How does Wei County, the hometown of pear and fruit in Hebei Province, “achieve fruitful results” in poverty alleviation?

Thirteen years ago, Zhao Xinzhong would not have thought that his destiny would change because of the pear tree. Now 46 years old, Zhao Xinzhong still cannot forget the time when he was working outside.

"In 1989, I left home to work in Shanxi. I worked as a construction worker and then as a decoration worker until I returned to my hometown in 2005. I left home for 17 years." Zhao Xinzhong said that it was bitter and tiring. It was his only memory of that experience.

Zhao Xinzhong’s hometown, Wei County, Hebei Province, is a key county for national poverty alleviation and development work. It is located in the alluvial plain area formed by the long-term flooding and siltation of the ancient Yellow River and the ancient Zhang River. It has a large area of ??river wasteland, barren land, serious land desertification, water leakage and fertilizer leakage, agricultural development is backward, and the per capita annual income was less than 3,000 yuan.

In September 2012, Qu Xianzhong, a famous fruit tree expert from Hebei Province, visited Wei County and found that the soil, water quality and climate here are suitable for the growth of pear trees. Since then, Wei County has regarded the development of desertified land in the Xisha River Basin as a strategic measure to alleviate poverty, and finally decided to build a pear industry belt in the county's Xisha River Basin.

In just five years, a beautiful landscape road has connected about 100,000 acres of modern, high-standard pear orchards with fragrant pear fruits in Wei County. The former wasteland of the river has been transformed into a "pear dream" place.

In 2013, Zhao Xinzhong responded to the county’s call and used his family savings to contract an 8-acre pear orchard in Xiaozhaozhuang Village, Gaogongzhuang Township, becoming the first group of people to “eat crabs”. In 2016, the net profit of Zhao Xinzhong's own pear orchard reached nearly 10,000 yuan, and in 2017 the net profit reached 40,000 yuan. Zhao Xinzhong happily told reporters that he expected the net profit of the pear orchard to exceed 50,000 yuan in 2018.

At the same time, Wei County relies on the Xishahe Pear Industrial Belt and adopts the model of large parks and small owners. Leading enterprises lease farmers' land to build contiguous large-scale pear orchards, and farmers adopt anti-leasing and subcontracting methods. Form leasing operation to help poor households get out of poverty stably.

Liu Mingliang, chief engineer of the Weixian Pear Industrial Park Management Committee, said that the local area has compiled a number of park construction standards for the standardized production of green A-grade pears, starting from the company's settlement, through seedling breeding, starting park construction, and production. From management to packaging and sales, storage and processing, market logistics, etc., green A-level production standardization is strictly implemented.

In August 2015, the Wei County Government and Shaanxi Haisheng Group signed the "Hebei Wei County Haisheng Modern Pear Industry Demonstration Project Investment and Cooperation Framework Agreement". In 2016, the group built an occupancy in Congrong Village. A fine pear base covering an area of ??approximately 2,000 acres.

Li Shaodan, the person in charge of the Xingtai base of Shaanxi Haisheng Group, said that most of the land in the 2,000-acre pear orchard base comes from land transfers from poor households. After the base was built, farmers were hired to work here and became workers in the park. “In addition to the annual land dividend of about 940 yuan per mu, farmers can earn 1,800 yuan per month by working in the park, which is much higher than the original salary. Income. ”

Hebei is a populous province in the east. In order to enhance the self-development capabilities of poor areas, the local government integrates poverty alleviation with the construction of beautiful countryside, comprehensive development of mountainous areas, modern agricultural development, and rural tourism development. Coordinate and advance.

According to Li Tao, executive deputy director of the Wei County Agricultural Park and director of the Wei County Pear Industrial Park Management Committee, Wei County relies on the pear industry belt and has invested 250 million yuan in the Wei Pear Cold Chain Logistics Park. The three-year Pear Blossom Festival and the "Pear Dream" marathon series have attracted nearly 300,000 tourists from inside and outside the province. Currently, Wei County is planning Wei Pear Town, preparing to build a Pear Museum, and the World Pear Expo Park, and is committed to creating a demonstration area for the integrated development of modern agriculture, poverty alleviation and development, beautiful countryside, ecological environment, and rural construction.