Red tourism boosts rural vitalization in Jiangxi By CHEN YINGQUN,WANG JIAN and CHEN XUE in Jinggangshan | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-19 08:37 Share CLOSE Xie Zhengxiu (left) makes straw sandals with another villager in Gutian village in Jinggangshan, Jiangxi province. Sales of the sandals and other handicrafts to visitors help lift villagers incomes. [Photo by Wang Jian/China Daily]
People s enthusiasm to visit historical sites linked to the revolution and their desire to learn about revolutionary traditions has boosted poverty alleviation and rural vitalization efforts in East China s Jiangxi province.
Over the past few years, tourists have flocked to the small village of Shenshan, in Maoping town, Jinggangshan, to listen to locals telling stories about revolutionary history, experience local folk activities and appreciate the natural scenery. Jinggangshan is known as the cradle of the Chinese revolution.
Pencil town erases past to profit from paddies By TIAN XUEFEI and ZHOU HUIYING in Harbin | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-17 08:41 Share CLOSE Zhang Baojin checks a rice paddy in Yuanbao village of Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
At the end of last year, Zhang Baojin was unanimously elected Party chief of Yuanbao village in Shangzhi, Heilongjiang province, at the age of 78.
Before the election, Zhang suggested that the position should be left to younger candidates because of his advanced years and worsening health.
However, in the villagers minds nobody could replace Zhang, who first became village Party chief in 1980.
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