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      Village in north China's Inner Mongolia forms cooperative to boost herders' incomes

      2024-07-30 20:20 Last Updated At:20:37

      The local administration in Zuun Salaa Village in Jarud Banner, Tongliao City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has built a new system that aims to bring more profits for the whole village, while promoting the integration of urban and rural development.

      The village lived on farming and animal husbandry, and the traditional methods of animal husbandry have limited the economic and social development of the village.

      In 2013, in order to address the backwardness of the village, Wu Yunbo, secretary of the village Communist Party branch, pushed the villagers to develop a collective economy.

      He set up a professional cooperative of cattle farming, and persuaded all the villagers to join in and become a shareholder, with the shares being land, cattle or capital.

      "Before the establishment of the cooperative, we really couldn't make much money by raising cattle ourselves. Now, we practice centralized farming, which is more modern and the cattle is raised better. The annual income has increased by about 50,000 to 60,000 yuan," said Hexi Getu, a local villager.

      "Our village was established more than 70 years ago. The grassland area has not changed over the years, but the population is increasing. The traditional business model is definitely not feasible, so we decided to adopt a centralized business model to make people's income go higher and higher," Wu said.

      In recent years, the cooperative has also built a steak-cutting workshop and a beef jerky processing factory, which have extended the industrial chain. As of now, the total assets of the cooperative have reached 70 million yuan (9.65 million U.S. dollars), and accumulated dividends have touched 12 million yuan (1.65 million U.S. dollars).

      "At first, we only raised cattle, and gradually discovered that we were losing money. But the people had already joined the cooperative. If we closed down, then the losses would be bigger. So, we came to the decision to engage in deep processing," Wu said.

      The cooperative has currently opened 13 direct-sale beef stores and one hotpot restaurant across the country, forming a full industrial chain from breeding to catering, and successfully created a new livestock management system. People in Jarud Banner and Tongliao City have gradually joined the industrial chain and cooperative.

      "I used to be an ordinary office worker, and it was difficult to support a family of three with the money I earned in a year. After only six months of joining, I earned the same amount of money that I would have earned in two years of work before. Within four years, we bought a house in Jarud Banner," said Wu Yunwang, a local resident.  

      The four-day Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that concluded on July 18 in Beijing pointed out that it is necessary to consolidate and improve the basic rural management system, as also to strengthen, benefit and enrich farmers. The development of the cattle breeding cooperative in Zuun Salaa Village is undoubtedly one of the models. This profitable industry not only gives villagers greater property rights and interests, but also promotes coordinated development of urban and rural industrial and supply chains, thereby narrowing the urban-rural gap. 

      Village in north China's Inner Mongolia forms cooperative to boost herders' incomes

      Village in north China's Inner Mongolia forms cooperative to boost herders' incomes

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      Festive consumption heats up in China as Spring Festival approaches

      2025-01-21 20:59 Last Updated At:21:47

      As the Spring Festival holiday approaches, rural fairs and popular markets in China are seeing a surge in activity as vendors prepare to meet the increased demand for goods and services during the eight-day celebration.

      The Spring Festival, which marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, is the biggest annual holiday in China, when people across the country return to their hometowns for Lunar New Year celebrations and family reunions. This year, it falls on Jan 29, ushering in the Year of the Snake.

      In Zaozhuang City of east China's Shandong Province, the rural market is already filled with a strong festive atmosphere. People are busy buying couplets and other goods for the Spring Festival, with stalls displaying a dazzling array of products and vendors' shouts filling the air.

      The market, which has a history of over 100 years and is held on the forth and ninth days in China's lunar months, has attracted residents from nearby to join in the lively celebrations.

      In Luoyuan County of Fuzhou City in east China's Fujian Province, the locally produced yellow croakers are in high demand. Fisherman said 20 million yellow croakers have been freshly harvested and are now available for purchase.

      "The fish were put into the lake in spring of 2023 and have now grown to an average weight of about 8 liang (about 0.4 kilograms) each," said Huang Jianfeng, a local fish farmer.

      Meanwhile, gold sales continued to boom despite the soaring price, about 634 yuan (over 86 U.S. dollars) per gram as of Monday, as many Chinese consumers buy gold products before the Spring Festival for good luck, or for investment.

      Staff at a gold store in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province said that this year is a lot busier than before.

      "There has been a great increase in the number of customers and sales this year. At the beginning of last year, we could still cope with the guests. But we feel that we are obviously too busy this year," said Cai Yihan, staff member of a gold store in Shuibei, Shenzhen's renowned gold and jewelry district.

      The demand for fresh flowers has also reached its annual high in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

      In its provincial capital Kunming's Dounan Flower Market, which accounts for 70 percent of China's national fresh-cut flower trade, its sales peak is expected to last for about three weeks.

      This year, new varieties like tulips are gaining popularity and are likely to become the most sold in China, according to the Van den Berg Roses Planting Base in Kunming, a rose grower brand from the Netherlands.

      In addition, due to reduced exports from the Netherlands, the main source of tulip imports, China's domestic tulip prices have risen by one fourth compared to last year.

      The increased market demand has led to a significant boost in income for local flower farmers.

      "The strong market demand has led to a 5 percent increase in income for local farmers compared to previous years," said Guo Xinggang, production manager of the Van den Berg Roses Planting Base.

      Festive consumption heats up in China as Spring Festival approaches

      Festive consumption heats up in China as Spring Festival approaches

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