Visiting Kezhou, Xinjiang: People move out of the mountains to grow vegetables and get rich in the "barren land" to build a green barrier

China News Service Xinjiang Artush April 10 Title: Visit to Xinjiang Kezhou: People move out of the mountains to grow vegetables to get rich "barren land" to build a green barrier

Written by Gou Jipeng

Mai Mai Ti Wu Ji XiEr, who tasted the sweetness of growing greenhouse vegetables, contracted 7 vegetable greenhouses this year, because "last year, 4 vegetable greenhouses earned more than 70,000 yuan, and this year 3 vegetable greenhouses were varietyd, adding tomatoes and melons." While trimming the tomato seedlings in the greenhouse, he said with great anticipation: "In more than 20 days, the tomatoes will be picked and listed, and when I earn money this year, I plan to buy a new car." ”

The MaiMaiti Wujihir Eli family originally lived in Charlong Township, Aktau County, Kyzylsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture (Kezhou) in southwestern Xinjiang, deep in the western part of the Kunlun Mountains, with harsh geographical conditions. In October 2017, the original Charlong Township as a whole was relocated to kunlun jiayuan community, just 8 kilometers outside the city of Aktao County, and at the end of 2020, Charlong Township was established at the new site.

Asya Tursun, mayor of Charlong Town, said: "The Kunlun Jiayuan community has moved more than 1,600 households and more than 6,600 people. The community has perfect basic supporting facilities, and also relies on the supporting facilities of agriculture to develop vegetable greenhouse planting, so that the people can move out and live more. ”

Recently, a reporter from China News Service walked into the Kunlun Jiayuan community and saw that the residential buildings were uniform, and the schools, hospitals and other facilities were complete. At the edge of the community is the Aktau County Modern Facility Agricultural Industrial Park, where more than 1,700 greenhouses where vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers thrive. Local people also told reporters that Mai Mai Ti Wu Ji Xi Heli is now an "expert" in growing vegetables, in addition to managing his own greenhouse vegetables, he often helps others take care of vegetables. In 2020, Mai Mai Ti Wu Ji Xi Xi Li was rated as a model worker in Xinjiang.

"I used to live by herding and never had any contact with the farming industry, let alone greenhouse cultivation," Mai mai tiu kihiel Eli said. In the first year, due to the lack of planting technology and management experience, a stubble of cowpea only sold for more than 3,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and I once wanted to give up. But under the encouragement and guidance of the technical staff, I persevered, and constantly accumulated planting experience and technology, and now a greenhouse can earn more than 20,000 yuan a year. ”

In the Kunlun Jiayuan community in Aktau County, there are not a few people like Mai Mai Ti Wu Ji XiEr Li who have moved out of the mountains and lived a good life on vegetable greenhouses. Similarly, in the city of Artush, The state of Croatia, local people have planted green hope on the barren hillsides with their hands.

From Aktau County, head north along the Tuhe Expressway (G3012) to the city of Artush. When the reporter interviewed the city, a spring rain had lasted for 3 days. "In the past, there were only a few rainy days in Artush, but now the number of rainy days has increased a lot. This is largely due to the construction of ecological afforestation bases on the north and south slopes of the urban area. Anival Tasi, director of the office of the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Artush City, said.

The topography of Artush is high from north to south, low in the middle, and the altitude difference between the territory is more than 3,000 meters, and Anival Tasi calls it a "pot". Previously, the north and south slopes were "barren lands", and the city of Artush, located at the bottom of the "pot", was often hit by sand and floods. Since 2004, the local government has begun to build ecological forests on the north and south slopes, which lasted 17 years to afforestation an area of 38,000 mu, and built a green barrier in the urban area.

In the drizzle, the reporter saw in the north slope ecological forest base that the forest that could not be seen at a glance had spit green branches. Elken Kurban, a herder who grew up herding sheep on the hillside, is now a ranger here. "There used to be sand and gravel here, and there wasn't a single tree. In the summer, the land is burned by the sun. Now it's a great place for people to take a leisurely walk, and I often bring my family here for a walk. Erken Kurban said.

Looking up at the hillside, a modern city appears in front of you, lined with high-rise buildings and busy traffic. Anival Tashi pointed to the ecological forest base on the south slope across the city: "The afforestation of the south slope is mainly based on economic forests, which began construction in 2017, covering an area of 7,500 mu, and the apples, walnuts, dates and other crops planted have begun to bear fruit." In the future, we will also try to plant varieties such as prunes and peaches in the ecological forest on the north slope to develop the forest fruit industry and drive the people to become rich. (End)

Source: China News Network