Li Xingsheng: the Walnut King who leads the villagers to become Rich

Li Xingsheng inspects the growth of walnuts.

In Yunyang District, there is a "retired cadre of the most beautiful township" praised by everyone. He led the villagers to turn the ravines and barren mountains into the famous Huaguo Mountain, and successfully realized their entrepreneurial dream of getting greener and getting rich. He is the general manager of Hubei Fengshen Linguo Co., Ltd., the leader of science and technology to get rich, and Li Xingsheng, chairman of Shengyuan Walnut Professional Cooperative in Yunyang District. Li Xingsheng is in his sixties. Because of his large planting scale and professional knowledge, he is affectionately known as the "Walnut King" by the villagers.

In 2004, Li Xingsheng, who retired from the post of township cadres, had the idea of starting a business for the second time and developing the walnut industry. After reading a large number of walnut professional books and loans of more than 100,000 yuan, and successively inspecting walnut bases in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hubei, Li Xingsheng built a walnut demonstration garden in Qingshan Village and Weipingsi Village, Tanjiawan Town, Yunyang District. In 2006, the first batch of walnuts planted by Li Xingsheng grew well, earning more than 1 million yuan that year.

From 2011 to 2014, Li Xingsheng successively invested more than 10 million yuan to develop "fragrant walnuts" in more than 2000 mu of land transferred in Tanjiawan Town, Walnut Tree Village, Qingshan Village and other places. The monthly income of farmers working in walnut bases is more than 3000 yuan, and that of technicians is more than 6000 yuan. Many farmers only have an annual income increase of more than 20, 000 yuan.

Li Xingsheng gradually established a development model of "cooperatives + bases + farmers". Through three guarantees and one service measures (including variety purity, "fruit in 3 years, high yield in 5 years", product recycling and technical tracking services), it has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of local farmers to grow walnuts. In just a few years, radiation has driven more than 1000 villagers in 14 villages, including Qingshan Village, Weipingsi Village, Walnut Shushu Village, to develop 20000 mu of walnut, and led 100 major walnut growers of more than 30 mu to develop walnut industry together. Today, Li Xingsheng's company has developed into a leading high-tech modern agricultural industrialization enterprise integrating walnut cultivation, introduction of improved varieties, promotion of improved varieties, technical services, seedling breeding and product acquisition and processing, with an annual income of more than 10 million yuan. "next, I plan to build a ten thousand mu walnut base in Yunyang District, with an annual income of 300 million to 500 million yuan. Drive 20,000 farmers to develop the walnut industry, build the company base into a national walnut demonstration base, and build walnut deep processing enterprises with an annual processing capacity of more than 10000 tons. " Li Xingsheng said.