Developing County Economy and Building Advantageous Industries (High Quality Development Research Tour) Civilization | Litchi | High Quality
Policy Q&A, free clinics, cultural performances, and movie screenings... The "Civilized Practice Caravan" in Lianjiang City, Guangdong Province has opened in Zhongtang Village, Liangdong Town, attracting hundreds of villagers to participate in more than 30 volunteer services for civilized practice.
A party and mass service center, an elderly activity center, a standard basketball court, a leisure park, an intelligent public toilet, and an electric vehicle charging station... In Nanzhuang Town, Chancheng District, Foshan City, Zinan Village has 15 natural villages under its jurisdiction, achieving full coverage of "Six Ones", benefiting more than 7000 villagers and more than 7200 migrant workers in the entire village.
To solve the problem of imbalanced regional development between urban and rural areas, Guangdong has deeply implemented the "High quality Development Project of Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages", actively developed the county economy, created advantageous industries, achieved the goal of strengthening counties, promoting towns, villages, and enriching the people, and promoted coordinated development between urban and rural areas.
The cultivation history of lychee in Maoming City has exceeded 2300 years. In the lychee plantation in Baiqiao Village, Genzi Town, Gaozhou City, Maoming, the ancient lychee trees are abundant in fruits, and outside the park are delivery points for various express delivery services. Fruit farmers proficiently package, weigh, add ice, package, and label fresh lychee fruits, and send them by air to the whole country for cold chain transportation.
"Baiqiao Village is a provincial-level 'one village, one product' lychee production professional village, with a planting area of about 6800 acres." He Xia, the first secretary of Baiqiao Village stationed in the village, said that the village should focus on "local specialties" and develop industries such as fresh fruit processing, e-commerce, and cultural tourism. In 2022, the per capita income of villagers reached 51000 yuan.
In the Wanglaoji Guangdong Litchi Industrial Park, which is about a 50 minute drive from Baiqiao Village, fresh lychees go through more than 10 processes to become boxes of drinks. "We can process 10 tons per hour! The industrial park has developed 20 series of products, including lychee juice, sparkling water, and rice wine, which can be filled with 9 million boxes annually." Zhao Min, Executive Vice General Manager of Guangzhou Wanglaoji Health Industry Co., Ltd.
Like Baiqiao Village, 122 counties in Guangdong rely on local characteristics and resource endowments to promote industrial development and extend industrial chains.
Lianjiang City is the hometown of small household appliances, with the production and sales of rice cookers and electric kettles accounting for one-third of the country's total, and the sales of accessories accounting for about two-thirds of the country's total. Chen Encai, Secretary of the Lianjiang Municipal Party Committee, introduced that Lianjiang is vigorously introducing high-quality projects, strengthening the supply chain, and making every effort to build five billion yuan industrial clusters, including new energy, smart home appliances, home building materials, and electronic information.
Green mountains and clear waters are like mountains of gold and silver. The underdeveloped areas in eastern and northwestern Guangdong fully implement the new development concept and will never sacrifice the ecological environment for short-term development. The protection of mangroves in Jinniu Island is a vivid case. Entering the dense "sea forest" in Huguang Town, Mazhang District, Zhanjiang City, underwater fish and shrimp swim freely, and migratory birds dance on the branches, creating a vibrant atmosphere. Huang Zhichao, Secretary of Huguang Town Committee, introduced that under the premise of implementing protection, the Jinniu Island mangrove area receives about 1000 tourists per day.
