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Original title: Small artificial flowers can be used to alleviate poverty
It was almost noon and Li Huifang, who had been busy all morning, stopped his artificial flower work and went home to prepare lunch for the children. “When I first moved out of the village, I was still playing drums. What would I live on when I entered the city?” Li Huifang said: “Now I can work when I leave the house and I can take care of my family. and my children. I earn almost 1,500 yuan a month. I am confident. “
Li Huifang is a poor household in Xiaozuilongdi Village, Sandu Township, Xiyang County, Shanxi Province. In October 2018, her family moved to the Derunjiayuan Community resettlement site to alleviate poverty. She has been working in the flower simulation workshop for poverty alleviation in the community.
Xiyang County was once a poverty stricken county in Shanxi Province. In 2014, there were 151 poverty-stricken villages established in Lika, with a poor population of almost 40,000. Xiyang County actively implements industrial poverty alleviation and introduces the artificial flower production industry, which has helped many poor households find jobs, alleviate poverty, and increase income.
During the interview with the reporter, more than a dozen impoverished women in the artificial flower workshop were receiving training in artificial flower production skills.
“Send projects to villages, send jobs to homes, and send skills to people.” “Allow all poor people with work ability the opportunity to get jobs nearby and stabilize poverty alleviation.” This is an important principle for Xiyang County to choose poverty alleviation industries. After many inspections, Xiyang finally chose the artificial flower production industry because it is pollution-free, takes up less land, can be reproduced, is easy to promote, and has quick results. The market outlook is relatively good and can digest the surplus rural labor there.
The director of the Xiyang County Information Office, Ren Xiuping, presented that investment in industries such as artificial flowers is relatively small. Although the tax contribution is not very significant, this is a very labor-intensive industry. Workshops can be built in front of houses. The work threshold is not high and the hours are flexible. Suitable for women who cannot go home. “This type of industry not only increases their income, but also enables them to gain confidence in self-reliance and hard work to get rid of poverty and become rich,” said Chen Hongmei, president of the Xiyang County Women’s Federation.
The artificial flower industry also provides a viable path for people who cannot go out for physical reasons to get rid of poverty and increase income, increasing their confidence in pursuit of a better life.
In Huangyan Village, Zhaobi Township, Xiyang County, 65-year-old Qiao Xiulian finished her breakfast, packed the dishes, spread the rugs on the floor of the house, and made artificial flowers with his wife, Wang Ailin, who was ill during long time. Qiao Xiulian is responsible for gluing flowers, and his wife is responsible for threading branches and leaves. She is deft and smoothly coordinated. At the end of the day, you can make more than 200 branches, and some people come in regularly to receive the products. “There is a patient at home who cannot leave his body and cannot leave the house. Now he is fine. He can make artificial flowers at home so that he can earn money and take care of his family without delay,” said Qiao Xiulian.
His wife, Wang Ailin, was unable to work on the land for more than ten years for physical reasons. His life depended mainly on government subsidies. In the past, he always felt that he could not go out to work to earn money, because he was a burden on the family. Wang Ailin said, “Make artificial flowers, you can move your muscles and bones, and you can earn money to complement your family. The most important thing is that your life is more vigorous.”
The artificial flower industry in Xiyang County is developing rapidly and the market prospects are promising. “The epidemic has a small impact on this industry, but it is not big,” said Zhao Xiaoliang, president of the Xiyang County Agricultural Poverty Alleviation Investment Company. “It basically has no impact on the income of the poor households that work here.”
At present, there are 17 artificial flower enterprises in Xiyang county, and 32 villages in 9 municipalities are irradiated to work in the workshop or do at home, and more than 5,000 people are engaged in the processing of artificial flower products. The annual income per capita increases by 6000-12000 yuan. The benefit is very significant.
Since 2014, Xiyang County has reduced poverty by more than 39,000 people and the incidence of poverty has dropped from 21.8% to 0.077%. General regional poverty has basically been resolved. In September 2018, with the approval of the Shanxi provincial government, Xiyang became one of the first impoverished counties in the province to withdraw from the impoverished county stream.
