This post-90s village party secretary, who has been a soldier and entrepreneur, has taken over the "baton" of rural revitalization.
In a series of reports [Building Dreams of Modernization and Drawing a New Picture Together·Youth Blooms in Struggle], let’s get to know Li Chunyan, Secretary of the Party Branch of Emei Village, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi.
During this May Day holiday, several milk buffaloes in the Emei Village Cooperative were producing milk one after another. Li Chunyan, who had always been worried, came to take a look from time to time.
Li Chunyan, born in the 1990s, joined the army after graduating from high school. In 2015, her eight-year military career ended and she returned to her hometown of Bobai County. Seeing that the specialty longan grown by the villagers was of high quality but not affordable, she and her friends decided to start a business and changed the past manual processing methods of local retail investors. Through mechanized drying, standardized production, and exquisite packaging, they soon created " Hakka Longan" brand. In five years, he led 60 local administrative villages to process longan meat, and Li Chunyan became a well-known leader in getting rich. In 2020, she was elected to serve as party branch secretary in Emei Village, Bobai County.
Li Chunyan, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Emei Village, Fengshan Town, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi: A veteran cadre in our village, he said, Chunyan, for rural revitalization, the village needs some fresh blood to come back. You are young, have served in the military, and have been quite successful in business. Everyone hopes that you can bring the village up.
In this way, Li Chunyan returned to Emei Village and took over the "baton" of rural revitalization. If rural areas are to be revitalized, industries must be revitalized. After in-depth visits and surveys and consultation with experts in various fields, Li Chunyan decided to expand the original bayberry industry planting scale in the village; at the same time, she opened a milk buffalo breeding farm in the village. However, the village's transportation and power systems were not perfect at that time, so road construction and power upgrades became top priorities.
Li Weihao, deputy secretary of the Party branch of Emei Village, Fengshan Town, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi: When the power grid was being renovated, some cables needed to pass through villagers' homes. The villagers did not agree, so she ran to other people's homes over and over again to help others collect rice, Doing farm work, explaining policies to others, and talking about the future of the village, many villagers honestly said that they were moved by her in the end.
Li Chunyan, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Emei Village, Fengshan Town, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi: The experience of being a soldier actually tempered my character. What should I do if I encounter difficulties in the village? I just want to chew off the hard bones.
In the past four years, Li Chunyan has led villagers to raise funds and invest in shares to establish multiple industrial cooperatives. The number of milk buffaloes has grown from 50 to more than 200, bringing annual income of 20,000 to 50,000 yuan to cattle farmers. In addition to the breeding industry, Li Chunyan has also targeted Bobai County's characteristic traditional industry-Mangbian. Various Mangbian daily necessities and works of art made by the elderly and women in the village have been sold at home and abroad.
Song Hui, a villager in Emei Village, Fengshan Town, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi: Xiao Li took the lead in taking us to learn the craft of mango weaving and helped us find orders. Before the bayberry was out of the market, there was basically nothing we could do. Now we are all a bit busy. Come.
Now, with the help of the national rural revitalization strategy, the village is building bridges and roads, opening canals to divert water, and building cultural and leisure squares. Li Chunyan also plans to establish a tourism cooperative to create a rural star tourist attraction.
Li Chunyan, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Emei Village, Fengshan Town, Bobai County, Yulin City, Guangxi: The General Secretary encourages us to show our youthful deeds, highlight our youthful style, and contribute our youthful power in promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation. We must bravely be the vanguard and force in the field of rural revitalization, driving more young people to return home and shine on this broad stage.
