News reports from Zhangguangmiao Township

"Record of Rural Reform and Development of Zhangguangmiao Township, Gushi County, Xinyang"

A few days ago, the reporter drove to Jiulong Village, Zhangguangmiao Township, Gushi County, Xinyang. Upon entering the village, the reporter felt the vitality of rural reform and development here due to the wide roads, neat village appearance and the roar of machines leveling the land in the fields.

On the door of the Jiulong Village Committee in Zhangguangmiao hangs the sign "Gushi County Guangde Agricultural High-tech Professional Cooperative", opposite it is "Gushi County Zhenzheng Medical Equipment Co., Ltd." They One is a professional cooperative that transfers more than 2,000 acres of land, and the other is a medical device factory that processes and produces acupuncture silver needles. These two originally unrelated economic organizations have formed an indissoluble bond during the construction of the Comprehensive Experimental Zone for Rural Reform and Development. " There is a close connection between "little silver needle" and "big circulation".

"2009 was a year in which we did practical things and achieved practical results in the construction of the comprehensive pilot zone for rural reform and development. We have achieved fruitful results in the construction of rural cooperative organizations, land transfer, leading characteristic industries, and urban-rural integration construction. Zheng Anyan, secretary of the Party Committee of Zhangguangmiao Township, said: "The establishment of agricultural machinery cooperatives is conducive to the rational transfer of land and the large-scale, intensive and industrialized management of land; the development of Yinzhen specialty industries has realized the local transfer of rural surplus labor , accelerated land transfer. "

After listening to Zheng Anyan's words, a rural reform and development model that promotes modern agriculture, develops characteristic industries, and promotes comprehensive progress of social undertakings became clear in the reporter's mind.

Cooperatives accelerate" "Big change"

The Guangde Agricultural High-tech Professional Cooperative in Jiulong Village, Zhangguangmiao can be said to be a model of new grain farmers. When we met Chen Dehong, the chairman of the Guangde Agricultural High-tech Professional Cooperative, he was directing in the fields

Chen Dehong went out to work in Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Wenzhou and other places. In 2009, he returned to his hometown and founded the Guangde Agricultural High-tech Professional Cooperative. The 140 farmers in the village own 1,200 acres of land and the 130 households in the neighboring village own 1,200 acres of land. By sorting out small fields and re-cultivation of abandoned land, they rely on technology to implement double-season planting; realize three-dimensional animal husbandry, comprehensive aquaculture, green ecology, Pollution-free breeding; jointly purchasing agricultural machinery for cross-region operations to maximize the benefits of the cooperative. Among them, re-cultivation of land this year can increase their income by 15% compared with last year, and the benefits of cross-region operations can be more than 2 million yuan.

< p> Therefore, agricultural machinery cooperatives ensure that farmers’ incomes are not reduced when land is transferred, and at the same time, rural labor is truly liberated from the land. The cooperatives carry out intensive, agricultural mechanization, technology and large-scale management of the land, and farmers can not only obtain cooperative land management. Xie Xueming, a 76-year-old farmer in the village, has a family of six and can get 700 kilograms of rice per mu per year. He can earn about 1,000 yuan a month by helping with water management and other tasks in the cooperative, and his children can also earn an income from working outside. Calculating these accounts, Xie Xueming's face showed a smile. In addition to the income from land transfer, village director Xu Donghai also His wife makes silver needles at home and can earn 800 to 900 yuan per month.

The small silver needles have become the "golden needles" for local circulation of surplus labor in Zhangguangmiao Township.

"Small Silver Needles" Promote Increased Income

When you walk into Zhangguang Temple Township, you will find a unique phenomenon: in almost every household, there are people sitting at the door or in the house, lowering their heads and concentrating on the same thing. One thing - processing silver needles. This silver needle is the treasure of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture needles with miraculous effects.

The silver needle industry in Zhangguangmiao Township has experienced 10 years of development. The township has an annual output of 800 million silver needles and an output value of more than 40 million yuan, making it the largest silver needle semi-finished product processing base in China.

Zhenzheng Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. is the "leader" in the silver needle industry in Zhangguangmiao Township. In 1995, Sun Kaiming, a farmer in Zhangguangmiao Township, mastered the silver needle processing technology and returned to his hometown to establish this enterprise. Zhangguangmiao Township has 11 silver needle processing enterprises covering an area of ??15 acres, with total assets of more than 6 million yuan and more than 500 employees. Relying on these enterprises, there are more than 4,000 employees engaged in silver needle processing, forming a "small business". Silver needle, big industry" pattern.

The vast surplus labor force in Zhangguangmiao Township, especially rural women, relies on the simple and easy-to-learn technique of "wrapping silver needle handles" to create wealth through their own hard work. In this sense, the silver needle industry in Zhangguangmiao Township is more like an industry with greater social benefits than economic benefits.

Liao Jing, a farmer in Pinglou Village, Zhangguangmiao Township, who is processing silver needles by "wrapping handles", told reporters that she and her niece-in-law can earn 700 to 800 yuan a month through this work. , even a novice can earn three to four hundred yuan.

"Small silver needles" and "big circulation" promote great development

Zheng Anyan said that the development of specialty industries based on silver needle processing and modern agriculture with agricultural machinery cooperatives as the main body It has driven the progress of various undertakings in the Zhangguangmiao Township Rural Reform and Development Comprehensive Experimental Zone and promoted the all-round development of social undertakings.

The basic position of the township's agriculture has been effectively consolidated. High-quality rice has been stabilized at 52,000 acres all year round, wheat and rapeseed 50,000 acres, tobacco leaves 500 acres, and the area of ??returning farmland to forest 6,000 acres; special aquaculture has begun to take shape , with an annual output of 120,000 kilograms; the labor economy has been significantly strengthened, and the township's labor income has exceeded 100 million yuan; the urbanization process has been significantly accelerated, forming a "five vertical and five horizontal" planning pattern. The central market town covers an area of ??4.2 square kilometers and has more than 8,000 market town residents. , the economic agglomeration function is gradually brought into play.

The "little silver needle" and "big circulation" have promoted the great development of Zhangguangmiao Township. In 2009, Zhangguangmiao Township achieved remarkable results in social undertakings such as education, health, family planning, soil management, and environmental protection. The construction of grassroots organizations has been continuously strengthened, forming a good situation of economic development, social stability, people's livelihood, and prosperity of all industries.