Miao Jiansheng, king of aquaculture: the leader of "seeking money in the water"

Miao Jiansheng, a farmer in Miaozhuang Town, Ninghe County, Tianjin, started from a small fish pond and now has a modern aquaculture park of more than 3,000 mu of aquaculture water. He assiduously studied aquaculture technology, led more than 370 farmers to embark on the road of aquaculture, realized the dream of becoming rich, and was known as the "king of aquaculture".

Walk into Ninghe Miaozhuang Town Tianxiang Aquatic liability Co., Ltd., garden-style factory area, reasonable layout of aquaculture training center. The wide aquaculture water surface is sparkling, the fish and shrimp jump under the feeder, and the mass of spray swirled by the aerator adds motion and vitality to thousands of mu of water surface.

It is understood that this company has a breeding workshop for 10 trillion seedlings and an expanded feed workshop for 100, 000 tons of fish and shrimp, with an annual output of more than 4, 000 tons of freshwater fish and shrimp, with a total income exceeding 150 million yuan.

Miao Jiansheng, general manager of the company, said that like many entrepreneurs, there is a little-known story behind his success.

"at the beginning, frankly speaking, fish farming is the traditional way to release fry in spring and fish after autumn. It doesn't make money, so why not make money, because after autumn, people all produce fish, and the price is very low."

In 1995, with the continuous changes in the market, the popular carp gradually fell out of favor. At this time, Miao Jiansheng began to think about how to change the breeding model, not only to shorten the breeding cycle, but also to make a good time difference, so that he could not swarm into the market. After nearly a year of hard work, Miao Jiansheng finally ushered in the spring of harvest, allowing him to win the first bucket of gold in the aquaculture industry.

"later, we raised large-size fish fry and produced fish in Wudang (Dragon Boat Festival). At that time, the price was relatively good. We changed from ordinary traditional thinking to large-size fish farming, and when we got out of the big pot of carp, our benefits were all right."

To navigate the ever-changing aquaculture industry requires both advanced technology and the danger of capsizing. It was in such an environment that Miao Jiansheng introduced a number of new species, such as the American perch family, and introduced "foreigner species" into his own fish ponds. "for example, now the river bass, the big mouth of the sea bass in the United States, the steamed perch made in the restaurant, and the cod are easy to sell in our market. The scales of the fish are very white and beautiful."

Meng Fanmin, a farmer from Dashawo Village, Miaozhuang Town, Ninghe County, joined the Qunying Aquaculture Cooperative in 2007. With the financial assistance and technical guidance of Miao Jiansheng, he changed the farming management model, introduced new varieties such as Yinxue and channel catfish, and ended the days of "fighting alone" and "grouping" with cooperative members to grow rich.

Meng Fanmin said: "in the past, it can be said that it was Sanda and Sanda. He knew nothing about technology and sales. In the fish season, traders sometimes kept prices down, and the efficiency was not good. Since joining the Tianxiang Qunying Association (cooperative), we farmers have a certain guarantee that we do not have to worry about breeding varieties, technology, feed and marketing. "

Miao Jianqiang, a villager with high paraplegia since childhood, contracted a pit pond in the village in 1996 and began to raise fish. Problems followed, first with seedlings, technology, feed, and then sales. Since joining the cooperative, Miao Jianqiang has regained his confidence and made a profit. "I am a disabled person, and I can't do a lot of things by myself. Now, relying on the Qunying Co-operative, the seedlings given to me are the best, and the price is also quite favorable. There is no need for us to negotiate the price of selling fish outside, and the price is a little higher than the others. "

Who would have thought that Miao Jiansheng, who had only studied in primary school for three years, became close friends with experts and professors from Tianjin Agricultural College, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Research; and who would have thought that an ordinary aquatic enterprise, but undertaken the national 973, 863 and other major scientific and technological research projects.

Miao Jiansheng said: "We have now won four third-class prizes for scientific and technological progress in Tianjin. Over the years, we have undertaken more than 40 national-level projects and more than 40 scientific and technological projects in Tianjin, including the earliest 863 United Nations project. And now the Golden Peasant Award issued by the Commission of Agriculture."

At present, Miao Jiansheng focuses on the development of new varieties, introducing more than a dozen famous and high-quality varieties, such as German mirror carp and American sea bass. The farmers who join the aquaculture cooperatives have a lot of money, and the level of aquaculture has also improved. Miao Jiansheng said: "in fact, this cooperative will play a very important role in the future development of the fishery. Only when ordinary people still have to make money, and the quality of fish still has to pass, then the industry can be sustainable."

In 2003, Tianxiang Company and Tianjin Agricultural College established the industry-university-research consortium. Under the leadership of Miao Jiansheng, Tianxiang Company established the country's first circulating water ecological culture system, innovated Wuchang fish long-distance transportation technology, and won four municipal scientific and technological progress awards and eight national invention patent awards. Approved by the Municipal Science and Technology Commission in 2014, the company also set up an "Academician expert Workstation".

Miao Jiansheng said: "because of the introduction of a lot of scientific and technological talents, we have cooperated with some large and medium-sized universities, large and medium-sized institutions, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Chinese Academy of Water Sciences, completely absorbing the most advanced technology and attractiveness of modern Chinese fisheries."

From the popular carp and the scarce Wuchang fish to the German mirror carp and the big-mouthed sea bass in the United States, Miao Jiansheng has gone from an ordinary fish farmer to a "leader" in aquaculture technology. He said proudly: "some of our new varieties mainly go to the south, while the old varieties mainly go to the three northeastern provinces and the five northwestern provinces." Now we sell in more than 50 cities, and we have almost all the markets in the whole country, because we are part of air transportation and part of car transportation, and now car transportation is fully automated of that kind of automatic cooling. "

In 2007, Tianxiang Company established an aquaculture cooperative-Tianjin Qunying Aquaculture Cooperative, to promote the development of specialization and industrialization of local aquaculture.

Miao Jiansheng said: "this group of British fishery cooperatives really play a role, everyone participates in management, and we unify the brand and quality, and we have increased our trust in the businessmen who cooperate with us outside."

Brief introduction of Miao Jiansheng

Miao Jiansheng, 49, is from Dashawo Village, Miaozhuang Town, Ninghe County. In March 1987, he formally stepped into the aquaculture industry from an ordinary peasant child, from a small pit pond with only a few dozen mu of water surface to a modern aquaculture park with more than 3, 000 mu of aquaculture water, from a "Leng Tou Qing" who knew nothing about technology, science and management. Up to now, it is known as the "king of aquaculture". He has been honored as "National Spark Science and Technology Rich Talent", "National Top Ten Outstanding Young Peasants", "National Labor Model", "Tianjin Labor Model", "Tianjin people's Congress Deputy", "Tianjin May 4th Youth Medal" and many other honorable titles.

Miao Jiansheng, general manager of Tianxiang Fisheries liability Co., Ltd., who has hundreds of millions of fixed assets and an annual income of 150 million yuan, does not forget his fellow villagers when he is rich. In 2007, he took the lead in establishing Qunying aquaculture professional cooperative in this city, leading more than 370 farmers to embark on the road of aquaculture, allowing scattered farmers to join the aquaculture cooperative to "warm up" with everyone and get rich together. He is Miao Jiansheng, the leader of farmers'"seeking money in the water".