Many places in Jiangxi have invited villagers to participate in the development of their hometowns and help rural revitalization

On February 3, Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, held a meeting on "Welcoming the New Year, Telling Hometown Feelings, and Talking Development" and "Three Invitations and Three Returns". Photo by Fan Zheping

(Spring Festival grassroots) Jiangxi has invited many townspeople to participate in the development of their hometowns and help rural revitalization

Nanchang, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- Talent is the key to the revitalization of rural areas, and rural sages are an indispensable force in China's rural revitalization boom. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger in the Lunar Calendar, many places in the central province of Jiangxi invited villagers to participate in the development of their hometowns and help rural revitalization.

On February 3, Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, located on the south bank of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, held a "Welcome to the New Year, Nostalgia, And Development" and "Three Invitations and Three Returns" Xiangxian Earnest Talks, and shared with the townships about sangzi feelings and talk about the development road.

In the view of Xu Qiang, secretary of the Jinxian County CPC Committee, the villagers are the precious resources and wealth of the Jinxian, and the strength that the development of the Jinxian relies on, and the development of the Jinxian condenses the painstaking efforts and sweat of the township sages. "I hope that all the sages will closely integrate their personal wisdom, achievements, resources, and influence with the development of their hometown."

On the same day as Jinxian County, Le'an County, located in the hinterland of central Jiangxi Province, held the 2022 "New Year's Greetings • Speech Development" and "Three Invitations and Three Returns" Tea Party, where the villagers exchanged speeches and offered suggestions for the development of their hometown.

"Le An is a 'potential stock' and a 'ChiNext' worth investing in and developing." At the tea party, in the face of xiangxian, Wu Yiwen, secretary of the CPC Le'an County CPC Committee, said that in the new year, the hometown needs to gather the wisdom and strength of all parties more than ever, and it needs the strong support of talents more than ever.

The reporter noted that during the Spring Festival, many places in Jiangxi have carried out various forms of forums, tea parties, and earnest talks, played the nostalgia card and the family affection card, invited the vast number of township sages to participate in the development of their hometowns, and helped rural revitalization.

According to the Department of Commerce of Jiangxi Province, during the Spring Festival, Jiangxi Province held a total of 783 "three invitations and three returns" (inviting villagers to return to their hometowns, inviting alumni to return to their alma mater, and inviting comrades-in-arms to return to their stations), of which 24 were held at the municipal level and 759 at the county level and below, and 28,000 representatives of the "three friends" were invited to participate.

The Department of Commerce of Jiangxi Province said that during the Spring Festival, a number of investment cooperation projects were successfully signed in various parts of Jiangxi, which successfully achieved "opening the door" for the province's investment promotion, and the province signed 312 cooperation projects with a signed amount of 292.26 billion yuan.

Tu Longfeng, deputy director of the Institute of Sociology of the Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with reporters on the 10th that the term "xiangxian" originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty, generally referring to the social sages who have both character and talent and can contribute to local development, including gentry. In the new era, the meaning of xiangxian is more abundant, beyond the traditional sense of the xiangxian refers to the gentry category, familiar with the local situation of the township, with a broad development idea and a wide range of social resources, can contribute to the realization of rural development, can be called a township sage.

"With the rapid advancement of urbanization, China's rural population, resources and other elements continue to flow one-way to the city, and the phenomenon of 'hollowing out' and 'empty nesting' of villages is prominent." Tu Longfeng believes that the villagers have a broad mind, are familiar with the village conditions and people's feelings, and can use their knowledge, expertise, resources and experience to promote rural construction and provide strong support and useful supplements for rural revitalization. (End)

Source: China News Network