The greatness of a great country also has the weight of a great country.
There are thousands of things, and in the final analysis, it is a matter of thousands of households.
The Babu Sand Forest Site in Gulang County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province is located on the southern edge of the Tengger Desert. In the past, sandstorms were raging here, swallowing farmland and villages at a speed of 7.5 meters per year.
In the early 1980s, six local old men stamped their fingerprints on the contract and vowed to exchange white hair for an oasis.
Near noon on August 21, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping bumped along the gravel road to the Babu Sand Forest Farm, 30 kilometers away from Gulang County.
"The new era needs more contemporary idiots and role models like the 'six old men'." Xi Jinping praised, "We must continue to carry forward the contemporary idiot spirit of the 'six old men', carry forward their not bowing their heads in the face of difficulties, and dare to turn the desert into a desert. The enterprising spirit of Oasis, make persistent efforts, make new contributions, make contributions for a long time, and make the green Great Wall indestructible."
"We are very moved and happy to hear the general secretary's words. In the future, we will definitely live up to the general secretary's ardent expectations and manage the remaining desertified land in Gulang County." said Guo Wangang, director of the Babu Sand Forest Farm in Gulang County. .
Three generations of employees of Babusha Forest Farm, represented by the "six old men", have successively worked hard, and successively completed 257,000 mu of sand control and afforestation in Babusha, Heigangsha and northern sandy areas.
With the conservation of the forest farm, the wind and sand line in the county has retreated more than 20 kilometers. A desert oasis combining trees, shrubs and grass extends in Babusha, writing the green from "sand forces people to retreat" to "people advance into the sand and retreat". chapter.
(Du Yuxin, Wang Tong, Wang Wenjia)