Quzhou, November 11 (Dong Yixin) Recently, the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly sponsored the 6 "Most Beautiful Rural Sage" learning and publicity activity list.
Qin Hanfen and Hu Yu. Photo courtesy of Liao Yuxuan
Qin Hanfen, who was born in Changshan County, Quzhou, Zhejiang, is affectionately known as the "Queen of Pomelo" by fruit farmers - her company has built more than 14 fruit and vegetable planting bases in 40 provinces and municipalities across the country, built bridges and paved roads and dredged ditches for the villages where the bases are located, helped 1,5 farmers in total, provided jobs for thousands of rural laborers, purchased more than 5000,500 tons of Changshan pomelo for unsalable fruit farmers, and helped farmers increase their income by more than <> yuan...
Pomelo is one of the leading industries of traditional agriculture in Changshan, with 10,5 acres of pomelo forests in the local area, and 10,10 people participating in planting, production and sales. In recent years, Changshan has focused on the development of the whole industrial chain of "two pomelos and one tea", and has continuously developed pomelo deep-processing products, which has driven the utilization rate of pomelo fresh fruits, and directly driven by a number of leading enterprises, to increase the income of pomelo farmers by more than <> billion yuan and promote regional economic development.
Qin Hanfen's Aijia Fruits and Vegetables is a supplier of fresh fruits for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games. This is due to the cooperation between the company and Zhejiang University, Southwest University and other institutions of higher learning, so that it has made certain technological breakthroughs in the organic cultivation and preservation of pomelo.
"Science and technology empowerment can promote industrial revitalization, and industrial revitalization can drive common prosperity for farmers." Qin Hanfen said that at present, the company has cooperated with Zhejiang University, Southwest University, Zhejiang University of Technology, and the Citrus Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to create a scientific research center through the integration of talents, places, bases and brands. Promote doctoral supervisors and graduate students to carry scientific research results to "land" in Changshan, and innovate research and development products and project patents; On the platform of R&D center, science and technology courtyard, project topics, etc., through cooperation, unveiling, and sharing, relying on the empowerment of science and technology, we have promoted the comprehensive linkage and rolling development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, which has not only opened up the popularity of Changshan pomelo, but also provided income-generating opportunities for more fruit farmers.
Qin Hanfen has grown from a "village sage who drives the development of his hometown" to a "new farmer who helps more regions", and the "sweet and sour taste in the mountains" has also become a "fruit of getting rich" that more people talk about.
On February 2021, 2, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council made a decision on commending the advanced individuals and collectives in poverty alleviation in the country, and Zhejiang Aijia Fruit and Vegetable Development Co., Ltd. of Qin Hanfen was awarded the title of "National Advanced Collective in Poverty Alleviation".
According to the data, Changshan pomelo has now achieved brand operation, and the price of fresh fruit has changed from 10 yuan per bag to 1 yuan per bag, and it is exported to Southeast Asia; Contains Aijia NFC grapefruit juice that sells well in the Yangtze River Delta region; The public brand value of Changshan pomelo is 10.12 billion yuan, and the brand value of Changshan pomelo national geographical indication agricultural products is 25.103 billion yuan.
"As the chairman (president) of the Changshan County Federation of Industry and Commerce (Chamber of Commerce) and the dual identity of the village sage, Qin Hanfen began to have more expectations for the future.
"In the next step, we will continue to upgrade the industrial model, form a production and research community with agricultural colleges, and build a scientific research foundation for product innovation and development; We will continue to do a good job in the standardization and large-scale cultivation of China's core production areas of high-quality agricultural products, impart experience in the operation of fruit and vegetable bases to farmers, and empower the market for agricultural products; Continue to diversify so that more growers can live a better life. Qin Hanfen said.
It is also the harvest season of grapefruit, and a touch of fragrance ripples in the mountains. (ENDS)