Only hear its voice, not its people. Representative Yang Li, who had a busy day, was interviewed in the evening. The special interview made the reporter who had never met before be infected by her enthusiasm between words, and the laughter that came from the depths of his heart, like a blooming gardenia, bloomed in the sun.
Yang Li, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of Hebotan Village in Fenghuang Township, Hunan Province
"I'm using myself as a guinea pig!"
In addition to being a deputy to the National People's Congress, Yang Li also has a status, she is the director of the villagers' committee of Hebotan Village, Fenghuang Township, Quyuan Management District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province. This identity made her think only about one thing in her heart - how to lead the villagers to get rich. "Grow dendrobium, plant edible lilies, plant blueberries... Now plant gardenia trees. I will first take myself as a guinea pig, the experiment is successful, and then let the villagers invest. Yang Li said that although these pasts have been difficult, they are very firm.
We all know that the value of blueberries is high, and Yang Li certainly wants to try it. Yes, she first invested in experimental planting herself to see if she could grow it well. It went well at first, but unfortunately, in the summer, the blueberries she planted did not withstand the high temperature of Hunan. In order to protect the ripe fruit from being eaten by birds, it is also necessary to build a bird net on the tree, which is another investment and will increase the cost of planting for farmers. It can be seen that this high-value cash crop suitable for planting in the north is not suitable for planting in Hunan. This is just a microcosm of Yang Li experimenting with herself as a guinea pig. Repeated defeats, but repeated defeats.
In 2011, Yang Li participated in a food safety law enforcement inspection organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. She learned about the importance of natural pigments to food safety, and the experts' explanations brought the ideal raw material for extracting natural pigments, yellow gardenia, into her field of vision. Gardenia is the city flower of Yueyang City, which is just like the time, place, and people for Yang Li.
"I'm willing to help you!"
Yes, Yang Li still took herself as an "experiment" first. To raise money, she stopped the supermarket she had been running for years. With the support of Professor Qi Liwang, chief expert of genetics at the Chinese Academy of Forestry, in 2012, Yang Li founded a laboratory that integrates seed introduction, scientific research, seedling breeding, training and display - Haitai Bonong. It is also the first high-tech agricultural laboratory in Hunan that was founded by farmers, built in the countryside and directly serves farmers. The successful improvement of seedlings came out, and Yang Li first demonstrated the planting of yellow gardenia in the more than 1,000 acres of mountainous land she circulated. A year later, after seeing satisfactory results, she dared to promote planting to the villagers.
Just growing yellow gardenia as a primary raw material is not Yang Li's original intention, her goal is the natural pigment - safflowerin. But how many anthocyanins are in this yellow gardenia fruit? She's bottomless. There is no bottom to verify it. Yang Li took the yellow gardenia fruit she planted to a professional institution for testing, and what excited her was that the gardenia fruit grown by the seedlings cultivated by Haitai Bonong had a content of 2.2% of the saffron pigment, which was 4 times the content of the ordinary gardenia fruit! She was one step closer to her goal.
The next step is extraction and further processing, which is not her specialty, or even a layman, than to do a good job of planting.
"I'm willing to help you!" This nobleman of Yang Li is Liu Zhonghua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief expert in genetics at the Forestry Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Liu Zhonghua said this sentence, not for anything else, but because of Yang Li's persistence. The establishment of the national laboratory is not to mention the strict conditions for application, that is, the site selection is mostly in large cities, but Yang Li has built it in the countryside. Because of such a heart for farmers, Academician Liu Zhonghua decided to help Yang Li accomplish her goals together. Academician Liu Zhonghua came with a team of funds, technology and scientific research, and cooperated with Yang Li to establish Jinyan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., specializing in the production of sphurmousins. After that, Yang Li also set up a deep processing factory and developed special products based on gardenia fruit and saffron.
Nowadays, Yang Li has created a gardenia whole industry chain of "biological engineering experimental platform - seedling cultivation - demonstration planting - cooperative - deep processing - market sales" in her hometown, realizing a health care system that can be traced from the field to the table.
"You can't do it without studying!"
The road to riches is not a person's kangzhuang road, Yang Li wants to lead the villagers to get rich together. Under the background of the state's vigorous advocacy and support for the construction of new agricultural management entities, Yang Li led the establishment of the Haitai Gardenia Professional Cooperative, focusing on the transformation of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture and leading the villagers to plant trees to get rich. The standardized production of cooperatives brings the high quality of gardenia fruit, and the stable quality also allows the complete industrial chain to develop benignly.
Having done so much, Yang Li felt that from a layman to a door-to-door expert, it is not okay not to learn! Yang Li told reporters that once a Fertilizer Company in Taiwan came to provide technical guidance, and she knew that fertilizer should be used in the seedling stage, fertilizer at the flowering stage, fertilizer at the fruit stage, and even fertilizer in the spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons. How to improve without learning? She not only learns by herself, but also with her members.
The experts are invited, but the members are not moved, what to do? There are not many contacts with new things, the concept is backward, it is difficult for members to change their minds, Yang Li will go door to door to do work, even pick up and deliver cars, and invite dinner, and send red envelopes, and send gifts before leaving. Pulling and dragging to learn, let the members taste the sweetness, feel the power of knowledge, and earn income from it. Yang Li said: "Now there is no need to invite food, drink and gifts, as long as the experts are present, the members themselves will come to learn." ”
Yang Li is a deputy to the National People's Congress for three consecutive terms, and she was inevitably misunderstood during her duties. Some people say, "You are a deputy to the National People's Congress, and the state must have given preferential policies, or it has given funds." Yang Li said, "There may be policies, but I don't have time to apply." At this year's two sessions, Yang Li brought 10 suggestions, each of which was put forward after her personal research and visits and careful study.
A gardenia flower bloomed in Yang Li's heartland, and even more in the vast land of the countryside. Yang Li hopes that there are more people who can "have a broad world and great potential" in the countryside.
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