Source: Space-time politics
Since the reform and opening up, many politicians and people, with the spirit of bearing hardships and standing hard work, have gone out to work hard, engaged in business and run enterprises, and their footprints have spread all over the country, mainly distributed in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Guangdong, Fuzhou and other places, accounting for one-third of the total population of the county.
The return economy is one of the "four major economies" proposed by Liao Junbo during his administration and period of urban economy, industrial economy, tourism economy and return economy. In 2012, with the completion of the two expressways in Ningwu and Songjian, Zhenghe to Ningde Sandu Macao Port was only more than 1 hour by car, becoming the closest county to the port in northern Fujian, and Zhenghe ushered in a new development opportunity. In recent years, Zhenghe County has continued to create a good environment, "building a nest and attracting phoenixes", sounding the call to return to the economic rally, and promoting more talents and entrepreneurs from other places to return to their hometowns to invest and develop entrepreneurship. According to statistics from the Zhenghe County Return Office, since 2015, the county has promoted 23 economic projects through the matchmaking of the Chamber of Commerce, with a total investment of 1.8 billion yuan.
The Chamber of Commerce guides entrepreneurs to return to their hometowns for the media
On May 19th, in the production workshop of Fujian Master Xiao Chef Co., Ltd., Tongxin Economic Development Zone, Zhenghe County, cutting glass, cutting circles, cutting edges, drilling, placing, tempering, ringing, eye punching, hemming, packaging, presenting a busy scene, more than 80 workers are busy producing a batch of pot lids, which will be sold to Colombia.
Workers at Fujian Master Xiao Kitchen Co., Ltd. are checking whether the tempered glass pot lid has scratches, and the products will be exported to Colombia. Photo by Xu Zhao
Fujian Xiao Master Kitchen Co., Ltd. is one of the returning enterprises introduced in 2019, the company's chairman Xiao Qingdong is a politician, long-term in Hebei, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places to establish tempered glass pot lid enterprises, and Suber, Jiuyang, Ashida, Midea and other brands cooperation, products sold around the world. In 2019, at a political and Guangdong investment conference, he learned about the preferential investment policies of the economic development zone in his hometown, decided to go home and start a business, invested more than 20 million yuan, founded Master Xiao Kitchen Co., Ltd., and in November of that year, the equipment entered the factory and began trial production. In February this year, the resumption of work and factory began, and the output value reached more than 2 million yuan in April, and the products sold well in Colombia, Russia, and Zhejiang and other regions in China.
"Since the construction of the economic development zone, we have always been adhering to the 'where the enterprise is built, the service will follow where' advocated by Secretary Liao Junbo, continue to deepen the reform of "decentralization service", continue to implement the parallel examination and approval system, provide 24-hour nanny-style services for enterprises, and always put the concept of service first throughout daily work, so that enterprises can come in, stay and do well. Wei Chongsheng, director of the management committee of the Zhenghe County Economic Development Zone, said. Woodcutter Food Co., Ltd., Na Cup Tea Industry Co., Ltd., And Matic (Fujian) Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. are all returning enterprises introduced through the Chamber of Commerce.
Since the establishment of the Shanghai Zhenghe Chamber of Commerce in 2010, Zhenghe County has successively set up zhenghe chambers of commerce in eight cities such as Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing, Tianjin, Kunming, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Wuyishan and so on, absorbing more than 2,000 members (enterprises), involving dozens of industries such as construction, trade, real estate, rental housing, convenience stores, supermarkets, tea industry, accommodation and catering, culture, sports and entertainment. These foreign affairs and villagers have relatively strong funds and the willingness to return to their hometowns to start a business, Zhenghe County through interaction with local chambers of commerce, actively build platforms, plan projects, encourage and attract foreigners to return to entrepreneurship. Through the Chamber of Commerce to attract investment to guide entrepreneurs to return to their hometown has become a highlight of the return of Zhenghe County to the economy, in addition to returning to the hometown to invest, members of the Chamber of Commerce in other places also support the construction of the hometown for a long time, the local government and chambers of commerce and entrepreneurs for the hometown education, poverty alleviation, transportation infrastructure and other public welfare undertakings have donated hundreds of millions of yuan.
Returning youth ignite the dream of e-commerce entrepreneurship
On May 20, there was a busy scene in The Caston Watch Industry Co., Ltd. in Huang'an Natural Village, Xinkou Village, Dongping Town, Zhenghe County: some workers were assembling, some were packing, some were inspecting, and some were packing packages on the day... General Manager Zhang Bin is inspecting the sales of watches that day.
Zhenghe County Caston E-commerce Co., Ltd. e-commerce customer service staff is recommending watches to customers. Photo by Liu Yongfeng
Zhang Bin is a native of Huangyuan Natural Village, Xinkou Village, Dongping Town, Zhenghe County, originally doing e-commerce in Shanghai, in 2015, under the guidance and encouragement of Liao Junbo, then secretary of the Zhenghe County Party Committee, he moved the e-commerce team back from Shanghai to Zhenghe County E-commerce Industry Incubation Park, and founded Zhenghe County Cashidon E-commerce Co., Ltd. In 2016, he brought the e-commerce marketing model back to the countryside, allowing the closed mountain village of Huangdi Natural Village to board the vast platform of the Internet. Driven by his leadership, more and more young people returned to Huang'an Natural Village to start their e-commerce journey, the village's 230 households, engaged in e-commerce young people reached more than 70%, annual sales of 100 million, Xinkou has become a well-known "Taobao Village".
Like Zhang Bin, he returned to his hometown to engage in the e-commerce industry, and the villagers became rich, and Qiu Liejun, a small second in the village of Taobao shop in Jiangshang Village, Tieshan Town, Zhenghe County.
Qiu Liejun is a native of Jiangshang Village, in 2015, by chance, she saw that her hometown was developing rural Taobao, and Qiu Liejun, who started a business outside, resolutely returned to his hometown to register, becoming the first batch of village primary two to enter the rural Taobao.
After becoming the second primary school in the village, Qiu Liejun helped the villagers to shop for inexpensive products on behalf of the villagers, while selling the villagers' agricultural products to all parts of the country. At present, Qiu Liejun's village Tao sells hundreds of kinds of native products online, which has helped villagers sell more than 2 million yuan of agricultural products on behalf of the villagers, and can help 18 poor households in the village increase their income by more than 5,000 yuan every year. Not only that, she also organized a group of rural women to join the entrepreneurial team, selling handmade rice dumplings and mooncakes during the dragon boat festival and the traditional festival of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and selling nearly 60,000 rice dumplings and more than 70,000 mooncakes every year, increasing the income of entrepreneurial women by nearly 10,000 yuan.
"There is still more than a month to go before the Dragon Boat Festival, and my online store sells thousands of rice dumplings a day." Qiu Liejun said, "More than 30 female workers are helping to wrap rice dumplings, not only rice dumplings, but also tea, dried bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, fungus and other local specialties are also very good to sell." ”
In recent years, Zhenghe County has focused on building a rural e-commerce demonstration county, and since 2015, Zhenghe County has been awarded the honors of National E-commerce into Rural Comprehensive Demonstration County and National E-commerce Demonstration County Top 100 Counties. As early as May 2015, Zhenghe County E-commerce Industry Incubation Park was put into operation, and in September of the same year, Zhenghe County and Alibaba Group officially signed a contract to cooperate to establish the first rural Taobao project pilot county in northern Fujian, the county has built and operated 7 township rural e-commerce service stations, 55 rural e-commerce service points (rural Taobao, Yinong Information Cooperative, etc.), and e-commerce services cover 76 administrative villages in the county, with a coverage rate of 62%. The development of the e-commerce industry provides more employment opportunities for returned entrepreneurs, in 2019, the county has carried out more than 1,100 online sales enterprises, industrial and commercial registration e-commerce, self-employed households, etc., 1902 online retail stores, nearly 5,000 direct employees, of which 30% are returned to their hometowns to start a business, and online retail sales are 955 million yuan, an increase of 36.84% year-on-year.
Sangzi sentiment led the villagers to get rich together
On May 21, at the Zhenghe County Dongyan Fruit Industry Co., Ltd. Xingxi Township Dongfeng Greenhouse Sunshine Rose Grape Planting Standardization Demonstration Base, more than 30 workers were busy thinning and pruning grapes, looking at the branches hung with emerald green grapes, Mao Fuzhi showed a joyful smile.
Workers fix dragon fruit in the Orchard of the Four Seasons. Photo by Liu Yongfeng
Mao Fuzhi is the person in charge of this vineyard, in 2018, Mao Fuzhi, who is doing business in Shanghai, learned about the business opportunities of planting sunshine rose grapes from friends, returned to his hometown Zhenghe, transferred 80 acres of land in Dongfeng Village, Xingxi Township, and founded a sunshine rose grape planting standardization demonstration base, focusing on the development of smart agriculture at the same time, absorbing Wei Chengzhi, Xu Xueyu, Deng Xiulian and other poor households in the village to help them get rid of poverty.
"I went to the sea in 1994 to do business, and I have been wandering outside for 24 years, accumulating some funds and experience, and I want to go home and start a business." Mao Fuzhi said, "I am an old party member, returning to my hometown to plant grapes, but also want to drive more villagers to employment and get rid of poverty and get rich." ”
In recent years, like Mao Fuzhi, zhenghe county has many young people who have returned to their hometowns to develop agriculture with special characteristics.
In 2016, Chen Shusheng, who has been operating a fruit business in Shanghai for many years, responded to the requirements of the Tieshan Town Government to build a "one village, one product" fruit industry and resolutely returned to his hometown to start a business. He and Wu Shengen, who returned to his hometown together, invested more than 8 million yuan, transferred more than 300 acres of land in Jiangshang Village, founded the Fujian Dingfeng Fruit and Vegetable Professional Cooperative, invited experts from the Zhejiang Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences to guide, planted cherries, blueberries, peach trees, dragon fruit, red-skinned red heart grapefruit, etc., to create a "four-season orchard" integrating picking, sightseeing, tourism, leisure and entertainment, and drove the villagers to get rid of poverty and become well-off.
In Zhenghe County, many township sages who started businesses abroad, like Chen Shusheng, have returned to their hometowns to start businesses, and developed characteristic industries such as alpine vegetables, hanging melon seeds, zibai, kiwi fruit, and chives through land circulation and land shareholding, driving 770 poor households and increasing the average household income by 15,000 yuan.