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Original title: Farmers who left their homes in the old mines with a fresh green return
Looking at the large expanses of sea buckthorn trees planted in the coal mine recovery area in front of him, even though it is cold winter, Gao Wenxiang’s heart is still warm.
Gao Wenxiang is a villager from Chaonaoliang Village, Tongchuan City, Dongsheng District, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. The natural environment of “nine droughts in ten years” and environmental pollution caused by open-pit coal mining near the village have made it difficult for Gao Wenxiang, who works on the land. “Mining and coal mining once turned the area gray and yellow, with potholes everywhere, and agriculture was also confiscated. In 2007, the family’s income was less than 3,000 yuan.” When mentioning the past, Gao Wenxiang still remembers fresh.
In 2007, the village of Chaonaoliang began the filling and restoration work of the mine. Pine and apricot trees were gradually planted on the hillside. Gao Wenxiang and other villagers were also relocated to live in the urban area of Dongsheng District.
During the years of life in the city, the living environment of the villagers has improved and they have enjoyed better education and medical care. Gao Wenxiang earns 60,000 yuan a year working part-time, and her life has improved a lot. “Even though I moved to the city and lived in a building, the villagers still miss the land in the countryside,” Gao Wenxiang said.
In early 2019, Chaonaoliang Village introduced Inner Mongolia Chundian Holding Group Co., Ltd. to establish Inner Mongolia Chundian Nayuan Seabuckthorn Biotechnology Professional Biotechnology Cooperative, and built a 300,000 acre high-fruiting ecological economic forest plantation base in the fill mining area. The “Enterprise + Farmers” development model attracts farmers to return home to plant sea buckthorn.
Hearing that he could earn money by planting sea buckthorn in his village, Gao Wenxiang became very happy. “Working in the city always feels like wandering around,” said shy Gao Wenxiang with a smile: “I feel comfortable going home to work, even if I earn less money, we are not afraid.”
“Before sea-buckthorn fruits, villagers manage and protect sea-buckthorn trees and water orchards as labor, and the daily wage is about 150 yuan,” said Yang Erkuan, secretary of the party branch of Chaonaoliang village. To earn money, the more fruits you collect, the more money you earn. “
In this way, the news of the return to work in the hometown spread from ten to ten, and more and more relocated households returned to Chaonaoliang village to become fruit growers in the sea-buckthorn plantation base. “Yaozigou community is the closest community in Chaonaoliang village to the mining area. Now there are 60 villagers in the community who are involved in planting sea buckthorn, and the annual income of each household increases by 30,000 yuan,” Yang said. Erkuan.
So far, the City of Ordos has completed the reclamation of nearly 270,000 acres of open pit coal mines, which has effectively aided rural economic development while enhancing the ecological environment of the mining area.
Bi Shujie, president of Inner Mongolia Chundian Holding Group Co., Ltd., said that planting sea buckthorn in the coal mine reclamation area has a significant effect on the restoration of the mine. “We sell sea buckthorn products through e-commerce platforms, and the sales channels are widening, and people are making more and more money,” Bi Shujie said.
“There will be more yellow hawthorn this year.” At the beginning of the new year, Gao Wenxiang looked forward to the sea buckthorn trees in the yellow hawthorn garden.
