Hunan **Quan** reporter Yang Jiajun.
Character sketch] Shi Jia, deputy to the National People's Congress, chairman of Xiangxi Qixiufang Miao Clothing Culture Co., Ltd. Faced with the plight of left-behind children in her hometown, Shi Jia, who walked out of the depths of the mountains, resolutely returned to her hometown to start a new business, so that the villagers could achieve employment at their doorstep and lead everyone to increase their income and become rich. In 2021, he was awarded the title of "National 38 Red Flag Bearer".
Representative Shi Jia. Photo by correspondent).
In 2017, Shi Jia, who had successfully started a business abroad, returned to his hometown to visit relatives and found that his hometown of Shilan Town, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, had a population of less than 20,000, but the number of left-behind children had reached more than 1,200, and he was deeply touched.
The problem of left-behind children is serious because of the lack of local industries, and young people have to go out to work to earn a living. In order to change this situation, Shi Jia decided to return to his hometown to start a new business, and aimed at the cultural industry with Miao characteristics - Miao embroidery. In July of the same year, Shi Jia established Xiangxi Qixiu Embroidery Miao Clothing Culture Company to carry out paid training of Miao embroidery skills for mothers who went out to work, so that everyone could find employment at home. In 2023, the Seven Embroidery Workshop Miao Embroidery Workshop was selected as the 2022 "Typical Case of Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop" jointly announced by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the National Rural Revitalization Administration.
Shi Jia has always been very concerned about the economic and social development of his hometown. After being elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress, Shi Jia shouldered greater responsibilities. She actively performed her duties, visited many places, conducted in-depth research, and listened to the voices of the grassroots people.
Ethnic medicine is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. After visiting and investigating, Shi Jia found that in the long-term clinical practice, the ethnic medicine represented by Tujia medicine and Miao medicine has formed a large number of characteristic technologies with unique curative effects, and has cultivated a number of traditional Chinese medicine specialty stunt projects such as "Tujia Medicine Cylinder Rolling Ironing" and "Miao Medicine Low Back Pain Bone Correction Method".
However, there are still many problems in the development of ethnic medicine, such as imperfect system and insufficient innovation. She hopes to rely on the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Ethnic Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to build a regional medical center for ethnic medicine in Wuling Mountain area, and create a group of ethnic medical service systems and related industries that radiate Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou and other places, so that the characteristic technologies, services and products of ethnic medicine can benefit the masses.