On the afternoon of February 1, Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province ushered in the seventh dividend. The reporter learned from the dividend scene that each person received a dividend of 700 yuan, realizing six consecutive increases in dividends.
In the winter of 1978, Yan Jinchang and 18 other farmers in Xiaogang Village took the risk of pressing the "red handprint" and implementing the "big package", which opened the curtain of China's rural reform.
On February 1, the seventh dividend site of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shui Jinchen "Since the first dividend in 2017, the annual dividend per shareholder has increased from 350 yuan to 700 yuan. The 'secret' of the six-consecutive increase in dividends lies in the reform of the cooperative system of collective assets and the 'three changes' reform of 'turning resources into assets, capital into shares, and farmers into shareholders'. Li Jinzhu, member of the Standing Committee of the Fengyang County Party Committee and first secretary of the Party Committee of Xiaogang Village, said that the reform dividend has been continuously released, the village collective economy has continued to grow, and the income in 2023 will exceed 14 million yuan, and the dividend amount will reach a new high.
Reform does not stop, innovation is endless, has become the "golden key" to the development of Xiaogang Village.
The antique Xiaogang auditorium, the waterwheel that slowly rotates in the gurgling water, and the homestay courtyard with the idyllic scenery of Jianghuai ......Xiaogang Village has promoted the reform of rural homesteads, and the pilot project Xiaogang Village Homestay has been completed and put into operation in 2023, enriching the tourism industry, increasing the income of villagers, and contributing to the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism by revitalizing and utilizing more than 100 homesteads.
The reform of the "separation of three rights" of rural land ownership, contracting rights and management rights has been implemented, the orderly circulation of land management rights has been promoted, and the development of agricultural operations on a moderate scale has been developed, so that the development of modern agriculture in Xiaogang Village has entered the "fast lane". Today, the farmland turnover rate in Xiaogang Village has increased from about 30% in 2012 to more than 70%, and the number of new agricultural operators has grown from 3 to 36.
Promote rural financial reform, and be selected as a pilot area for ...... extension of the second round of land contracts for another 30 years after expirationOne reform after another has taken root, allowing farmers to share more of the results. In 2023, the per capita disposable income of Xiaogang Village will exceed 340,000 yuan.
Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the practice of reform in Xiaogang Village has proved that the solution of various contradictions in agricultural and rural development fundamentally depends on deepening reform, and reform must always be stressed.
The reform has fed us up and puffed up our pockets. At the dividend site, Yan Jinchang, the leader of the "big package", said, "Today is the sixth consecutive increase in dividends, and if you want to increase seven, eight or even ten, you have to rely on reform." (Reporter Jiang Gang, Shui Jinchen).