High Quality Development Research Tour | Jian'ou, Fujian: Green Bamboo Mountain Becomes Happy "Backbone" Thunder Bamboo | Reporter | Backbone
Fuzhou, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Fujian Jian'ou: Green Bamboo Mountains Gradually Become a "Backer" of Happiness
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Huaying
In midsummer, everything in the mountainous areas of northern Fujian is beautiful. In the early morning, by the river in Jingqi Village, Dongfeng Town, Jian'ou City, Fujian Province, green and dripping thunder bamboo swayed in the wind, rustling and rustling. Taking advantage of the sunny weather, Ye Yangjie, a major bamboo planter in Jingqi Village, led several villagers with hoes to weed, level the land, and fertilize the bamboo forest, busy with their work.
Farmers are weeding in a Leizhu forest in Jingqi Village, Jian'ou City, Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Huaying
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Jian'ou City, where Ye Yangjie is located, is a well-known hometown of bamboo shoots in China, with a bamboo forest area of 1.635 million acres and an annual production of 53.21 million bamboo sticks and 362000 tons of fresh bamboo shoots. In 2015, Ye Yangjie, who was optimistic about the development prospects of Leizhu, gradually expanded the area of his Leizhu forest from 20 acres to 400 acres.
Under the guidance of the science and technology envoy, Ye Yangjie plans to invest 2 million yuan this year to carry out high-yield transformation of his 100 acre Lei Zhu forest. "Before the renovation, the average annual output value per mu of bamboo forest was less than 8000 yuan, and it is expected that the output value per mu after the renovation will exceed 40000 yuan."
Workers are processing hand peeled bamboo shoots at a bamboo processing enterprise in Jian'ou City, Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Huaying
In Dongfeng Town, there are many growers like Ye Yangjie. Hou Lihe, the head of Dongfeng Town Agricultural Technology Station, told reporters that currently, more than 300 households in 20 villages and farms in Dongfeng Town are engaged in the cultivation of thunder bamboo. The total area of thunder bamboo cultivation in the town exceeds 10000 acres, driving an annual increase in household income of over 60000 yuan.
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The abundant bamboo resources provide favorable conditions for the development of Jian'ou bamboo industry. Cutting, shaping, carving, polishing, polishing, oil spraying, drying, packaging... In the production workshop of Fujian Baifeng Bamboo Industry Co., Ltd., bamboo embryo boards are processed into bamboo cutting boards, bamboo bread boards, bamboo pallets, and other products. According to Yang Shugang, the person in charge of Baifeng Bamboo Industry Company, the company's output value was 120 million yuan last year, with tax payments exceeding 6 million yuan, driving employment and income growth for more than 200 people in surrounding villages.
This is a bamboo home product produced by a bamboo enterprise in Jian'ou City, Fujian Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Huaying
At the same time, the increasingly popular concept of "replacing plastic with bamboo" has also opened up broader space for the development of Jian'ou's bamboo industry.
"The initiative of 'replacing plastic with bamboo' has strengthened the confidence of enterprises in deeply cultivating the bamboo industry. Fujian Marumi Bamboo and Wood Development Co., Ltd. is a company specializing in the production of disposable bamboo sticks, bamboo chopsticks and other fast-moving consumer goods.". Recently, the company leader Lin Liqing and technical personnel have been particularly busy, as they are debugging the newly put into use disposable bamboo knife, fork, and spoon production line. Lin Liqing said, "It is expected that after these 9 production lines are put into operation, they will increase the company's annual output value by 80 million yuan."
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According to statistics from the Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Jian'ou City, after years of development, there are currently 172 bamboo and bamboo processing enterprises in Jian'ou City, which has become an important production base for bamboo integrated timber and bamboo food and kitchen products in China. In 2022, the total output value of the bamboo industry in Jian'ou City reached 16.87 billion yuan, with over 70000 bamboo industry employees in the city. The per capita annual sales revenue of bamboo shoots and bamboo for bamboo farmers in the bamboo producing areas was 8950 yuan, accounting for 38.7% of the per capita annual disposable income of rural residents.
"The bamboo and bamboo industry has become a pillar industry for the prosperity of the people and the strength of the city in Jian'ou." Zhou Jing, Secretary of the Jian'ou Municipal Party Committee, said that in the future, Jian'ou will continue to uphold the concept of "promoting bamboo through science and technology" and "enriching farmers with bamboo", coordinate and do a good job in "bamboo industry, bamboo technology, and bamboo culture", and continue to promote the deep integration of the first, second, and third industries of the bamboo and bamboo industry, so that the vast bamboo mountains can better help the people become prosperous and rural revitalization.