The contractor in Meishan returned to his hometown to grow tea for tourism, and the villagers became rich.

"Last year, there were 61 poor households in our village, but this year there are less than 30." Fu Zhihong, secretary of the party branch of Qianfeng Village, Zhongshan Township, Hongya County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, put forward the secret of getting rid of poverty: the barren hills of the village in the past are now planted with tea, and villagers have a stable income by means of land circulation and working in tea gardens.

Twelve years ago, Fu Zhihong, who was still a contractor in other places, returned to his hometown to start a business. Today, Fu Zhihong, 39, is not only the secretary of the village party branch, but also the boss of a local tea company, making local villagers rich by developing organic tea gardens and rural tourism at the same time.

Pain can not stop the dream of starting a business

Fu Zhihong is a native of Zhongshan Township, Hongya County. His father died early at the age of 15, and he went out to work as soon as he graduated from junior high school. In Hongya County, he started as an apprentice plumber with no salary. Once at the construction site, he accidentally fell from a height, resulting in multiple fractures of the collarbone, cervical vertebra, fingers and so on. In spite of this, he never gave up starting a business.

In 1998, under the introduction of a friend, Fu Zhihong came to Ya'an Shimian County, where he painted paint. He kept improving, and the project he handled was rated as a model project in the local area. "naturally, more people come to me, and the business is getting bigger and bigger."

The three magic weapons of "quality, quantity and integrity" have enabled Fu Zhihong's construction company to accumulate good reputation and benefits in the circle. In his early 20s, he began to become a contractor and earned the "first bucket of gold" in his life.

Set up a tea factory to help the villagers get rich

The natural ecological environment of Hongya County is very suitable for tea cultivation. However, due to the lack of leading enterprises, Hongya tea has no well-known brand, the sales are in the initial stage of selling fresh leaves, the whole industry is at a low level, and the income of tea farmers is low.

Zeng Jianqing, former deputy secretary of the party committee of Zhongshan Township, recalled that in the past, villagers "carried and sold fresh leaves in their pockets" and earned only a little more money than growing rice. "in 2004, the per capita net income of Qianfeng Village was less than 4000 yuan, which belongs to the middle level in the village."

In 2004, the party committee and government of Zhongshan Township found Fu Zhihong, who had a successful career, and hoped that he would contribute to the development of the tea industry in his hometown. Fu Zhihong, who has never been engaged in tea processing, was hesitant at first. He had never come into contact with tea processing. "the family also disagrees. If you do a good job in the project, the benefits are very good, so why do you want to make tea?"

However, Fu Zhihong recalled the past when he was 19 years old, when he worked hard to sell tea. "now that I'm rich, can I help the people in my hometown? later, I want to try." In 2004, Fu Zhihong set up a tea factory as a migrant worker returning to his hometown to start a business.

Organic tea gardens engage in rural tourism

Fu Zhihong has made great efforts to develop organic tea gardens. at present, of the more than 5000 mu of tea bases established by his company, 3000 mu have passed the organic certification of China, the European Union, Japan and the United States.

Zhan Muju, a villager who is nearly 50 years old, has 10 mu of land, but his income is very small. Through the development of organic tea, Zhan Mu relied on the 10 mu of land and earned an annual turnover income of more than 6000 yuan. The three members of the family worked in an enterprise with an income of more than 50,000 yuan. "there were 61 poor households like Zhan Muju last year, but now there are fewer than 30." Fu Zhihong said, "by developing an organic tea base, it is just a demonstration. In the future, villagers will be able to do their own business and become rich."

In 2013, after Fu Zhihong was elected party branch secretary of Qianfeng Village with high votes, he organically combined the tea industry with tourism, built an organic tea village and developed rural tourism at the same time, adopting the five-person linkage model of "village committee + company + association + rural cooperative + tourism". At present, major areas such as tourist areas, cultural and educational areas, experience areas and fishing areas have been initially formed, attracting a large number of people from abroad to return to their hometown for employment and entrepreneurship.