Chapter for a New Era, General Secretary Xi Jinping's Concerns

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 29th.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters He Lingling, Fang Wenyu, Xiao Yonghang, Zhou Nan

　　In early April, Huangdu Village, Anji, Zhejiang Province received new tea from Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province.

In order to thank the donated tea seedlings, the donated farmers in Qingchuan County presented the first batch of picked white tea to "Zhejiang relatives" to taste.

　　In April 2018, 20 peasant party members from Huangdu Village, Anji, Zhejiang wrote a letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping to report the situation of growing white tea to become rich, and offered to donate 15 million tea seedlings to help people in poverty-stricken areas get rid of poverty.

General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions, affirming their approach, emphasizing on enhancing the awareness of drinking water and thinking of the source, not forgetting the party's kindness, and promoting the spirit of sharing the party's worries and helping the rich first, which is very meaningful for winning the battle against poverty.

　　Green green and white tea seedlings, strong support.

After nearly four years of hard work, tens of millions of donated tea seedlings in Zhejiang have taken root in 3 provinces and 5 counties including Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan, and all of them have entered a high-yielding period this year.

These donated tea seedlings are continuing to write the story of "a leaf enriches the people" in more mountain villages.

Thousands of miles away, "donation seedlings" take root

　　At 6 a.m. on the 25th, in the "Baiye No. 1" tea garden in Zhiqiang Village, Zhongzhai Town, Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, 50-year-old Tujia villager Wang Xiaorong started a day of weeding work.

　　"The tea plantation contracted this year has just finished picking tea, and the tea green has been sold for 16,000 yuan." She believes that this tea tree has just been planted for more than 3 years, and then the experience in her own management and maintenance will continue to accumulate, and the benefits will be even better.

　　Zhongzhai Town was once one of the deeply impoverished townships in Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County. "The land is not three feet flat". Farmers have long lived on small sloping fields, such as corn and sweet potatoes, with meager income.

The local area is high in altitude, cloudy and foggy, and there is a tradition of growing tea. Many ancient tea trees are preserved, but there is no industry that promotes agriculture and increases income.

　　At the end of 2018, 3.6 million "Baiye No. 1" donated tea seedlings from Huangdu Village, Anji, Zhejiang settled in Zhiqiang Village, Sanhuixi Village and Dazhai Village of Zhongzhai Town, building 1,200 mu of tea gardens.

For more than three years, under the careful management and protection of the villagers, these tea seedlings have taken root and flourished, and this year they have begun to show economic benefits.

　　The donated tea farmers in Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province also ushered in the first harvest of white tea.

In 2018 and 2019, Huangdu Village donated a total of 5.4 million tea seedlings to Qingchuan County, and built 1,517 mu of white tea bases in three villages of Qingping, Cementing and Rubble.

　　"The white tea sold for more than 30,000 yuan. Counting the income from working in the white tea base, I got 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year!" Qiang Xixiang, a villager in Qingping Village, Shazhou Town, Qingchuan County, observed the master's frying tea in the processing workshop. , while calculating to the reporter the benefits of growing white tea.

　　She said that in the past, growing corn and potatoes had to rely on the sky for food, and she was so tired every day that she couldn't make a lot of money all year round, and she had to pay back in bad years.

Since I planted white tea, my family has been getting better every day, and I still have savings in the bank this year.

　　The reporter learned that the tea seedlings donated by Huangdu Village have all entered the high-yielding period this year.

As of April 25, a total of more than 65,000 catties of fresh leaves have been picked from the 6,217-mu "Baiye No. 1" tea garden in 5 counties in 3 provinces, with an output value of more than 7.7 million yuan, driving the per capita income of 2,064 households and 6,661 villagers to increase by 1,150 yuan.

Gratitude and forge ahead, the small mountain village has a new look

　　Wengcao Village, Morong Town, Guzhang County, Hunan Province is a village inhabited by the Miao ethnic group. In 2018, 1.5 million "Baiye No. 1" tea seedlings were planted in the village.

When he returned to his hometown during the Spring Festival in 2019, Shi Zehui, a young man from the Miao family who worked outside all the year round, heard about this and thought it was an opportunity, so he decided to stay in the village for development.

　　"Traditional villages meet modern white tea. Focusing on themes such as characteristic Miao villages, homestay experience, and base viewing, it can support the integration of tea and tourism industries." Shi Zehui said that this year, more than 2,000 kilograms of fresh white tea leaves picked in the village were processed into 400 kilograms of dry tea. The estimated sales income is 350,000 yuan, but this is only the first step in getting rich for the whole village.

　　The tea seedlings take root, and the farmers' "creative wealth" also grows day and night.

Shi Liutang, secretary of the Party branch of Wengcao Village, was quite emotional. The most gratifying change in the village in recent years is that the villagers are trying to increase their income and create wealth, showing a new look of gratitude and hard work.

　　Wengcao Village already has 5 homestays, 3 farmhouses, and 1 Miaojia winery. The village collective has also registered 2 cooperatives and 1 company.

The village uses the donated tea seedlings to invest in the cooperative, and signs labor contracts with the labor force in the village to guide the villagers to work hard to become rich.

　　The benefits of tea seedlings are good, driving the continuous expansion of the planting area of ​​white tea.

The reporter learned that the 3 provinces and 5 counties that received the donation of tea seedlings currently promote the cultivation of "Baiye No. 1" tea gardens of more than 30,000 mu.

　　Weeding, pesticide application, fertilizer application, pruning...Under the guidance of Zhejiang tea technicians, Zhang Wen, a 36-year-old villager from Zhiqiang Village, Zhongzhai Town, has mastered multiple techniques of tea garden management.

He said that the most difficult thing is to judge the pests and diseases of tea, which sometimes cannot be seen with the naked eye, and it varies from season to season, which requires continuous learning.

　　"My hometown has changed a lot in recent years. In the past, there were no roads in the village. Now the roads are like spider webs, and people from other places have to rely on navigation to enter the village." Zhang Wen said with a smile. I can't always settle down in my heart. Now I learn a technology at my doorstep, and I have the confidence to create a career.

Let a leaf enrich the people

　　"When the tea-picking season is over here, I will bring agricultural experts there to see where you plan to expand tea seedlings. If the conditions are right, we will arrange the tea seedlings immediately." With the tea mountains all over the place as the background, the general party branch of Huangdu Village Secretary Sheng Awei made a video call with Shi Liutang, secretary of the Party branch of Wengcao Village.

　　Relying on the white tea industry, the per capita income of villagers in Huangdu Village will exceed 64,000 yuan in 2021, and it has the reputation of "China's first white tea village".

　　Let a leaf enrich the people.

Anji County, Zhejiang Province has continued to make efforts to explore a path to help the white tea industry with "accurate donations, live planting, strong growth, high output and good sales".

　　The reporter learned that Anji County has established a "One Leaf" technical guidance volunteer service team with Huangdu Village Party members and farmers "soil experts" as the main body, and has sent a total of 97 batches of 561 cadres and technicians to the donated land to carry out guidance work. , and distribute written guidance materials to various places during key solar terms and key periods, and send staff to stay in key areas for long-term guidance.

　　"When experts from Zhejiang come to Qingchuan for guidance, they are all on-the-spot teaching, without any pretense. Even if you ask questions on WeChat, you can reply at any time, and if you encounter problems, they will be solved by video connection." Qiang Xixiang told reporters that she not only wants to learn white tea planting Technology, but also to learn the spirit of "rich first to help then rich" to drive more villagers to become prosperous together.

　　In May 2021, Huangdu Village took the lead in the establishment of the "White Leaf No. 1" Rural Revitalization Party Building Alliance, paired with 5 village party organizations that received donated tea seedlings, and established a mutual assistance mechanism in organizational construction, industrial development, and talent exchange. , to explore a new path for rural revitalization and common prosperity.

　　The reporter learned from the Anji County Party Committee that in the next three years, Anji County plans to donate another 10,000 mu of "Baiye No. 1" tea seedlings. Through the output of professional technology models, industrial management concepts and green development concepts, we will further improve the "rich first and then the next". rich" job.

(Participating reporter: Wu Si)