In recent years, Pingyang County has attached great importance to the revitalization of ethnic villages, thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of the Central Ethnic Work Conference, closely adhered to the main line of the Chinese nation’s community consciousness, solidly promoted the revitalization of ethnic villages with “three major measures”, achieved remarkable results, and strived to build a Pingyang model for the revitalization of ethnic villages.
First, establish “three mechanisms” to form a strong synergy.
The first is to establish an overall coordination mechanism. The Standing Committee of the county party committee regularly studies the work of national unity and progress, adjusts and enriches the county leading group for national work, and timely solves the problems encountered in the creation work; The county government held an executive meeting to study and introduce specific measures for national unity and progress. The second is to establish a long-term development mechanism. Research on the benchmarking action plan of 26 counties in Pingyang to build a demonstration zone of high-quality development and common prosperity (2021-2025), the 14th Five-Year Plan for the development of national unity and progress in Pingyang County, the opinions on further supporting the accelerated development of ethnic villages, and the measures for the use of special funds for the development of ethnic minorities and the management of project funds in Pingyang County have defined the target system, working system, policy system and project system for the revitalization of ethnic villages and the common prosperity of all ethnic groups. The third is to establish a multi-party linkage mechanism. Establish and improve a long-term mechanism for twinning between government agencies and ethnic villages to do practical things, and 12 county-level government agencies will implement assistance funds of 200,000 yuan each year for twinning ethnic villages, or help solve 1-2 practical things; The “Rural Revitalization Co-construction Committee” was established to gather the strength of rural sages from all sides. Up to now, the Xinxiang Sage Association (Rural Revitalization Committee) has been established, absorbing 1,800 rural sages, solving 611 problems and accomplishing 101 practical things.
Second, adopt “three ways” to revitalize ethnic villages.
First, promote rural revitalization with characteristic industries. The county government puts the economic transformation and upgrading in the first prominent position of national rural revitalization, and promotes the high-quality development of national rural economy based on the characteristic advantages of national rural areas. Gather resources of all ethnic groups, increase support for emerging industries and new development model projects of ethnic minorities, stimulate endogenous power, and embark on a new path of revitalizing ethnic villages. In Xinlian Ethnic Village, Shuitou Town, adhere to the road of common prosperity of “tea tourism integration” development, and develop more than 8,800 mu of tea gardens with a comprehensive annual output value of over 100 million yuan; Shuge Ethnic Village in Aojiang Town extends pigeon industry to pigeon culture, driving more than 260 She and Han farmers in the village to become rich together. The second is to promote rural revitalization through project construction. We will improve the project library of national rural revitalization and common prosperity, and increase investment in national rural projects. Since 2020, we have implemented more than 40 projects and invested 150 million yuan in various types of funds. Among them, Qingjie Shezu Township has opened the channel of “transformation of two mountains”, built a series of tourism projects, launched the “Moonlight Economy” project, national cultural experience project, etc., and achieved remarkable economic benefits. The per capita disposable income of Qingjie Shezu Township ranks second among ethnic townships in Zhejiang Province. The total investment of ethnic cultural tourism project in northeast ethnic villages in Nao Township is about 10 million yuan. The comprehensive renovation and upgrading of “one river and two banks” has been basically completed, and the economic benefits of ethnic cultural tourism have begun to appear. The third is to promote rural revitalization with enterprise support. By setting up a “pomegranate seed” employment platform, innovating the mode of mutual assistance between industrial enterprises and ethnic villages, and signing a long-term cooperation agreement, the rural people of all ethnic groups will be helped to work in the technical posts of enterprises, so as to promote the fuller and higher-quality employment of ethnic minorities. At the same time, we should actively guide the enterprises in the regulations to set up processing points in ethnic villages to realize the employment of ethnic minorities at their doorsteps. Through many measures to tap the potential of increasing income, the proportion of middle-income groups of ethnic minorities has been accelerated.
Third, implement the “three major measures” to enhance ideological consensus.
First, promote the construction of positions and build a common spiritual home. Taking the establishment of provincial demonstration counties of national unity and progress as the starting point, we should firmly cultivate the sense of Chinese nation’s community, and vigorously promote rural revitalization and common prosperity. Create a number of national cultural propaganda corridors, theme squares and characteristic blocks, realize the full coverage of the creation of demonstration sites of national unity and progress in 16 townships in the county, give full play to the point-to-point role, and build a “power station” of national unity and progress embedded in each other and in various forms. The second is to carry forward national culture and consolidate the purpose of ideals and beliefs. Incorporate the idea of national unity and family into basic education, and integrate Chinese excellent traditional culture into daily education and teaching. The bilingual education class of Han and She in Shuitou Town Minority Kindergarten, Haixi Town Minority Primary School and Shuitou Town No.1 Middle School minority class implement mixed class arrangement and synchronous learning, and continuously deepen the education and publicity of national unity. Publishing books such as Chronicles of Ethnic Minorities in Pingyang County, Songs of Shanha and Red Mark of Ethnic Minorities in Pingyang County, telling the touching stories of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Pingyang earth dedicated to national liberation, unity and progress, and common development; On the occasion of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the action of “sharing pomegranate seeds and realizing the Chinese dream together” was carried out. Shuge Ethnic Village held a growing ceremony for 100 students of all ethnic groups to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party. Xinlian Ethnic Village and Qingjie She Township used the tourism and cultural festival and the “March 3rd” ethnic festival to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party. The third is to strengthen “digital empowerment” and entity backing, and improve the people’s livelihood happiness index. Continue to upgrade the policy system to ensure the common prosperity of all ethnic groups “without missing one household or one person”. Since 2020, relying on the application of the nationwide pilot platform of “saving on the code”, there have been more than 480 ethnic minorities in the county, and through the platform of “saving on the code”, 14 policies, such as endowment insurance, medical insurance and education aid, have been paid 3.963 million yuan directly. A “digital empowerment”, accurate and rapid assistance system has been successfully constructed. At the same time, the offline supporting construction of a series of “ethnic village fraternity supermarkets” and “pomegranate seed service stations for new residents” has effectively improved the sense of acquisition and happiness of ethnic minorities, and provided Pingyang model for promoting the simultaneous modernization of low-income groups.