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Xie Zhigang is a “bridge builder” so that the results of poverty alleviation can benefit more
Speaking with Xie Zhigang, we can find that this is a grassroots painting with clear thinking and extremely motivated. In August last year, he came to Zhiduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, from Fengtai District, as a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and deputy county director to start counterpart support work of three years.
When I first came to Zhidu, here it is a little different from the “poor counties” that Xie Zhigang envisioned: the fight against poverty is nearing a turning point and the lives of herders have improved enormously.
“Only when the industry is prosperous can people’s incomes grow steadily.” Xie Zhigang believes that to get rich, we must rely on the industry.
Plateau Yak embarks on the path of green industry
Zhiduo County belongs to the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. It is located on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The county has an average elevation of 4,500 meters. The local population are mostly pastoralists and their livelihood is yak farming.
Xie Zhigang is no stranger to yak. After researching, he found that the higher the altitude, the better the quality of the yak. The yak here is of excellent quality and is well recognized in the domestic market. However, the heart of industrialization has not been supply.
Under the fundamental premise of ecological priority, perfecting the yak supply chain has become Xie Zhigang’s top priority. Helped introduce the major animal husbandry enterprises in Qinghai province to invest in the local area. He hoped that the companies could bring capital, technology, market, and exemplary function to Zhiduo, and help local livestock raise it well, sell it, and sell it at higher prices.
Xie Zhigang also contacted the Qinghai University Faculty of Animal Husbandry and asked the experts to walk to the pastoral area to focus on yak farming and make sure the breed does not degenerate.
At this stage, the company has signed a contract with the local area to rent a 5,000 square meter complex. The first floor is used as a canned yak meat production line, and the second and third floors are used as hotels. At the same time, an exhibition hall will open to showcase in-depth processed products and yak culture.
Ideally, the comprehensive building can be renovated next spring. Xie Zhigang hopes that the demonstration effect brought by the company can also boost the 21 agricultural cooperatives in the county, allowing them to gradually change their development thinking and approach green animal husbandry. . To achieve its own revitalization.
The results of poverty alleviation must fall on the “people”
The key to achieving revitalization from the roots lies in the “people.” Taking the development of the yak industry as an example, Xie Zhigang hopes that eventually herders can transform from natural herders to professional herders without leaving their hometown.
He is very clear about the relationship between industry and “people”, one is the way and the other is the purpose. He repeatedly said that no matter how well the industry develops, people who have not achieved employment, skills upgrading and income growth will not be seen as getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.
How can poverty alleviation outcomes cover the majority of people? Xie Zhigang believes that this must depend more on the power of Beijing, and he is the “bridge builder” himself.
As soon as he arrived in Zhiduo, he coordinated the various commissions and offices in the Fengtai district, linked up with local Zhiduo departments, and provided personalized assistance. For example, in education, he coordinated teachers from the Fengtai to Zhiduo district for teacher training and support. He also plans to organize Zhiduo students in Beijing next year to study and live with Fengtai students for 20 days to deepen understanding and friendship.
■ Dialogue
People’s income can only rise steadily when the industry is booming
Beijing News: For the poor areas, how to support most of “quench thirst”?
Xie Zhigang: The most effective is the industry. Only when the industry is built and local herdsmen or ordinary people are truly integrated into the industry can they have sustained income growth. Building roads, building schools, and building hospitals is what we must do to help, but in terms of sustainability, we still need industries. This is the basis of industrial development. Only when the industry is prosperous can people’s incomes grow steadily.
For Qinghai, an unshakable prerequisite for industrial development is ecological protection. With the premise of giving priority to ecological protection, developing ecological livestock in an appropriate way.
Beijing News: How to understand the different roles of government and business in alleviating poverty?
Xie Zhigang: The government is in the lead, including controlling the direction of industrial development, the construction of regional public brands, and the construction of hardware, such as basic infrastructure. Companies have technology, personnel, market and ideas for the development of industrial chains.
Beijing News reporter Jiang Huizi
