The Year of the Dragon in the Lunar Calendar is approaching. General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Tianjin for inspection and research, and visited and expressed condolences to grassroots cadres and the masses. See the changes, listen to the people's voices, send blessings, and bring warmth to the people.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, during every Spring Festival, no matter how busy the country is, General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken time out and worked tirelessly to go deep into the grassroots.
Following the footsteps of General Secretary Xi Jinping during the Spring Festival, we will cross thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, recall the warm moments of the past 12 years, feel the happy years of the people, and witness the ever-changing atmosphere of China.
Wherever he goes, everything is directed by his heart. The journey is thousands of miles, but the feelings remain the same.
warm concern
In Tianjin in winter, lanterns are hung high on both sides of the road, and the streets and alleys are busy with traffic.
On the morning of February 1, as soon as General Secretary Xi Jinping arrived in Tianjin, he went to Liubu Village, Xinkou Town, Xiqing District, to inspect the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and the production and living conditions of the people.
Liubu Village is a key point for flood control in Tianjin. Affected by extreme rainfall in late July and early August last year, more than 10,000 acres of fields here were flooded.
People in the disaster-stricken areas celebrated the New Year warmly, and General Secretary Xi Jinping paid special attention to them.
"The General Secretary came to our house to talk to us about daily life. From the disaster situation, post-disaster subsidies to children's schooling and family income, he asked detailed and in-depth questions, which made our hearts warm." Villager Du Honggang said that after the flood receded, the government first Time helped the villagers renovate the vegetable greenhouses and resumed production soon. Now, the celery grown in my own greenhouse is about to have a bumper harvest.
In the village square, high-hanging red lanterns embellish the strong New Year atmosphere, and new hope rises in the "fireworks".
General Secretary Xi Jinping is always concerned about whether people can go home safely for the New Year.
Zhengzhou East Railway Station, a key node in Henan's "meter"-shaped high-speed rail network, is bustling with passengers heading home.
"As the second Spring Festival transportation period after the epidemic prevention and control period, travel demand has been greatly released this year. During the peak period, a high-speed train departs from here every 78 seconds." Passenger transport attendant Zhang Hua said that since this year's Spring Festival transportation period, Zhengzhou East Railway Station has It welcomes nearly 280,000 passengers every day, a significant increase compared with the same period last year.
"On the eve of the Spring Festival last year, the General Secretary had a video connection with us and asked us to organize arrangements carefully, strictly adhere to the safety bottom line, and ensure the safe travel of passengers. We were encouraged to see the kind face of the General Secretary in the video. This year, the station has added lifts. New facilities such as advanced safety protection equipment will allow passengers to have a better travel experience," Zhang Hua said.
In response to rain, snow and freezing weather, Zhengzhou East Railway Station has arranged personnel on duty 24 hours a day to increase and supplement cold-proof materials and make every effort to ensure the safe travel of passengers.
The strong flavor of the New Year embodies the most cherished emotions.
In Yuangudui Village, Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, which is more than 2,400 meters above sea level, villagers are rehearsing for the "Village Party", and laughter echoes through the square.
More than ten years ago, this place was still a mud ditch, making it difficult to draw water.
Before the Spring Festival in 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked around the nine twists and turns and came to Dingxi, which is "the most barren in the world". He walked into the dilapidated and low adobe house of villager Magang's family. He saw the water tank at the base of the wall and scooped up some water. A ladle of water.
"The water was brought from the mountain spring in the village. There were old stains on the gourd. The general secretary drank it without hesitation." Ma Gang's grandson Ma Hailong still cannot forget it. "The general secretary cared about whether we could drink safe water. I have the common people at heart.”
Today, Yuangudui Village has water, road, and Internet connections, and economic crops such as Codonopsis pilosula, angelica root, and lily are scattered all over the ditches. The former "mud ditch" has been completely transformed.
Guo Lianbing, director of the Yuangudui Village Committee, said: "The General Secretary encouraged us to carry forward the spirit of self-reliance, find the right development path, and work hard. We have kept in mind the General Secretary's instructions and developed characteristic farming and rural tourism. Now everyone is working hard Earn time and save energy every day!"
Seeing the popularity of "Erbin", the village has also learned to engage in cultural tourism construction. Not long ago, an ice and snow park was built, which has become a new landscape. Guo Lianbing smiled and said that now everyone spontaneously arranges a "village evening" to celebrate the new life. The old songs and new tunes sing about the rapid changes.
The vast rivers and mountains of the motherland are engraved with the most affectionate concerns.
"What I am most concerned about are the people in need. How are they eating, living, and whether they can have a good New Year and Spring Festival."
On January 24, 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Desheng Village, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province to visit and express condolences to the people in need. At the villager Xu Haicheng's home, he worked with grassroots cadres and the masses to calculate poverty alleviation accounts and plan poverty alleviation, and encouraged everyone to make Potato a bigger and stronger company. industry.
Desheng Village's potato production has steadily increased. Last year, the output value reached 12 million yuan, and the per capita income exceeded 20,000 yuan, which is several times higher than a few years ago. The once famous "poverty-stricken village" has become a "national rural tourism key village".
The life of Xu Haicheng's family became more and more prosperous. After her daughter Xu Yaru graduated from school, she returned to her hometown to develop her career and served as a member of the Desheng Village Party branch. She plans to enter the e-commerce platform with a young person's perspective and build the "Desheng Brand".
Xu Haicheng brought out the freshly fried "Open Smile": "Nowadays, life is like this snack, steaming hot and always smiling!"
The warm concern and affectionate entrustment have all turned into the happy life of the people.
In Liangjiahe, Shaanxi, the mountains are covered with snow, and people are busy buying new year's goods.
Nine years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping returned here with the "New Year's goods" purchased with his own money - dumpling powder, rice, cooking oil, meat products, Spring Festival couplets and New Year paintings to visit his fellow villagers. "Jinping is back!" The villagers excitedly gathered around the General Secretary and rushed to say hello to him.
"When the General Secretary joined the team in Liangjiahe and became the party branch secretary of our brigade, what impressed me most was his sense of responsibility and responsibility!" Speaking of "old friends", 70-year-old Liang Yujin couldn't hide his excitement.
Under the cordial care of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the villagers "plucked" a well-off life from the apple tree and ate "tourist rice". In 2023, Liangjiahe Village will receive more than 500,000 tourists.
Liang Yujin, who had worked outside for more than ten years, returned to his hometown and opened a small supermarket. Travel is getting more and more popular, and wallets are getting bigger and bigger. "Last year, I earned more than 200,000 yuan, and the situation is beautiful! Now my biggest wish is that the general secretary will come back to our Liangjiahe to take a look..."
Driven by the development of tourism in Liangjiahe, villagers opened farmhouses, sold local specialties, worked in village-run enterprises, and lived a happy life with "promise".
The power of progress
Early spring in Jinggang.
Peng Xiaying, a villager in Shenshan Village, Maoping Town, pasted up the Spring Festival couplets and looked at the festive lintel of her two-story building. Her eyes were red and her thoughts flashed back to that year——
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping braved the wind and snow and walked along the slippery mountain road to come here.
"As I walked from the door to the inner room, the general secretary kept holding my hand. Now that I think about it, my heart feels warm." The warm scene remains fresh in Peng Xiaying's memory.
At that time, her family was still poor and lived in an adobe house. "The general secretary looked at each room from the living room to the kitchen, bedroom, and toilet, calculating the poverty alleviation account bit by bit, and encouraged us to build up confidence to get rid of poverty and become rich."
This special "New Year care" injects endless power into the red holy land of Jinggangshan.
When people unite, Mount Tai will move. In February 2017, Jinggangshan took the lead in alleviating poverty in the country and became the first poverty-stricken county to be "removed" after the establishment of my country's poverty exit mechanism.
Following the General Secretary’s Spring Festival footsteps, we see the moving picture from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization slowly unfolding.
Nowadays, the winding road from Shenshan Village to the outside world is unobstructed, new forms of Shenshan red cultural business are in the ascendant, cooperatives are booming, and boutique B&Bs are dotted in the countryside... The green waters and green mountains are more beautiful, and the rural revitalization atmosphere is new.
"In the past few years, my family has built a B&B, bought a new car, two sons have married, and a little granddaughter has been born. There are more and more happy events, and life is becoming more and more prosperous. I wonder if the General Secretary will recognize him if he comes again. We are here!" Peng Xiaying smiled brightly, "General Secretary, please rest assured that the people in the old district are living better, and they will get better year by year!"
Following the General Secretary’s Spring Festival footsteps, we feel the deep and close friendship between the people’s leaders and millions of ordinary workers.
The cold wind is biting, and the construction site of the shield section of the Beijing-Tangshan Intercity Railway Tidal River Tunnel in the sub-center of Beijing is still hot.
Li Weichuan, the measurement manager of the Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway project of the China Railway 14th Bureau, stayed on the front line and served as the "eyes of the shield machine" to escort the underground excavation of the "big country's important weapon".
"From a migrant worker to a senior technician, it was the General Secretary's care that inspired me to grow." The tunnel in front of him seemed to connect time and space, taking Li Weichuan back to the construction site of Beijing Subway Line 8 11 years ago.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping went down a narrow work ladder to an underground working platform more than 20 meters deep to visit and express condolences to frontline workers. Li Weichuan, who had just started working, stood in the team of workers and was so close to the General Secretary. He felt particularly lucky.
"The General Secretary said that the development of public transportation is the direction of modern urban development." Yin Yin asked, planting a seed in Li Weichuan's heart. Over the past 11 years, he has taken root on the front line, worked hard, participated in the measurement tasks of 16 shield tunnels, and passed the first-level construction engineer examination, the highest professional qualification in the construction industry, in 2021.
"This year is a critical year for project construction. It is planned to complete the opening of the entire line by the middle of the year, laying the foundation for the Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway project to be fully operational by the end of 2025." Looking forward to the future, Li Weichuan is full of confidence and motivation.
Advocating labor and respecting workers, General Secretary Xi Jinping has always shown concern for the grassroots workers. It is the hard work of countless ordinary heroes that converges into the torrent of China's high-spirited progress in the new era.
In February 2019, before the Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into an express delivery station in Shitou Hutong, Qianmen, Beijing, and visited the "delivery boy" at work.
General Secretary Xi Jinping said emotionally that the "delivery boys" work very hard. They get up early and stay up late, rain or shine. The busier they are on holidays, they are like industrious little bees. They are the hardest workers and bring convenience to everyone's lives.
At that time, courier Liu Kuo and his colleagues listened to the general secretary’s instructions on the spot and felt very excited. "When I shook hands with the General Secretary, I felt particularly warm and moved. I think that an ordinary 'delivery boy' is also a glorious profession!"
This "post-85s" young man who grew up in rural Hebei Province is responsible for delivering express delivery to Liulichang Ancient Culture Street, a famous traditional calligraphy and painting street in Beijing. "Now is the peak time for express delivery. More than 200 items have to be delivered every day, and we are busy from morning to night. We will be in Beijing during the New Year this year, so we can ensure that the express delivery will not stop during the Spring Festival."
"The General Secretary is dedicated to the people. From the day I met the General Secretary, I asked myself to have a heart to serve the people." Liu Kuo said that he has always kept the General Secretary's words in mind and worked hard to be a hard-working little bee.
"Work-related injury insurance and occupational injury insurance give us no worries. Thanks to Beijing's supporting talent introduction and settlement policy, my children came to Beijing to study last year."
In the dusk, Liu Kuo happily got on his electric car and continued to shuttle through the streets and alleys, with thousands of lights flashing behind him.
Following the General Secretary’s Spring Festival footsteps, we hear the sound of dreams jointly growing.
In Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, deaf-mute girl Wang Yani is busy preparing lessons for the new semester.
Becoming a teacher has been Wang Yani’s dream since childhood. What sparked this dream was the meeting between General Secretary Xi Jinping and her a few years ago.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Hohhot Children's Welfare Home to visit the children living here. Wang Yani is one of them.
"The moment I met Grandpa Xi, I recognized him immediately, and I was very excited. I never expected that Grandpa Xi would come to see us during the Chinese New Year." After 10 years, when talking about the situation back then, Wang Yani said Still vivid in my mind.
The general secretary encouraged her to study hard and succeed in her studies. She couldn't help but stretched out her right hand and bent her thumb to "say" thank you to the General Secretary. The general secretary also stretched out his hand and made the same gesture, with a kind smile on his face.
"Grandpa Xi made me realize that we are all his beloved children and we should all work hard for our dreams."
Wang Yani, who grew up feeling the warmth of society, became more confident and more diligent. With her eyes always shining and a smile on her face, she blooms her youth on the three-foot podium of special education and strives to spread this warmth and help more children like her realize their dreams.
good expectations
Pingyao, Shanxi, is booming and the flavor of the New Year is getting stronger.
Reading Spring Festival couplets, admiring lanterns, visiting the intangible cultural heritage market, and watching the Shehuo Tour... The "Year of China" activities have kicked off, and guests from all over the world can enjoy the charm of the ancient city.
Two years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to this "living ancient city" and inspected the ancient city's features along the streets and alleys. He also visited Pingyao Beef Shop, Tuiguang Lacquerware Shop, and East Lake Old Vinegar Shop to learn about the protection and utilization of local cultural heritage and the development of characteristic operations. .
In the lacquerware shop, there is a dazzling array of various polished lacquerwares, which are full of brilliance. Elements such as "two dragons playing with pearls" and "dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness" add to the festive atmosphere of the New Year.
“The General Secretary is very concerned about the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage. He learned in detail about the production process of Tuiguang lacquer ware, and urged us to be excellent inheritors of traditional culture, protect cultural treasures such as Tuiguang lacquer ware, and carry forward and promote the traditional cultural industry with rich national characteristics. to the world." Wang Huiming, manager of Hongyuantai Lacquer Ware Co., Ltd. recalled.
"Better carry forward China's excellent traditional culture and better serve economic and social development and people's high-quality life." In the mind of General Secretary Xi Jinping, culture is an important factor in meeting the people's growing needs for a better life.
The profound cultural accumulation makes the thousand-year-old city last forever.
At present, the infrastructure renovation project covering 121 streets and 30.22 kilometers of Pingyao Ancient City has been fully completed, and the environment of the ancient city has been greatly improved. In 2023, the Tuiguang lacquerware industry will double its output value and double its profits, making intangible cultural heritage brands more viable and competitive.
The journey is thousands of miles, and the poetry is long. General Secretary Xi Jinping’s footprints have spread all over the country, and he has also injected the power of culture into the hearts of the people——
In Inner Mongolia, according to the Mongolian custom, dip your ring finger into fresh milk in a silver bowl and flick it three times to wish you good weather, prosperity of livestock, and happiness and health for the people in the coming year; in Beijing, you make dumplings with old neighbors in the alleys. , paste the word "blessing"; in Yunnan, beat the wooden drum of Wa blessing... New Year blessings entrust good expectations, arouse the resonance of heart and heart, and the blending of love and affection.
Dianchi Lake in Kunming, the sunshine is warm and there are flocks of gulls.
Li Weiwei, a senior engineer at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, took her 8-year-old twin sons for a walk on the greenway along the shore. While walking, she explained to the children: "What flies in the sky are red-billed gulls, and what swims in the water is coots..."
Once upon a time, Dianchi Lake, the "Pearl of the Plateau", became one of the most polluted lakes in my country.
In January 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to Dianchi Lake to understand the situation during his inspection and investigation in Yunnan. He emphasized: “Dianchi Lake is a gem embedded in Kunming. We must show our determination to stick to the green mountains and never relax. According to the nature of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grass, Based on the concept of a community of life, we should strengthen comprehensive management, systemic management, and source management, and make persistent efforts to do a better job in Dianchi Lake management."
Comprehensively deepening the river (lake) length system, restoring the Dianchi Lake ecosystem, and scientifically delineating the ecological space of the Dianchi Lake basin... Dianchi Lake, which has achieved an "ecological butterfly change", has now become a "poetry and distant place" that tourists yearn for again.
"The environment is people's livelihood, green hills are beauty, and blue skies are happiness." "Where does the happiness of ordinary people come from? It comes from a good living environment." The general secretary's simple words express the people-centered governing philosophy.
In the mountains of Guizhou, the "Eye of China" gazes at the stars.
As the Spring Festival approaches, Sun Chun, a 37-year-old FAST measurement and control engineer, is nervously formulating observation tasks. There are nearly a hundred colleagues working alongside her.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has high hopes for the vast number of scientific researchers who are working on the front line of scientific and technological innovation.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping cordially met with the leaders and scientific research backbones of the "China Sky Eye" project during his inspection in Guizhou. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “I hope that everyone will follow Mr. Nan Rendong’s example, carry forward the spirit of scientists, bravely climb the world’s scientific and technological peaks, accelerate the transformation from following to running and leading, and maintain leading advantages in some fields, in order to build a scientific and technological power and realize Make greater contributions through self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology.”
"The General Secretary's encouragement always echoes in my ears, making me feel that I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders." Jiang Peng, chief engineer of the FAST Operation and Development Center, said that the staff work day and night all year round, in exchange for the continuous improvement of the performance of "China Sky Eye" promote. In recent years, the "China Sky Eye" has made frequent achievements: the first observation of the "pulse" of a black hole in the radio band, the discovery of the pulsar binary system with the shortest orbital period to date, the detection and construction of the world's largest neutral hydrogen galaxy sample...
"Manage and operate this major scientific infrastructure at a high level, produce early results, produce more results, produce good results, and produce great results..." General Secretary Xi Jinping's sincere instructions and high expectations are being overcome by generations of scientific and technological workers. Difficulties and forge ahead have been transformed into fruitful results.
In Daliang Mountain, Sichuan, the clear and melodious singing of Ji Hao Youguo, a Yi girl, echoed in the sky.
She dreams of becoming a music teacher. The beginning of the dream began in 2018.
On the eve of the Spring Festival that year, General Secretary Xi Jinping drove along the winding mountain road with steep slopes and deep ravines to the home of Ji Haoyouguo in Sanhe Village, Zhaojue County.
Knowing that Ji Hao Youguo likes to sing, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked her: "Do you want to sing one?" The little girl replied readily: "Yes!" As soon as she finished speaking, she sang "The National Flag is So Beautiful" she learned in school. . The innocent singing moved the people present. General Secretary Xi Jinping took the lead in applauding and praised her for singing well.
"Grandpa Xi encouraged me to study hard, and I always remind myself to work hard towards my dreams." Ji Haoyouguo said, "My hometown has undergone earth-shaking changes, and I myself have stepped onto a bigger stage."
"The national flag is so beautiful. The golden stars shine on the earth. I would like to turn into a little red cloud and fly into the blue sky to kiss you..." At the opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade held last year, Ji Hao Youguo once again sang a familiar melody. The beautiful singing flew out of Daliang Mountain and to the whole world...
“A good life for the people cannot be lacking from a nation, a family, or a person.”
General Secretary Xi Jinping has used a series of solid footprints to confirm the unchanging purpose of "people first", demonstrated the lofty realm of "I will have no self", and interpreted the eternal original intention of "living up to the people".
The footsteps of the New Year are getting closer and closer, and a China full of vitality and steaming is marching towards a brand new spring!
Text reporters: Shi Jingnan, Wang Qiuyun, Wang Sibei, Wang Peng, Dong Boting, Song Rui, Zhai Zhuo, Wang Peng, Qin Jing, Liang Aiping, Zhao Xinhu, Fan Fan, Zhang Xiao, Chen Xu, Wei Jingyu, Wang Xuetao, Ding Yiquan, Ou Dongqu, Yinheng
Editors: Wang Xuan, Wu Jingjing, Zhang Aifang, Bao Yuhan, Jia Yining, Du Xiaoyi, Chen Haitong, Zheng Yaning, Hou Bangxing, Hu Bixia
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