[New ideas lead a new journey] Accelerate the development of characteristic industries to help the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas

News: General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that developing characteristic industries is an important way to achieve rural revitalization. We should focus on developing local specialties and promote comprehensive rural revitalization through industrial revitalization. In midsummer, everything is lush and lush across the country. There are busy figures everywhere in the rural fields. Characteristic industries are booming and benefiting the people.

Hunan is one of the 13 major grain-producing provinces in China. In Gangzhongping Village, Xiejiapu Town, Changde City, thousands of acres of rice fields are rolling green waves. In another month, the early rice here will be harvested. This year, Xiejiapu Town has introduced a new unmanned plant protection machine and planted a new high-yield early rice variety. Everyone is confident of a good harvest.

In March this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Hunan. The General Secretary pointed out that promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas is the general starting point for the "three rural" work in the new era and new journey. We must adhere to the concept of big agriculture and big food, actively develop characteristic agriculture and agricultural product processing industry, and improve the level of agricultural industrialization. In order to implement the requirements of the General Secretary, Xiejiapu Town has increased the promotion of good varieties, good machines and good methods, and introduced new varieties of early rice suitable for rice noodle processing, actively connected with rice noodle companies, and further expanded the industrial chain.

Enabling hundreds of millions of farmers to live a more prosperous life has always been a concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping. Whenever he inspects the country, he goes deep into the fields and farmers' yards to talk with the villagers about development and revitalization. The General Secretary emphasized that industrial revitalization is the top priority of rural revitalization and the starting point of practical work.

Let "local specialties" become an important engine to promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. In Guangdong, late-ripening lychees have entered the concentrated picking period. Local areas have further improved logistics, preservation and other technologies to extend the best edible period of lychees. In Guangxi, mangoes in Baise have begun to be harvested. This year, local areas have improved trade channels, built import and export sorting workshops and other facilities, and sold mangoes abroad for the first time. In Yunnan, flower farmers in Kunming are busy harvesting flowers. Relying on convenient transportation channels, flowers have now been sold to more than 50 countries and regions. In Shaanxi, Yan'an's apples are experiencing a sales peak. At present, Yan'an has built 105 intelligent fruit selection lines and the number of fruit companies exceeds 1,200.

Xiji County in Ningxia is home to 12 ethnic groups, including the Hui and Han. During this period, everyone is harvesting cool-weather vegetables. Taking advantage of the large temperature difference between day and night and the cool climate, the local area has developed 150,000 mu of cool-weather vegetables, benefiting people of all ethnic groups. Now, their cool-weather vegetables can be delivered to the tables of Guangzhou and Hong Kong residents in as fast as 30 hours.

To expand and strengthen the characteristic industries, various regions are also pursuing "full chain" in products and "uniqueness" in quality. Malianzhuang melon in Laixi, Shandong is a national geographical indication agricultural product. This year, the local area changed the single planting model, introduced deep processing enterprises, developed beverages, and extended the industrial chain. It is expected that the output value of melons this year will exceed 1 billion yuan. Datong, Shanxi Province has created the "Datong Yellow Flower" regional public brand, and accelerated the creation of an industrial cluster centered on yellow flower planting. Vertically, more than 130 deep-processed products such as snacks and pickles are developed; horizontally, cultural and tourism industries such as research and study and sightseeing are developed. Today, the total output value of the entire industrial chain of Datong Yellow Flower has reached 4.2 billion yuan, driving an increase of 5,200 yuan per capita income for flower farmers.

The development of rural characteristic industries has injected strong vitality into the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas, and a new picture of agricultural and rural modernization is accelerating.