How does scientific researcher Zeng Fuping stay on the front line of poverty alleviation?

In 1994, Zeng Fuping, a 30-year-old researcher at the Institute of Subtropical Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, came to Huanjiang. In response to the national targeted poverty alleviation strategy, Zeng Fuping took root in Huanjiang and worked there for 26 years. In the eyes of ordinary people, scientific researchers seem to conduct experiments in laboratories, but Zeng Fuping wrote his thesis in the fields around Huanjiang in Guangxi.

Zeng Fuping not only has a wealth of knowledge reserves, but also continues to explore in practice and truly use technology to benefit the people. When Zeng Fuping first arrived in Huanjiang, the local people had almost no food to eat, and the task of poverty alleviation was very arduous. In order to change the status quo, Zeng Fuping investigated and visited the people, and made a detailed plan for the development of Huanjiang. With the help of such a practical scientific researcher, the local people were full of hope for becoming rich, and called Zeng Fuping? Real poverty alleviation?.

For 26 years, Zeng Fuping has been committed to improving the local karst landscape environment, restoring the local ecology, and revitalizing local agricultural development. Under his promotion, the environment of the Huanjiang Research Demonstration Area has been significantly improved, the vegetation coverage has increased, and the erosion rate of soil by water flow has also been greatly reduced. It is really a major technological achievement.

In order to deepen the local poverty alleviation cause, Zeng Fuping took up the position of "Deputy County Magistrate", breathing the same breath and destiny with the local people, and exploring the road to prosperity together. In order to change the current situation of poverty among people in Dashi Mountain District, Zeng Fuping encouraged some villagers in Huanjiang to move to Kenfu, which has more advantageous land resources. In Kenfu, Zeng Fuping proposed promoting agriculture through science and technology, changing the situation where people only rely on growing corn to survive, and advocated planting vegetables and fruits with high economic added value to extend the industrial chain.

After an on-the-spot investigation by Zeng Fuping’s team, the Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to connect the scientific research projects on fruit and vegetable planting in the demonstration area and cooperate with relevant enterprises to realize a one-stop activity of supporting characteristic industries so that people can plant with peace of mind. In this way, Huanjiang's poverty alleviation project has become more and more effective, and Zeng Fuping's new poverty alleviation model has also brought experience to poverty alleviation nationwide.

What has not changed in the past 26 years is perseverance and original intention. Zeng Fuping is "real poverty alleviation", bringing technology into the fields and making the people gain happiness.