In the orchard of Fengtai village, Shanhou town, He county, Ma’anshan, Anhui province, there are countless deliciously huge plums hanging all over the branches.
According to Chen Shanju, the head of Fengtai Village Sharing Farm, the farm has a total of 400 mu (26.67 hectares) of Liba Reservoir and mountain farmland. The reservoir is used to raise various high-quality aquatic products and fishing. The fruit planting mainly includes Yangmei fruit, peach-shaped plums and oranges.
Chen used to operate fruit forests in other places. Later, he wanted to return to his hometown to develop, expand the planting scale, and solve the employment problem of young people in the village.
The Banyue Lake sightseeing and tourism picking base is busy as the summer peak season arrives. “Look for strawberries in the greenhouse, pick plums on the branches, pick cherries all over the mountain, and caress red bayberries among the flowers”. Such picking scenes are coming true in Fengtai village.
A good situation of demonstration and guidance has been formed in the village by a batch of new types of shared agricultural operators, which has stimulated the enthusiasm of villagers to develop the shared agricultural economy.
With the support of State Grid Anhui Ma’anshan Power Supply Company, a new rural picking culture tourism integration industrial base came into being.
Since the selection of village based cadres to the village in 2021, the company has actively promoted the effective connection between power assistance and rural rejuvenation, playing a fundamental supporting role in helping industrial development, rural construction, consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements.
Since 2021, the company has successively implemented a special fund of 5.7 million yuan for rural revitalization power grid transformation, transformed 6 stations, transformed 10.6 kilometers of power supply circuit, and increased the average household capacity from 1.15 KVA to 7.24 KVA, creating a center for Chenbaihu beautiful countryside and Xinzhuang B&B all electric resort.
Relying on the company’s digital construction, the company has invested 5 professional power inspection teams with 116 person times of inspectors, established a “village network co-construction” power supply volunteer service team, and completed major power protection activities such as the National Summer Village network demonstration and lobster music and food festival, providing strong power support for Fengtai village to comprehensively promote the construction of rural revitalization demonstration area.
At the same time, in order to highlight regional characteristics and focus on comprehensive tourism, the company has formulated a construction plan for “all-electric scenic spots” and “low-carbon homestays”, achieving full coverage of rural power grid renovation in all 18 villages.
Completed the construction of “full grid electricity” in rural areas. State Grid Anhui Ma’anshan Power Supply Company directly donated 462,800 yuan of village collective industrial funds and built a 125-acre fruit industry park, 1 cold storage, 2 sightseeing and tourism vehicles, 10 AC/DC charging piles, and 60 kW rooftop photovoltaics, achieving significant results in green homestays, agricultural tourism industry, and increasing public income.
Since the beginning of spring, I have been working in the orchard at my doorstep. Not only can I take care of the elderly and children at home, but I also earn as much as outside, “said Pei Wu, a villager from Fengtai village, sorting plums in the newly built shared agricultural orchard cooperative in the village.
With the registration and launch of the first “Hezhou Shanfeng” agricultural specialty product brand, the village collective industry has achieved a leap in development.
The development of ecological agriculture has expanded the channels for increasing income for village collectives. Over the past three years, the village collective ecological planting base has generated a cumulative income of 1.5 million yuan, driving the employment of over 250 people in the village and increasing per capita income by over 50,000 yuan.
When Qin Hao, the eighth batch of resident cadres of State Grid Anhui Ma’anshan Power Supply Company, left his post, he wrote with reluctance: In the past three years, Fengtai village has achieved rapid development, and the rural industrial foundation has become more solid. The development and growth of characteristic industries such as shared agriculture and homestays, it is comprehensively promoting the high-quality development of Fengtai village’s industries. The captain of the ninth batch of resident work teams, Xia Xing, also took the diary and wrote down the needs of the masses, addressing their expectations.
The development of rural revitalization is constantly advancing, and it is crucial to leverage resource advantages and create distinctive industries in Fengtai village through differentiation.
Based on local soil and water, highlighting regional characteristics and reflecting local customs, such industries can enhance their attractiveness through differentiation. Fengtai village builds a nest and attracts phoenixes with real recruitment and practical strategies, develops a shared agricultural economy, and has resident cadres rooted in the front line, measuring the path of rural revitalization with their footsteps and watering the soil for industrial revitalization with sweat.