"Let's talk about it, everyone. Regarding the contract plan proposed by the investment intention group from the provincial capital, let's just say what you think!"
After the people from the provincial investment intention group left, Wang Aiguo spoke first.
After Wang Aiguo finished speaking, the conference room immediately fell into silence. Han Shaolin, director of the Finance Bureau, who was sitting on one side of the conference table, looked straight ahead with no expression on his face. No one knew what he was looking at.
Qiu Shuqin, director of the Agricultural Bureau, is writing something on the conference table with her head lowered, beautiful and serious.
Li Xiaobo, director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, locked eyes with Wang Aiguo. He knew that the county party committee secretary wanted him to speak first.
"Secretary, County Magistrate, let me talk about my personal thoughts first!" After Li Xiaobo finished speaking, he cleared his throat and said: "I think cooperation with the provincial investment intention group is a rare opportunity for the economic development of Cangyang County. Opportunity! We are a poor county in a mountainous area. What we need most is to attract investment. Only by leveraging our geographical advantages and combining the advanced business concepts of outstanding enterprises inside and outside the province can we achieve the comprehensive development of orchard planting..."
After Li Xiaobo finished speaking, Wang Aiguo nodded to Li Xiaobo with satisfaction. Next came the speeches of Qiu Shuqin, Director of the Agriculture Bureau, and Han Shaolin, Director of the Finance Bureau. Both of their speeches were short and ambiguous, and they seemed to be preparing for the speeches of the people behind them. bedding.
"County Magistrate, please share your thoughts with everyone!" Wang Aiguo looked at Li Yixiang with a faint smile on his face.
"Okay, let me say a few words!" Li Yixiang put his hands flat on the conference table, with a pair of bright eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses, he glanced around the people present and then said slowly: "Cangyang County, located in In the southwest region, the county has a total population of 410,000, and there are 15 towns and villages within its jurisdiction, which are rich in resources. Mengchuan Town has Jiangnan water town Green Lake; Songguan Town has difficult plateau fertile soil - red land; Haicheng Town - Plateau Pearl Haicheng Lake; Qingshui Town - Qingshui Ancient Town; Taiji Town - Gaoxia Pinghu Lake, as well as the lead-zinc mine, copper mine, coal mine in Renli Town... These are the unique and advantageous resources of our Cangyang County , but why, so far, is our Cangyang County still a national-level poverty-stricken county?”
Li Yixiang stopped here, and his eyes briefly communicated with everyone at the conference table. After a pause of more than ten seconds, he slowly spoke and continued: "Because, with so many natural resources and cultural scenery, the country is also vigorously supporting it, but the local people have not benefited from it, and they have repeatedly attracted investment. How many people actually come to Cangyang to engage in industry? Most companies just spread the word and defrauded project support funds. And left a mess..."
"cough……"
Wang Aiguo made a slight cough at this time. There was no smile on his face, and his fat face was livid.
Wang Aiguo has been taking the lead in attracting investment in Cangyang in recent years. Li Yixiang's words are tantamount to slapping Wang Aiguo in the face in public.
However, Li Yixiang did not mean any disrespect to Wang Aiguo. He was talking about the real situation that the people of Cangyang are facing now.
Li Yixiang paused for a moment when he heard Wang Aiguo coughing, and then continued: "If it is a high-tech development, I think it is necessary to attract investment, but when it comes to orchard planting and dealing with the land, farmers are the experts, and the land is the Theirs, they plant the orchards themselves, and the policy favors them, and they will earn the money at that time. They have motivation, income, and prospects... Only in this way can they truly develop in a healthy way and get rid of poverty and become well-off..."
Chen Shaoping listened on the sidelines, feeling extremely excited. This was also part of what he wrote in his work diary. It was Chen Shaoping's heartfelt voice and the true inner thoughts of the people.
Li Yixiang not only read Chen Shaoping's work diary carefully, but also adopted part of the text. Chen Shaoping was very moved and was very grateful that Li Yixiang could truly speak for farmers.
Chen Shaoping, who grew up in rural areas since childhood, is very familiar with the current rural situation.
The country has a series of policies to benefit farmers, but when they are actually implemented, they completely change.
If this time the orchard planting economy is all about attracting investment, and there are out-of-town companies contracting for planting, then the biggest problem is the problem of "defrauding project support funds" as Li Yixiang said.
Foreign companies invest heavily not to stimulate local funds, but simply to defraud project support funds. If there are project subsidies, they will continue planting, and if there are no project subsidies, they will just leave, leaving a mess...
Also, even if it is not for the purpose of defrauding project support funds, non-local companies go to local areas to plant orchards. They lease the land from farmers at extremely low prices, usually 800 yuan per acre. A large amount of land is concentrated together, and rural areas appear. There is a large amount of idle labor force that can work in orchards and form re-employment. However, orchard managers have almost squeezed farmers’ working hours. They work nearly 10 hours a day and receive only 60 yuan in wages, or 6 yuan per hour! And you have to take care of your own food and accommodation...
The real beneficiaries of the orchard economy are non-local bosses, while farmers who have lost their land have become extremely cheap labor and the targets of exploitation.
If you really want to get rich, you must let farmers plant orchards for themselves and provide them with financial, technical, and policy support.
Only by doing this can we truly bring benefits to farmers.
After Li Yixiang finished speaking, Chen Shaoping even had the urge to stand up and applaud Li Yixiang.
This is a good county magistrate and a good cadre who truly cares about the people.
Wang Aiguo was silent for nearly a minute before slowly speaking: "First of all, I want to correct the wrong part of County Magistrate Li's view. The companies that attract investment are not here to defraud project support funds, because many projects do not have support funds, just like Renli Blue Sky Mining in Renhe Town, not only did they not receive a penny of support funds from the government, but they also rebuilt a road in Renhe Town... which brought a lot of benefits!"
"I have not considered letting farmers plant orchards, but it must be combined with reality. Farmers' self-planting is firstly inconvenient to manage, and secondly, the quality of the fruits in the orchards cannot be guaranteed, and they cannot be competitive in the market. It is not beneficial to the long-term development of orchard planting in Cangyang... Finally, investment promotion is a complementary advantage, not a unilateral benefit. Cangyang is a national-level poverty-stricken county, but it is also a closed and backward agricultural county with limited information and needs the transportation of external blood. Guaranteeing our economic vitality..."
Wang Aiguo's voice was not loud and he spoke clearly and refuted Li Yixiang's views every sentence.
The county party committee secretary and the county magistrate had two completely different views at the meeting. They were tit for tat. Although there was no smell of gunpowder, it also made the situation extremely tense.
