Turpan, 4 April -- Title: "Xin" hand "Xiang" draws "Xinjiang" -- Hunan counterpart has seen and heard about assisting Xinjiang Turpan City

Written by Zhang Xueying

On the Gobi Desert at the intersection of S202 Provincial Road and Airport Road in Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang, several rows of apricot trees float in the wind, and if you look closely, you can also see green apricots hidden in green leaves. This is more than 120 mu of Hunan aid forest cultivated by the ninth batch of Hunan Province's Xinjiang aid task force during the three-year aid to Xinjiang aid team.

In mid-April this year, the ninth batch of cadres and talents from Hunan Province who aided Xinjiang successfully completed their task, and the tenth batch will soon be stationed. "The apricots of the new year are about to ripen, and I don't know if I can eat them before I leave." Liu Zhongjie, commander of the forward headquarters for aiding Xinjiang and deputy secretary of the Turpan City CPC Committee, sighed with emotion.

Doorway Shop. Photo by Zhang Xueying

Aiding Xinjiang is a cause that continues to struggle. From the Xiang Army general Zuo Zongtang leading his troops to recover Xinjiang, to the "2020,3 Xiang Women" guarding the frontier, and now Hunan counterpart to help Xinjiang... Although Hunan and Turpan are separated by more than <>,<> miles, the "Xiangjiang Frontier" that stretches for thousands of years has never been broken. In March <>, the ninth batch of Xinjiang Aid Task Force from Hunan Province came to Xinjiang, exploring a road of aid to Xinjiang that reflects the characteristics of Hunan and conforms to the actual conditions of the recipient areas, so that the friendship between the people of the two places can continue to be inherited.

"Group" medical care allows people to rely on "medicine"

In front of the newly set up clinic at the Party Group Service Center in Ximen Village, Xincheng, villagers are lining up for treatment. "In the past, you had to go to a big hospital to see a doctor, but now you can see a doctor for free in the village, which is very convenient." Azguli Abra, a villager in Ximen Village in Xincheng, told reporters.

In order to break the deadlock of local residents fighting against minor illnesses and entering the city with major illnesses, Hunan took the lead in extending the "group-type" support of medical talents to the grass-roots level in Xinjiang, covering the "group-type" support model of medical talents to the people's hospitals of one district and two counties, so that the high-quality medical resources of aid to Xinjiang can sink, so that the people of all ethnic groups in Turpan can seek medical treatment nearby, seek medical treatment conveniently, and enjoy high-quality medical services at their doorstep.

Memet Rexiti, a villager in Burak Village, Turpan City, prunes grapes. Photo by Zhang Xueying

Cheng Haofeng, director of the Department of Neurosurgery of Turpan People's Hospital and a medical expert in Hunan Aid to Xinjiang, said that the Municipal People's Hospital mainly docks with Ximen Village, sending two doctors to sit in the morning every weekend, and sending doctors to visit flexibly on Mondays and Fridays according to the needs of villagers. In addition, a large-scale township free clinic and early prevention of common diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes will be held once a month.

Xinjiang likes to eat beef and mutton, salt intake is high, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are common, due to lack of medical knowledge, minor diseases drag into major diseases, and eventually lead to hemiplegia. "After many lectures, the villagers' awareness of seeking medical treatment has increased significantly." Cheng Haofeng said that the medical team has also established health records for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension to enhance the overall control of the health of villagers and provide them with medication or further medical guidance in a timely manner.

This is a vivid portrayal of the "group-type" connotation of medical talents in the Hunan medical team aiding Xinjiang. Data show that in 2022, Hunan Xinjiang Aid Doctors led city, county and township medical staff to form roving medical teams to allow Xinjiang Aid Doctors to enter rural communities, and 9 grassroots medical roving medical activities have been carried out, serving nearly 2500,<> people of all ethnic groups.

In order to make good use of the resources of the rear support units in Hunan Province, Turpan People's Hospital took the lead in establishing the Medical Alliance Group. Members of the Group can enjoy remote consultation, teaching and training provided by large tertiary hospitals in Hunan Province, so that high-quality medical services can benefit people of all ethnic groups more.

To weave a national health network, we must not only "transfuse blood", but also "make blood". "'It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish'. Although doctors in Xinjiang continue to be imported, letting local doctors 'live' is the key to the people's reliance on 'medicine'. Cheng Haofeng introduced that almost every doctor in Xinjiang has the task of "passing on help and leading", and through the establishment of a "one-on-one" learning system between Xinjiang-aided experts and key medical talents in recipient hospitals, the theoretical level, hands-on ability and management ability of local medical staff have been improved.

"With the help of Teacher Cheng, I have been able to complete some relatively complex surgical operations independently." Xue Zhi, a physician at Turpan City People's Hospital who studied under Cheng Haofeng, said.

Turpan citizen Reyihanguli Ablimiti (center) visits the Hunan Provincial Counterpart Support Xinjiang History Exhibition Hall. Photo by Zhang Xueying

"Pairing" to help people enrich "pockets"

Whenever nearby schools are closed, the Mendong shops in Ximen Village, Xincheng District, Gaochang District, Turpan City, are bustling. Children passing by here or buy two ping-pong balls and play at the table on the "Red Pomegranate" square opposite the store; Or buy some biscuits and milk to replenish energy.

The birth of Mendong Store is closely related to Hunan Province's aid to Xinjiang. In order to promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and in-depth integration between grassroots organizations in Hunan and Xinjiang and the masses of all ethnic groups, Hunan has created a new model of pairing and joint construction between characteristic villages in Hunan Province and rural ethnic unity and revitalization demonstration villages in Turpan City, in accordance with the actual work of Turpan City, the recipient area.

In September 2020, Ximen Village and Shibadong Village, Shuanglong Town, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, became paired villages for rural revitalization demonstration construction. "The 'gate' of Ximen Village and the 'cave' of Eighteen-dong Village are the origin of the name of the gate cave shop." Liu Rense, deputy director of the Turpan City Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and cadre aiding Xinjiang, said.

The owner of the Mendong store, Umal Mamat, is a paired "relative" of Liu Rense. During the visit, Liu Rensei noticed that the location of Wumal Maimat's house was relatively good, and in order to help him increase his income and solve the family's livelihood problems, he suggested that he open a shop here.

"That's about two or three hundred yuan a day." Umar told reporters that shops do better business after school in the evening, and when they are free during the day, they drive to the street to catch the bazaar (market).

"I bought a dumper last year, and this year I'm going to renovate the house and turn it into a farmhouse." "The days are getting better. ”

Wumar's "good days" are a microcosm of Hunan's "twinning" help. Shaoshan Village in Hunan Province taught the village's red tourism experience, helped the paired village of Brak Village in Turpan City to dig up red stories, and built a party spirit education base; Hunan Eighteen Cave Village, Shazhou Village and other villages have set up exhibition and sales cabinets of agricultural and sideline specialties of Ximen Village and Kerjia Village in the tourist reception center of the village, which not only helps the villagers of the paired village to increase income, but also allows Hunan tourists to easily buy the authentic "Xinjiang taste".

Hunan has also carried out the strategic activity of "4 people, 120 enterprises and 120 villages" to help connect villages and rural revitalization, and promote the participation of Hunan professionals, Hunan enterprises and businessmen in the rural revitalization construction of Turpan. Four enterprises, including Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Development Group and Changsha Urban Development Group, donated <>.<> million yuan of industrial assistance funds to the paired villages to support the industrial development and social construction of the paired villages. Qiaoketamu Village in Turpan City introduced the "Earth Warehouse" homestay project, which increased the collective income by about <>.<> million yuan throughout the year.

Data show that by the end of 2022, according to preliminary statistics, the per capita income of 5 villages was 2,5 yuan, and the average collective economic income of villages was 40,15300 yuan. Through strengthening employment skills training and actively supporting the employment of surplus rural labor force nearby and at the doorstep, more than <>,<> people in rural areas have achieved employment at their doorstep and increased income.

"Three years ago, the village was still dirt roads, and when there was a strong wind, it was yellow and sandy, and garbage and sewage were everywhere." Rusuli Mamat, first secretary of the "Visit Juhui" task force in Ximen Village in Xincheng, said that it was the work of the Hunan Xinjiang Aid Team that gave the village a new look.

"Heart-warming" culture unites ethnic "group results"

"My home is here." In the Hunan Province Counterpart Support Xinjiang History Exhibition Hall, Turpan citizen Reyi Khanguli Ablimiti excitedly stood in front of the huge Grape Gou oil painting and introduced to his friends, this is his third visit to the exhibition hall, and his favorite is this oil painting.

"I am a local of Grapegou, and every time I see this painting, I feel very kind, and I am very grateful to Hunan for its help to Turpan." Reyhanguli recalls that in the past, the grape ditch was a dirt house, a dirt road and a wooden gate, and there were also cases where flash floods broke bridges; Now the road is open, the doors are ready, and the yard has been erected with grape trellises and planted with mulberries and figs.

In order to give full play to the rich advantages of Hunan red cultural resources and coordinate the strength of Hunan Province's propaganda and cultural system, Hunan has accurately implemented the "Red Culture Run Tianshan Mountain" project, changing the cramming red culture education to the method of laying facts and telling stories, so that the people can personally feel the vigorous power brought by the continuous "Xiangjiang situation" and the connection between the two places.

"After becoming a volunteer docent, I really realized the importance of cultural communication." In the eyes of the Red Story volunteer docent Ayiguli Tohutasi, the red story is rich in themes, such as models of the times, good people and good deeds, advanced models, etc., these all-encompassing stories have the ability to "baptize", which can strengthen personal cognition of the history of communication between Xiangjiang and the present, and make people feel more truly what "the same root and the same origin" is.

Build the Hunan Province counterpart support Xinjiang History Exhibition Hall, the "20,<> Xiang Women Go to the Tianshan Mountain" historical exhibition hall, improve the quality of the red memory museum in the Grapegou scenic area, and promote the red culture into the scenic spot... In the past three years, Hunan has successfully created a vivid classroom for Party history study and education in Turpan City, and local ethnic minority docents have signed up to volunteer to carry out interpretation work, attracting cadres and people of all ethnic groups and young students to visit and study, and the number of visitors and students has exceeded <>,<> throughout the year.

The Hunan Provincial Forward Command for Aiding Xinjiang and Hunan Education Television Station jointly carried out the work of collecting the oral histories of "205,<> Xiang Women Going to Tianshan" and the surviving Xiang Women, and filmed and broadcast a four-episode special documentary "Red Pomegranate Blossoms". In the "Red Culture Run Tianshan - Xiaoxiang Red Story Concentrated Publicity" event held in Turpan, the number of online and offline viewers exceeded <>.<> million in a single presentation.

"We have also cultivated a red story telling team to tell red stories in the village community, the New Age Civilization Practice Center, or in the field." Pazilaiti Ahmat, head of the spiritual civilization creation section of the propaganda department of the Gaochang District CPC Committee of Turpan City, said.

Today, walking in the city of Turpan, the "Red Pomegranate" brand logo with the words "Hunan Aid Construction" can be seen everywhere, which marks the deepening of Hunan aid to Xinjiang, and also silently conveys the deep friendship between Hunan and Xinjiang to the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

The Turpan City Media Center built with the assistance of Hunan. Photo by Zhang Xueying

On the return trip, the reporter passed by the Hunan aid forest again, and the apricot trees stood in the sunset, silently witnessing the changes in the land of Turpan. Soon, they will welcome the 10th batch of Xinjiang aid teams with full fruit. "The two places share the same roots and origins, and it is necessary to continuously enhance cultural and artistic exchanges and exchanges, deepen the friendship between the two places, and promote national unity." Liu Zhongjie's words echoed in the reporter's mind again. (End)