President Xi Jinping has made poverty alleviation a top priority. In recent times, he visited poverty-stricken areas and hailed the role of local specialties in helping rural residents shake off poverty. Here are some of the products he has singled out.
A vineyard
June 9, 2020
At a vinyard near the Helan Mountains during an inspection tour in Ningxia Hui autonomous region
Xi visited a rural ecotourism park and a vineyard near the Helan Mountains to learn about the development of local signature agriculture and the efforts on strengthening the ecological conservation of the mountains.
President Xi Jinping learns about poverty alleviation efforts at an organic daylily farm in Yunzhou district of Datong city, North China’s Shanxi province, on May 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Daylilies
May 11, 2020
At an organic daylily farm in Yunzhou district of Datong city during an inspection tour in Shanxi province
Daylily farming and processing can develop into a big industry with great prospects, Xi said.
In 2019, daylilies generated total revenue of 65 million yuan (about $9.18 million) in Yunzhou, with the per-capita net income of local farmers at 11,300 yuan ($1,596) and the average income of poor households at 14,800 yuan ($2,091).
President Xi Jinping learns about local poverty alleviation efforts at a tea plantation in Pingli county, Shaanxi province on April 21, 2020. [Photo /Xinhua]
Tea
April 21, 2020
At a tea plantation in Pingli county of Ankang city during an inspection tour in Shaanxi province
Tea is the way for them to achieve prosperity and they should “do well in the industry”, Xi said.
By April 2020, Pingli county’s tea area covered 80 hectares, with an annual output volume of over 400 million yuan ($56 million). It has increased per-capita income by more than 1,100 yuan ($155) annually for more than 300 poor people.
Because of tea plantations, 79 poor villages in the county all rose from poverty by the end of 2019.
Aerial photo taken on April 21, 2020, shows a field of fungus in Jinmi village of Zhashui county, Shangluo city, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Black fungus
April 20, 2020
At a black fungus greenhouse in Jinmi village of Zhashui county during an inspection tour in Shaanxi province
Impressed at how black fungus can help local villagers beat poverty, Xi gave the thumbs-up, saying: “Small fungus, big industry!”
E-commerce is an emerging business area with great potential, which can promote the sales of agricultural products, help rural residents shake off poverty and facilitate rural vitalization, he added.
After Xi’s visit, people searched for Zhashui fungus more than 200,000 times on Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao the next morning. A total of more than 24 tons of fungus worth 3 million yuan ($424,000) were bought up that night, equal to four months of online sales of all products from Zhashui in 2019.
Aerial photo taken on March 27, 2020, shows an oil-seed camellia plantation in Guangshan county, Xinyang city, Central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Oil-seed camellia
Sept 17, 2019
At an oil-seed camellia plantation in Guangshan county, Xinyang city during an inspection tour in Henan province
Planting oil-seed camellia is green, environmentally friendly and ecologically sound, and also a good way to boost economic development and increase farmers’ income, Xi said.
By May 2020, the total area of oil-seed camellia in Xinyang reached 63,306 hectares. The oil-seed camellia output in 2019 was 8,173 tons, with an annual output value of 1.1 billion yuan ($155.4 million).
farmer picks eggplants at a selenium-rich vegetable planting base in Yudu county, East China’s Jiangxi province, on Dec 18, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Selenium-rich vegetables
May 20, 2019
At an industrial park for planting selenium-rich vegetables in Yudu county during an inspection tour in Jiangxi province
Life will get better and better just like sesame flowers grow taller and taller, Xi said.
The industrial park developed a model in which leading enterprises, agricultural cooperatives, farmers and low-income families are bonded, alleviating poverty for local residents.
A villager checks beehives at his home in Huaxi village of Zhongyi town, in the Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, in Southwest China’s Chongqing, on April 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Honey
April 15, 2019
At Huaxi village of Zhongyi town, in the Shizhu Tujia autonomous county during an inspection tour in Chongqing
The bees here gather honey from hundreds of types of flowers growing on the mountains, Xi said.
A poverty alleviation workshop for honey processing in Huaxi village was put into production in October 2019. Now it has a daily production capacity of 1 ton, with an annual output value of 6 million yuan ($847,000), and the average annual income for the 200 beekeeping households is 15,000 yuan ($2,200).
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