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Gubei Water Town is located at Gubeikou in Beijing's suburban Miyun district. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
Another villager Cai Lanxia agreed with Chen. She said the annual income for their family was only 10,000 yuan per year from agriculture. But now, their annual income is over 100,000 yuan. Thanks to folk tourism, they have lived wealthy lives for 20 years.
He is proactive and trustworthy. One obstacle during the village's tourism development was the relocation of Simatai villagers. He called on more than 100 meetings and communicated directly with villagers in 30 meetings. Based on the information from the meetings, she solved 327 compensation problems and provided suggestions on relocation policies.
She wrote letters and relocation guidelines in person. In addition, she also visited villagers and explained the policies in detail. She once visited a villager eight times to deal with conflicts. With her support, 1,131 villagers from 502 families were successfully moved out of 393 country yards and 4,000 houses in 20 days. They were relocated to their new homes in 50 days.
Since the beginning of 2014, the total amount of domestic and international tourists visiting Gubeishui village has reached 400,000, which brings an income of 66.7 million yuan ($10.8 million). Thanks to Gubeishui village, Gubeikou’s tourism income has been greatly improved and the number of tourists has increased. In the first half of 2014, Gubeikou has attracted 166,000 tourists bringing 14.73 million yuan.
Implementing modernized agriculture in Gubeishui village
After the opening of Gubeishui town, He started to promote the integration of agriculture and tourism, which would bring an income to farmers. In developing the cultural industry of creative agricultural, she promoted the economics of Tangquanxianggu valley and expedited the construction of Zihaixiangdi Ranch.
In addition, in order to push forward the construction of Simatai folk village, she established a promotion cooperative and turned folk villages into country hotels. The folk village is operated with consistency, from planning, marketing, reception, and guest allocation, to pricing. Beitai village has a long history of green onion planting. The green onions from Beitai are so famous that it was the green onion supply source for the royal families in the Qing Dynasty. With the development of the village’s tourism, the need for green onions has been increasing.
Knowing the market needs, He held symposiums to encourage and provide support to the villagers to produce "Beitai royal green onions". On average, the green onion planting increased villagers' income by nearly 1000 yuan per year.
As the villagers received great economic benefit from vegetable planting, she started to further develop the industry by bringing up the idea of encouraging each village to plant a type of vegetable. With her support, Yangzhuangzi village started to plant winter jujube, and Beidianzi village started to plant grains. The modernized agriculture brings income for farmers.
