General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Tong’an Military Camp Village in Xiamen twice, and those who witnessed it relived the general secretary’s feelings for the people——
Warm, fills the mountain village with thoughts
Jiulong Creek, the “mother river” in Junying Village, has been transformed into a crystal clear ecological creek after renovation, attracting many tourists and villagers to play by the creek.Photo by Fujian Daily reporter Shi Chenjing
Southeast Net, July 3 (Fujian Daily reporter Yang Shanshan correspondent Yang Xinliang Zheng sketch) The summer is sunny and the wind is blowing. In Junying Village, Lianhua Town, Tong’an District, Xiamen City, which is nearly 1,000 meters above sea level, several villagers walked into an old stone-built house with southern Fujian characteristics one after another.
Gao Quanguo, the former director of the military camp village committee, has long been waiting in the old house. The benches were moved, and everyone sat around them, and took over the just-published book “Fujian Mountains, Fujianshui and Huaxin – Xi Jinping’s Footprints in Fujian” from the old director.
“Look! Starting from page 19, it tells the story of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s two visits to our barracks village!” Everyone quickly stopped on the same page.
“After I saw the report on the publication of this set of books on TV, I immediately contacted the reporter who interviewed me and the town, and they sent the book to the mountains the next day.” Gao Quanguo said that he had a sneak peek. I want to borrow it.
As a result, Gao Quanguo and Gao Quanwei, Secretary of the Party Branch of Junying Village, together contributed to this reading meeting. Everyone was reading the new book, and the past events of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Liangshang Military Camp Village vividly reappeared. His down-to-earth style of going to the grassroots level, his profound feelings for the people, and the sincere entrustment he left deeply moved the villagers.
“He brought warm care”
“The description in the book is very real and detailed!” Gao Quanguo was still excited about the content of the chapter “Getting rid of poverty” in the book.
In 1986 and 1997, when Xi Jinping, who successively served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor and deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, visited Junying Village twice, Gao Quanguo was a witness, speaking of the past, vividly in his mind.
“When I first came here, there was only a 1.6-meter-wide dirt road in our village. Their cars couldn’t drive in, so they could only park at the entrance of the village. I was waiting by the arch bridge at the entrance of the village.” Gao Quanguo remembered clearly that after Xi Jinping arrived, he Straight to the topic, he asked, “How many poorest households are there in your place?”
After visiting poor households, Xi Jinping came to Gaoquan Country to chat while making tea. The production and living conditions of the villagers, how much hybrid rice is grown in the village, what variety, and what are the plans for the village’s economic development after the implementation of the production responsibility system… This conversation lasted more than an hour.
Gao Quanguo did not dare to be sloppy, and answered each one seriously. There is another detail that made him remember deeply: “The tea cup at home has accumulated thick tea stains because of its perennial use. When he saw it, he drank it, and immediately told him what he said from his heart.” After listening to Gao Quanguo’s speech After this remark, the villagers who were sitting around smiled knowingly.
“The special economic zones are changing with each passing day, but the spring breeze of reform and opening up does not seem to blow the military camp village.” “The income of more than 700 villagers mainly depends on more than 400 mu of tea gardens, and the per capita annual income is only about 280 yuan.” In the book, this description is A true portrayal of the remoteness and poverty of the military camp village at that time.
“To be able to come all the way to our backcountry, use the same cup, drink the same tea, sit on the same bench, and ask our parents about their vigor, this kind of care has moved us very much.” Gao Quanguo mentioned more than once When he arrived, what impressed him the most was that Xi Jinping’s first arrival not only brought care, but also implemented specific help to the village.
After the investigation, Xi Jinping contacted the Water and Soil Office of Tong’an County to provide Junying Village with a batch of the best persimmon varieties in China at that time. He also instructed the County Agricultural Office to solve the poverty alleviation fund of 30,000 yuan. The villagers used the money to build management houses.
“The persimmon forest is still planted on our mountain now, and some trees will be replanted when they are old. Everyone said that looking at the persimmon trees, they remembered the general secretary’s care for us, and we will keep this care from generation to generation. Pass it on.” Gao Quanwei said.
“I didn’t expect him to care so much about the grassroots people”
Driving up to the barracks village, counting from the foot of the mountain, you have to go through nearly 200 bends. Today, the once dirt road has been transformed into a concrete road, the lanes have been widened, and many electronic warning signs have been added recently, and the roadside is also undergoing greening upgrades.
Circling all the way up the mountain, there is also a sign that reads “I miss the remote mountain village in the Special Economic Zone” on the side of the road.
“It is written in the book that more than 20 years after the first visit to Junying Village, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked the mayor of Xiamen, who was in Beijing for a meeting at that time, how the Junying Village in Tong’an is now. This detail really touched me, I did not expect After so many years, he still cares so much for a small remote village like us.” Gao Deliang, a college student who returned to his hometown to start a business, said.
Remember the development of Gaoshan Village and the people in the village. In 1997, when Xi Jinping went to the military camp for the second time, he asked to see Gao Quanguo by name, and he also asked about his family’s situation with concern. It was learned from the symposium that the tea planting area in Junying Village was nearly 5 times larger than that in 1986. The persimmon saplings in that year grew into 200 mu of persimmon forest, and the management house built with poverty alleviation funds was contracted out, which can increase the collective income of the village by 8,000 yuan a year. After the Yuan Dynasty, Xi Jinping immediately proposed to take a look at the scene.
Gao Quanguo took him to see the persimmon forest. Standing under the persimmon tree, Xi Jinping told the villagers to “have a variety of teas, grow fruits, and don’t forget to green the forest. To develop down the mountain and ‘wear a hat’ on the mountain,” he said. It also encourages young people to go out of the mountain gate to work and start a business and increase their income.
“General Secretary Xi Jinping went to the mountains on two occasions. His down-to-earth style of going deep into the grassroots and his sincere feelings for the people have left valuable wealth to the military camp village.” Gao Quanguo said.
Keep in mind the entrustment to break out of the road of revitalization
On Sunday, in the military camp village, many tourists are walking along the Jiulong River in the village. As noon approached, the Chashan Farm gradually became lively. The owner of the farmhouse, Gao Mercury, greeted the guests with a smile on their faces, and his daughter, Gao Meiling, was busy helping the guests order dishes.
“We used to grow tea and earn less than 100,000 yuan a year. Now we have increased the income of farmhouses and homestays, and our happiness index has continued to improve!” Gao Shuiyin said, seeing the good development of the village, his son and daughter graduated from college It also came back to develop later.
“The high mountains used to be an obstacle to getting rid of poverty and become rich, but now they are the ‘backer’ of our development.” Gao Quanwei sighed, “It was the vision of the general secretary back then, which paved the way for us to become rich.”
A variety of tea, a variety of fruits, the villagers keep in mind the entrustment. Today, there are more than 6,500 mu of tea gardens in the village, and almost every household in the village has its own tea garden. On the basis of growing tea to get rich and protecting the ecology, everyone builds homestays, engages in “farm stay”, vigorously develops rural tourism, and attracts tourists with clear waters and lush mountains. National Civilized Village, China’s Most Beautiful Leisure Village, Fujian Province’s Beautiful Village Civilization Construction Demonstration Village… With the comprehensive development of the village, honors have come one after another.
According to Gao Quanwei, at present, there are more than 60 homestays and farmhouses in Junying Village, with more than 400 beds, and the per capita annual income of villagers will reach 42,558 yuan in 2021. In 2021, the collective income of the village will exceed 980,000 yuan, and the villagers will receive dividends for three consecutive years.
On April 7, 2016, when Comrade Xi Jinping first went to Junying Village and Baijiaoci Village for 30 years of work and investigation, the high mountain teaching site of Xiamen Municipal Party School and Tong’an District Party School were unveiled in the two villages.
Carry out characteristic training courses, follow the original intention, and let party members and cadres inherit the spirit in “seeing changes”… The teaching point of the Gaoshan Party School, which was identified as the “Xi Jinping New Era Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Thought Practice Base” by the Provincial Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, not only It is a vivid carrier of learning, and it has become a new engine for rural revitalization.
Whenever there is a training class going to the mountains to study, Gao Quanguo, whose physical condition is not as good as before, is still happy to share with everyone General Secretary Xi Jinping’s high mountain love. The Secretary’s concern!”