"It's alive!" Li Wei quickly drank his saliva, screwed on the lid of the thermos cup, put on his hat, rode the electric car, and set off.
The 38-year-old originally opened a small store in Rongcheng County, and now he is a courier in Xiong'an New District. "When I earn a lot, it's tens of thousands a month. ”
On April 1, 2017, Xiong'an New Area was officially established. The planning scope of the new area includes the administrative areas of Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties in Hebei Province, as well as some surrounding towns and villages, with a planning area of 1,770 square kilometers.
This means that more than 120,000 farmers like Li Wei, from Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties in Hebei Province will enter the communities of Xiong'an and embrace a new life.
Looking ahead, they were farmers on the North China Plain for generations, and looking back, they were the first generation of residents of Xiong'an, the "City of the Future". A change that integrates into urban life may bring unfamiliar tension to these new Xiong'an people, but they will gradually experience a new sense of happiness when they extend the time frame.
Yuerong Park, Xiong'an New Area. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Cheng
There is a house to live in, and there is a job to do
Walking on the streets of the new district, rows of new residential buildings stand side by side, kindergartens, schools, hospitals, supermarkets, elderly service stations, etc., and the livable community built according to the "15-minute living circle" is very convenient for people's daily life.
Students from Ronghe Yuerong Primary School in Rongdong District, Xiong'an New Area held themed activities. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong
"The people who have relocated to the new area must first settle down, so that they can live and work happily and develop greatly. The relevant person in charge of Xiong'an New Area said.
According to the relevant policies, due to the expropriation of civil housing and contracted responsibility land, the relocated residents of Xiong'an New Area can obtain resettlement houses in Rongdong and Rongxi areas of Xiong'an New Area according to the standard of 50 square meters per person, and all of them are delivered with fine decoration.
"The quality of the buildings and the living environment here are much better than in the village. Wang Na said that she is 50 years old this year, originally a farmer in Xiaoli Town, Rongcheng County, and lived in Xiquan North Park in Xiquan Community after moving back, "Our husband and wife and two daughters, a family of four replaced a new house of 200 square meters, and now lives in a 120-square-meter house, which is quite spacious and very comfortable to live in." ”
In Zhang Hongyan's home, several pots of blooming flowers on the balcony are particularly conspicuous. Since moving into Chunxiao Nanting Community in Rongxi District at the end of 2022, her new home is spacious and bright, the house is full of floor heating, and the indoor temperature can be maintained at about 25 degrees Celsius in winter.
Citizens play in Yuerong Park, Xiong'an New Area (photo taken on March 30, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mu Yu
Li Zhiyu, born in 1992, was previously a native of Dongzhao Village, Xiongxian County, and was placed in Longchangju, Xingqing Community in 2022. His family has two new houses, one 120 square meters and one 70 square meters, and unlike other peers who work hard in the big city, the couple and a daughter who is in the second grade, "now they don't have to worry about housing at all." ”
If residents are the most important group in the new city, then employment is the most important livelihood project here. In order to help them adapt quickly and find jobs, the government has made great efforts to conduct community interviews and mobilization, organize gig stations, and provide a series of public welfare services such as on-site recruitment, information promotion, and policy consultation for flexible workers.
After the relocation, Du Jingnan from Luohe Community successfully applied for a "special post" in the community to carry out governance services such as safety inspections and registration of permanent resident population information. She said, "I used to work in a garment factory, which was intense and hard, often working overtime and night shifts, and the salary was also unstable, sometimes for months...... Now I can work at home, pay social security, and usually do not delay picking up and dropping off children and taking care of the elderly. ”
"As soon as I saw a suitable position from the company, he called me and encouraged me to submit my resume and try it out. Li Zhiyu said that at present, with the policy support of the community, he has successfully joined Xiongdong China Railway Hui Life Property Service Company and was promoted to the director of the order department.
"The monthly salary is more than 4,000 yuan, there are five insurances and one housing fund, and I ride a tram at the door of my house to go to work, unlike before when I was running around and looking for a job in a project. Li Zhiyu is very satisfied with his current work.
Statistics show that since its establishment, the new district has organized more than 200 recruitment activities of various kinds, providing more than 300,000 employment needs. In 2023 alone, the new area will release 110,000 employment needs, and carry out subsidized vocational skills training for more than 8,500 people.
Job seekers consult job openings at the Xiong'an New Area Talent Market (photo taken on February 17, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong
"Happiness is the only way to live in peace. In accordance with the idea of 'relieving enterprises into the new area and supporting industries to promote jobs', we will realize precise labor training and precise 'point-to-point' transportation to ensure that the masses are employed nearby and stable. Embed the relocated masses in the industrial chain, so that the relocated masses can gradually and sustainably become rich. Yang Shuo, Secretary of the Party General Branch of the Xiquan Community Party and Mass Service Center in Rongxi District, sighed.
There are favors, there are fireworks
On the morning of March 29, the Gongzhuang Community Canteen in Rongdong District was officially opened, with a warm atmosphere and crowds.
In order to allow community residents, especially the elderly, to eat convenient, worry-free and affordable meals, Gongzhuang Community and China Railway Construction Property integrated community resources to build this community canteen.
Gongzhuang Community Canteen is not the first one, and in some communities in Xiong'an, the elderly have become accustomed to the intimate service of community canteens.
"The canteen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner on time every day, and there is a wide variety of meals, and seniors over 60 years old can also get discounts. The canteen service staff said, "An elderly person can eat well for only 3 to 5 yuan for a meal." ”
"and my wife, adding up to more than 4,000 yuan a month. An old man who was dining said, "The money is enough to spend, and now that I have moved into a building, I don't have to worry about living, and I can eat as much as I want." ”
It is understood that the Xiong'an New Area Management Committee will issue pensions to the elderly over 60 years old every month according to their age, ranging from 1,700 to 2,200 yuan per person, which guarantees the basic life of the elderly in the city.
"The community canteen also provides a place for residents to have a place for communication activities, where everyone can gather for dinner, share and communicate, carry out community activities, celebrate a group birthday, etc. Li Tao, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the Management Committee of Xiong'an New Area, said.
In order to allow the residents to adapt to the neighborhood relationship of the city as soon as possible, the community has been trying and boldly innovating, and has launched a number of measures to restore the "human touch" and "fireworks" of the village between the new buildings.
75-year-old Han Hongru, after moving to a new home, went to the Rongxi No. 1 Pension Station near the community to play table tennis almost every day. "In the past, the most I used to play ball with friends in the same village, but now the table tennis enthusiasts from the surrounding communities come to compete, and the more they play, the more fun it becomes, and you can measure your blood pressure for free after playing. ”
In the pension station he mentioned, you can also see a billiard room, a calligraphy and painting room, a medical care room, a psychological counseling room, etc., all of which are free and open to use...... It is not difficult to see that the activities are rich in content and the life of residents is fulfilling.
Residents of Nanwenying Community, Rongdong District, Xiong'an New Area, practice calligraphy in the activity room of the community pension station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Xudong
According to the staff, there are volunteers in the pension station who will regularly provide free clinics, free haircuts and other services for the elderly, and will also hold daily lectures on health care and prevention of telecommunication fraud, "More than 100 elderly people come here every day, and many elderly people have made new friends here." ”
"Among our relocated households, in fact, only the elderly are the most difficult to adapt, at first they can't find the way out, and they can't use ......gas at home," Li Zhiyu said, and now they are gradually discovering that the community park has square dancers, chatting and playing chess, and even climbing stilts every afternoon, which is similar to the village before, and the old people have also learned to take free buses to see Xiong'an New Town and go to their former friends' houses.
The relevant person in charge of Xiong'an New Area said that this year, it is necessary to speed up the gathering of "service" elements, so that the people must get more benefits, connect with living and working in peace, so that the masses have more sense of gain, happiness and security.
Some of the returnees laughed: "We are no different from other big city people, the only thing we have is that we may have a darker complexion, because we used to do much farm work." ”
Source: Xinhua News Agency (Hu Wen, Research Group, Xiong'an Research Center, Lookout Think Tank)