In midsummer, everywhere is golden. On this long-lasting fertile soil of Hebi, you can see the thriving construction scene everywhere, and you can hear people’s cheers and laughter about the harvest from time to time. If it weren’t for the water level lines drawn on the walls of some villages, it would be hard to imagine that this place was a vast ocean nearly a year ago.
In the flood season of 2021, our city suffered from heavy rainstorms and floods. More than 500 villages were flooded, 937,000 people were affected, 374,000 people were relocated, 824,000 mu of crops failed to harvest, and the direct economic loss was 35.6 billion yuan.
Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the kind care of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, Hebi leads the economic and social development with post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. The main leaders of the Party committees and governments at all levels have entered the bureau, promoted special classes, and fought with wall charts. Party members and cadres of the city and the people Concentrating on strength, helping each other in the same boat, and helping each other, the catastrophe has become a major disaster, a major change, and a major governance, and strive to achieve material and spiritual “double reconstruction”.
Race against time, go all out, and material homeland rises
On June 13, in the demonstration square of 300,000 mu of high-standard farmland in Junxian County, the farmer drove the harvester to and from the shuttle, cutting, shelling, threshing, and loading, all in one go.
“Unbelievable, beyond imagination!” When the last two harvesters poured golden grains of wheat into trucks, the summer harvest of 3,000 mu of land circulated by Zhou Weiqi, a major grain grower in Weixi Street, Junxian County, was successfully completed, with an average yield of 1,450 jin per mu. , the highest yield per mu is 1600 catties, the average yield and the highest yield per mu have increased by more than 100 catties compared with previous years, which is the best “record” in history. “To be honest, after the disaster last year, I didn’t have any confidence in this year’s summer grain harvest. I just left it to fate.” Zhou Weiqi introduced that his 3,000 mu of wheat fields are located in the core area of the 300,000-mu high-standard farmland demonstration area in Junxian County, which was also an extra large one last year. One of the more severely damaged areas in the rainstorm and flood disaster, the water depth is nearly 3 meters, and the corn grains were not harvested that year. Faced with problems such as late sowing of wheat seeds and weakening of soil fertility due to excessive soil moisture in the plough layer, Lao Zhou was at a loss.
As the city’s main grain producing areas, Junxian and Qixian County were affected by the disaster last year, and the damaged area of high-standard farmland reached 876,100 mu, accounting for 91.1% of the city’s high-standard farmland damaged area.
Agriculture is the national plan, and food production is also an important part of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. In order to restore and rebuild as soon as possible, our city has actively connected with relevant provincial departments to plan and reserve 19 high-standard farmland post-disaster restoration and reconstruction projects with an area of 1.2096 million mu and a total investment of 1.833 billion yuan, all of which have been incorporated into the provincial special plan. 9, and the completion rate is 47.37%.
To achieve such fruitful results in the first year after the disaster, in addition to scientific management and careful management, it is also inseparable from the construction of high-standard farmland.
“With the same external environment, high-standard farmland is more than 20% more productive than ordinary farmland.” Looking at the high-standard farmland connected by canals, roads, irrigation in drought and drainage in waterlogging, Zhou Weiqi was overjoyed, and Xiaogou was overjoyed. Into the big ditch, the big ditch into the river… These provided a solid guarantee for the autumn planting last year.
Now, in the wheat fields cultivated by Zhou Weiqi, the Xinglu Shuangji monitoring platform has installed “clairvoyance” and “sunwind ears” for agricultural technicians. The machine simulates the natural precipitation process… High-standard farmland realizes “standardization of construction, modernization of equipment, intelligent application, large-scale operation, standardized management and protection”, and comprehensive supporting facilities for fields, soil, water, roads, forests, electricity, technology and management are complete. .
Under the combined effect of various factors, the arable land productivity of Zhou Weiqi and other grain farmers recovered rapidly, and the output of summer grain increased instead of decreasing. From a vast ocean to a golden one, Hebi City ran out of the “Hebi Speed” of post-disaster agricultural recovery and reconstruction, and took on the important task of food security.
The agricultural production has achieved remarkable results, which is also the epitome of the city’s race against time to rebuild, and go all out to develop, and the material homeland has risen from the ground. In today’s Crane City, water conservancy projects have been vigorously promoted, road traffic has returned to smooth roads, energy communications have been effectively guaranteed, the reconstruction of educational facilities has been accelerated, the cultural and tourism industry has been rapidly restored, and rural revitalization has been accelerated…
The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government adhere to the people’s supremacy, and always put the safety and well-being of the affected people in the first place. Since the beginning of this year, in accordance with the overall requirements of the province’s post-disaster reconstruction work of “basic results in two years, consolidation and improvement in three years”, our city has determined “two guarantees and one front row” (to ensure the safety of the flood season in 2022, to ensure the production, life and economic development of the masses) The social development has reached or exceeded the pre-disaster level, and the post-disaster reconstruction work ranks in the forefront of the province), seize the opportunity to implement it, seize the opportunity to implement it, focus on the implementation, and ensure the quality of implementation, and solidly carry out the special campaign for the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction year. As well as “three batches”, “10,000 people helping 10,000 enterprises” and “double-hundred” assistance activities, the progress of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction projects has been comprehensively accelerated. All 2,199 projects included in the provincial plan have started construction. The third in the province, the capital payment rate ranks first in the province.
Boost confidence, unite people’s hearts, and move forward with the spiritual boat
After waking up in the afternoon, Li Rubin, a 43-year-old farmer from Shiqiao Village, Chaoge Street, Qixian County, came to the newly built sheep shed and disassembled a large bag of feed and sprinkled it into the sheep pen, attracting a group of Dorper sheep to rush for food.
“There are two or three hundred sheep in this batch. They will be released one after another before the National Day this year. My life will definitely get better and better!” Li Rubin is full of confidence and has a bright smile, which is completely opposite to the state when he was just hit by the disaster last year.
Li Rubin’s “sheep industry” started in 2010. He started with 14 sheep and gradually expanded the scale of breeding. He built a sheep farm covering an area of two acres three years ago. Before the disaster last year, he had farmed nearly 300 mutton sheep on a large scale.
Accidents will happen. In mid-to-late July 2021, our province experienced a rare heavy rainstorm and severe floods. As part of the flood storage and detention area, Shiqiao Village was almost completely flooded.
“The depth of the water in the village is 3 meters, and it almost submerged the roof of the sheep farm. I watched the sheep drown, and there was nothing I could do.” Li Rubin said that he and the villagers tried their best to rescue only more than 50 lambs, directly economical Lost more than 200,000 yuan.
“It’s over, I can’t get up…” Li Rubin, a former soldier, is tall, enthusiastic about village affairs, and hardworking. He is a tough guy recognized by the villagers. However, when his dream of developing aquaculture and getting rich was suddenly shattered by the flood, he was at a loss.
“The sheep farm is gone, I will try to repay the loan for the feed slowly…” When Yuan Jie, the account manager of the Chaoge Credit Union of Qi County Rural Credit Union, called to inquire about the disaster situation, Li Rubin was crying on the phone.
“Rubin, if you want to open up a bit, the big deal is to start all over again.” Wen Yuanjie comforted him, “You are alone with a son and a daughter, you are not rich, and you have suffered heavy losses. It is inevitable that you will be depressed, but the difficulties are temporary, good days. It’s still to come!”
After the disaster, all departments at all levels in the city quickly unified their thoughts and actions to the provincial and municipal requirements for post-disaster restoration and reconstruction, and regarded post-disaster restoration and reconstruction as a major political task and the biggest livelihood project.
The banking system opened up green channels for the first time, simplified loan approval and issuance procedures, and actively supported post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. Wen Yuanjie went to the village to find Li Rubin, who was picking leaves to feed the lamb, and told him that he could apply for a disaster relief loan. The line of credit was doubled and the loan interest was reduced by half, encouraging him to regain his confidence.
“In the middle, I will continue.” Finance is the blood of the economy and the foundation of struggle. Li Rubin, who got the loan, is determined to start a second business and continue to develop the breeding industry.
“People often say that there will be a major epidemic after a major disaster, and this is what we are most worried about!” said Feng Chaobo, the head of the animal husbandry station in Chaoge Street, Qixian County. They quickly dispatched agricultural experts and village veterinarians to strengthen epidemic prevention technical guidance and help Li Rubin. When farmers resume production, they also come to vaccinate livestock and poultry to prevent animal diseases.
The village cadre Wang Hongbing also found Li Rubin, helped him collect and fill in the materials, invited professional institutions to assess the losses, and successfully applied for the compensation from the government. Recently, affected by the epidemic, the price of forage has risen, and the sales of adult sheep have been poor. The village cadres have been busy again, looking for hot pot restaurants and mutton restaurants to help Li Rubin “match” and open up sales.
With financial support for supplementary funds, agricultural technology guidance for epidemic prevention, and cadres assisting in the connection of production and sales, Li Rubin’s “sheep industry” has basically returned to its pre-disaster scale in just a few months. From full of expectations to shattered dreams, to regaining confidence, Li Rubin’s experience is a true portrayal of the city’s 937,400 disaster-stricken people revitalizing their spirits and breaking through the waves.
From one-on-one specific assistance, encouragement and support, to boosting confidence and morale through literary creation, to summarizing and publicizing advanced models, people’s ambition to rebuild their homes has risen, and they have more spirit to start a business.
The wind knows the grass, and the fire sees the real gold. The indomitable, grateful and progressive Hebi people have withstood the test of catastrophe and the great test, overcome all difficulties, and made their material home stand up from the ground; dare to fight, let the spiritual boat move forward through the waves and bathe in “water” The reborn children of Hecheng will move forward calmly and resolutely, and will surely usher in a more splendid tomorrow.