On April 8, the launching ceremony of the high-quality development of the pomegranate industry for retired cadres in the city was held in the China Pomegranate Culture Expo Park. Gao Qingxi, executive deputy director of the Municipal Customs Working Committee, Du Yongguang, president of the Municipal Association of Elderly Science, Xu Ling, Liu Zhicai, deputy directors of the Municipal Customs Working Committee, Xu Xinquan, deputy director and secretary general, and Shi Feng, deputy director, attended the meeting. Zhang Xibin, Secretary of the District Party Committee, delivered a speech, Gao Peng, Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Bureau of Veteran Cadres, issued an initiative and delivered a speech to the veteran cadres, Ren Jianmin, President of the Yicheng District Association for the Elderly, Song Junfeng, Deputy Secretary, and Li Zhong, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department, participated.
Zhang Xibin, on behalf of the district party committee and the district government, expressed his gratitude to the old leaders and comrades who have long paid attention to, cared for and guided the economic and social development of Yicheng District, and briefly introduced the current situation of the pomegranate industry in our district and the key projects such as the Guanshi Durian Garden Ethnic Customs Valley and the China Zaozhuang Pomegranate Comprehensive Trading Center. Zhang Xibin said that on September 24 last year, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally visited Yicheng for inspection and guidance during the investigation in Zaozhuang, and made important instructions for the development of the pomegranate industry, which provided a fundamental basis for building a model of rural revitalization in Qilu in the new era. The high-quality development activities of retired cadres serving the pomegranate industry have provided a more majestic force for Yicheng District to do a good job in the pomegranate industry, and greatly enhanced our confidence and determination to develop the pomegranate industry. Yicheng District will continue to deepen the pomegranate industry, use "pomegranate" as a medium, and make every effort to provide good services and guarantees for the majority of retired cadres to exert their residual heat to help development. It is hoped that the old leaders and comrades will continue to care about and support the development of Yicheng, provide more good strategies for the pomegranate industry, and jointly develop the pomegranate industry well, so that more fruit farmers can increase their income and get rich.
Gao Peng pointed out in his speech that 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a key year to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions to inspect Zaozhuang, and a "year for the implementation of key projects" determined by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. The majority of veteran comrades should continue to give full play to their political advantages, experience advantages, and prestige advantages, actively participate in the high-quality development of the pomegranate industry, take the initiative to serve the overall situation, and gather consensus on helping the high-quality development of the pomegranate industry A series of activities such as the Silver Age live broadcast room will stimulate the advantages of helping the high-quality development of the pomegranate industry, play a leading role, create an atmosphere for the high-quality development of the pomegranate industry, and strive to write a new chapter in the model of rural revitalization Zaozhuang.
At the ceremony, the captain of the Zaozhuang "Pomegranate Red" veteran cadre volunteer service corps, and the representatives of the veteran cadres of Xuecheng District and Yicheng District made speeches respectively.
After the ceremony, some of the participating leaders visited the pomegranate germplasm resource bank and pomegranate museum, and then went to the pomegranate planting technology and management training course in Jiaquan Village, Durian Yuan Town, and the Jubaozhai Bonsai Garden for on-site research.