In Ningxia in August, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and it is full of vitality.
Looking around, under Liupan Mountain, a new picture of rural revitalization with strong industry, beautiful villages and rich farmers is spread out in the field of hope; Ningdong base, the "silly and rough" industry that used to emit black smoke and stink water has turned into a green, low-carbon and efficient "My Fair Lady"; On the banks of the Yellow River, the "Bald Mountain" that used to be everywhere has turned into a fruitful "Flower and Fruit Mountain", which reshapes the beautiful scenery … …
In the past 10 years, Ningxia, which is located in the inland of the west, has continuously expanded and developed new space and created remarkable achievements. More than 7.2 million sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Ningxia are working hard to take the long March in the new era and strive to write a magnificent chapter in building a beautiful new Ningxia with socialist modernization in an all-round way.
Work hard and climb over Liupanshan on the road to poverty alleviation.
Minning industrial park, xiji county. Photo by Bian Xiaoqiang
In August, the Liupanshan area is covered with green mountains and lush vegetation. Once, the mountains here were bald, the water was muddy, and the sky was yellow. Once, sandstorms occurred frequently in the spring here, and people’s eyes were hard to open. The local people were forced to rely on the sky to eat, plant widely and harvest thinly on the closed and barren land. On November 16th, 2020, Xihaigu (also known as Guyuan City, which has jurisdiction over Xiji County and other districts and four counties), which belongs to one of the 14 concentrated contiguous poverty-stricken areas in China, completely got rid of absolute poverty, and wrote a "Ningxia sample" for China to get rid of poverty.
How does the change happen?
To achieve the great goal of "building a well-off society in an all-round way", the most crucial thing is to win the battle against poverty. And hard work is the magic weapon to change the face of poverty at an early date.
Qin Zhenbang once served as the first resident secretary in Hanjiang Village, Xiji County, which has the largest poverty area, the largest number of poor people and the deepest poverty in Ningxia. He clearly remembers the first time he came to the village in February 2017: on both sides of the winding dirt road, dilapidated adobe houses abound; Bricks support a lame table in the village office.
In order to change the face of the village, Qin Zhenbang ate and lived with the villagers, keeping the village sentiment and public opinion in his heart. After more than two years of hard work, the hardened cement road passes through the village, every household has moved into a spacious and bright new house, and left-behind women can work at their doorstep to earn money. The per capita net income of the villagers in Hanjiang Village of Xiji County in 2019 was 9,870 yuan, an increase of 7,070 yuan over 2016. Looking at the earth-shaking changes in the village, Qin Zhenbang said with emotion: "Only by working hard can we see hope, which is the result of the joint efforts of cadres and the masses."
There must be no one less on the road to a well-off life. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Ningxia has made every effort to fight hard against poverty. All nine poverty-stricken counties and districts have taken off their hats, 1,100 poverty-stricken villages have been lifted out of poverty, and more than 800,000 poor people have been lifted out of poverty.
After the decisive battle to get rid of poverty, the hardworking and brave Xihaigu people have taken solid steps in the journey of rural revitalization. Once the poorest place, production and life have also turned a new page.
At the foot of Liupanshan Mountain, buckwheat flowers are in full bloom in the terraced fields in the north tableland, red plums and apricots in Pengyang are covered with branches, and tourists in Yejia Village of Jingheyuan Town are woven … … The demonstration project of "one tree, one seedling, one flower, one grass" in Guyuan City, the main battlefield of poverty alleviation in Ningxia, has now steadily moved from experimental demonstration to comprehensive promotion. In the past two years, the main varieties of the "Four Ones" forestry and grass industry have been classified and distributed to tourist loops and scenic spots, and rural tours and sightseeing tours have been cultivated and developed. In 2021, Guyuan received more than 7.08 million domestic tourists, achieving a social income of 2.867 billion yuan. "Enjoy the beautiful flowers in spring, enjoy the coolness in summer, dye the forests in autumn, and paint the paintings in winter" has become a beautiful business card for Guyuan.
Almost every village in Xihaigu has poverty alleviation workshops in cooperation with Fujian and Ningxia, which produce local native products. Bitter vegetables, bracken, dandelion, ground pepper tea, miscellaneous grains, potatoes, handmade vermicelli, etc. are processed and packaged in the poverty alleviation workshops and directly distributed to all parts of the south. Fujian’s counterpart assistance to Ningxia is a typical example of the remarkable achievements in the practice of poverty alleviation cooperation and counterpart assistance between the east and the west. One of the important experiences is that from the main leaders of provinces and autonomous regions to ordinary poverty alleviation participants and poverty alleviation subjects, all Qi Xin worked together and worked hard.
Liupanshan Mountain is high and Minjiang River is long. Industrial cooperation, labor cooperation, talent support and financial support … … Over the past 20 years, the cooperation between Fujian and Ningxia has been fruitful. Fujian has sent 11 batches of 183 cadres to Ningxia to help, and Ningxia has sent 20 batches of more than 380 cadres to Fujian to work and exercise; Fujian has helped Ningxia train tens of thousands of teachers and sent more than 2,000 professional technicians in education, medical care, science and technology. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period alone, Fujian invested a total of 1.632 billion yuan in aid to Ningxia and implemented 1,128 assistance projects, helping Ningxia’s 411,700 poverty-stricken people to get rid of poverty steadily.
"Love between mountains and seas" is unfinished. In the "14th Five-Year Plan" framework agreement on cooperation between the east and the west, Fujian and Ningxia provinces identified 10 key tasks in industrial cooperation, resource complementarity and consumption cooperation. Nowadays, the cooperation between Fujian and Ningxia is full of inexhaustible power, condensing new wisdom and strength, and playing a happy movement under Liupanshan.
Dream ahead and draw a blueprint to the end.
Ningdong energy and chemical industry base. People’s Network Liang Hongxin photo
Entering Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base (referred to as "Ningdong Base" for short), giant devices are towering, and milky white pipes are all over the factory. Every technological innovation conveys a strong sense of modernization.
Ningxia is a typical coal-rich province, and coal accounts for more than 90% of energy. Over the years, "relying on coal to eat coal", digging coal to sell coal, formed a set of traditional ways of extensive development. However, with overcapacity and declining profits, the coal industry, once called "Xiangzhazi" by local people, has become a "hot potato".
At the beginning of this century, a coal sea with proven reserves of 33.1 billion tons was discovered in the Gobi in eastern Ningxia. How to effectively develop this coal sea? How to build your own industrial engine? In 2003, Ningxia made a decision to build Ningdong base with the strength of the whole region and established it as the No.1 project of the autonomous region.
In 2006, Zhang Zhimin, who is currently the workshop director of Olefin No.1 Branch of Ningxia Coal Industry Co., Ltd., a national energy group, just graduated from university. When he came to Ningdong, he saw that there was only one isolated factory in the Gobi Desert, and all the workers lived in simple prefabricated houses. "At that time, I was very anxious. The coal-to-olefin device was shipped, but I found that it didn’t catch fire at all and couldn’t run at all." Zhang Zhimin has a dark face and fluffy hair, but two drawing pens are neatly hung on his work clothes.
"Can’t do it, also can’t do it. In the most difficult period, frequent experiments consumed a lot of raw materials, and hundreds of workers stared at the stove and debugged the equipment without interruption. " Tian Yanjun, the head of the gasifier of Olefin No.1 Branch, still remembers the scene at that time.
Finally, in the winter night of minus 10 degrees in 2010, when the coal passed through a gasifier with a temperature of 1,300 degrees, the world’s first coal-to-olefin plant with an annual output of 500,000 tons was successfully developed.
In the following eight years, various factories in Ningdong base rose from the ground, and eight large-scale coal chemical projects were built on the Gobi desert. However, with the upsurge of coal chemical industry in all parts of the country, the price of coal-to-olefin has dropped again and again.
"The traditional coal industry is unsustainable. This is the signal that the market is sending in a silent way. Only by taking the road of innovation can coal ‘ Eat dry and squeeze clean ’ In order to highlight the advantages of modern coal chemical industry. " Li Hang, director of the Industry Division of the Development and Reform Commission of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, said.
How to deal with polytetrahydrofuran, the tailings of coal-to-olefin and coal-to-oil enterprises, is an important problem facing Ningdong base. In order to solve this problem, Ningdong Base successfully introduced the leading enterprise of chemical fiber new materials represented by Ningxia Ningdong Taihe New Materials Co., Ltd. with the opportunity of industrial transfer in eastern China.
"Our products are in short supply!" Entering the exhibition room of this company, Li Haisheng, director of the product department, is introducing the visitors. At first sight, all kinds of aramid and spandex products are dazzling. Spandex thread feels as soft as cotton, but when pulled, it is found to be extremely tough. "Daily underwear and even high-end handbags can be made of spandex."
Today, the total industrial output value of Ningdong base exceeds 130 billion yuan, and the added value of coal chemical industry accounts for 48% of the total industrial economy. It has become the only chemical park with an output value of over 100 billion yuan in northwest China, and it is also exploring the future development of efficient coal utilization.
Keep a pulse of green hills and paint the beautiful background color of new Ningxia
Helan Mountain Sports Park. People’s Network Gao Jiawei photo
In the hot summer, the citizens walked through the Helan Mountain Sports Park and listened to the flowing water, which was very pleasant.
This 500-acre park is located in Zhihui Yuanshi Winery, Ningxia. The winery was formerly a sand mining field. In 2008, in response to the government’s call, it began to plant trees for greening and ecological restoration.
"I heard that this is an abandoned mine reconstruction park. I didn’t expect it to be so beautiful. It takes almost half an hour to drive from my home. As long as the weather is good, I will bring my children here to get close to nature. " Hu Yunfeng, a Yinchuan citizen who often comes to Helan Mountain Sports Park, is full of praise for the scenery here. "Well, there is a green vineyard next to the park, and you can see the peak of Helan Mountain when you look up."
The scene in front of us is only a microcosm of the effectiveness of environmental remediation and restoration in Helan Mountain, Ningxia.
Helan Mountain is the "Father Mountain" in Ningxia. For thousands of years, Helan Mountain has straddled the plains and deserts, blessed the richness and beauty of "bordering the south of the Yangtze River", shouldered the heavy responsibility of maintaining ecological security in the northwest and even the whole country, and once supported half of Ningxia’s economic development. However, the disorderly exploitation for several decades has seriously damaged the ecosystem here.
In May 2017, Ningxia launched the "Helan Mountain Ecological Defence War" with the firm determination of "a strong man broke his wrist" and the tenacious will of iron fist to control chaos. All industrial and mining enterprises such as coal and sandstone in Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve were shut down and withdrawn, and environmental remediation and ecological restoration were carried out. The approval of mineral resources exploitation and construction projects in the reserve was stopped.
In 2019, Ningxia launched a comprehensive management of 45 key areas around the protected area that seriously damaged ecological functions and quality points. 11 coal mines were closed and withdrawn, 20 remaining pits and main slag platforms were rectified, 384 industrial and mining facilities were demolished, 2 scattered, chaotic and polluted coal processing zones were centralized rectified, 561 non-compliant enterprises were shut down and banned according to law, and 126 were rectified and upgraded.
Governing the mountain is only to keep a green hill. In the past five years, Ningxia has invested nearly 15 billion yuan in ecological protection and restoration of Helan Mountain, covering an area of 405,000 mu. By the end of 2021, the forest coverage rate of Helan Mountain increased by 0.2% and the vegetation coverage rate increased by 5%; Snow leopards, which have disappeared for many years, reappear, and the growth range of wild plants such as Tetraena mongolica, which is under special state protection, continues to expand … … In June, 2021, the ecological protection and restoration of Helan Mountain was listed as one of the 10 typical cases of ecological protection and restoration with China characteristics recommended by the World Conservation Union, and released to the world.
During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, Ningxia listed the ecological protection and restoration of Helan Mountain as one of the top ten projects, and made a breakthrough in the comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment of Helan Mountain. Nowadays, with the gradual "recovery" of Helan Mountain, the ecological vision of "green water and green mountains" is becoming a beautiful life within reach. "People don’t live up to the castle peak, and the castle peak will live up to people."
Looking back on the road of struggle in the past 10 years, Ningxia insists on leading new development and realizing new leap with new development concept, regards development as the biggest task, and strives to solve the problem of insufficient development imbalance, which not only makes Xihaigu area completely get rid of the "hat" of absolute poverty, but also makes modern coal chemical industry and new materials have a place in the country, and also reshapes the good mountains, good waters and good scenery that can "give the soul a holiday". Today, the land is blocked, and the "old look" has changed into a "new face". Ningxia in the future will surely get better and better.