On April 26, 2020, with the announcement of the withdrawal of the last four poverty-stricken counties, all 11 poverty-stricken counties in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province took off their hats and basically got rid of regional overall poverty. In this tough battle to get rid of poverty, the old area in southern Jiangxi has handed over a satisfactory answer sheet to get rid of poverty by insisting that Qingshan does not relax. The number of poor people in the city decreased from 1,150,300 at the beginning of precise poverty alleviation to 28,200 at the end of 2019, and the incidence of poverty dropped to 0.37%.
Gannan has entered the "post-poverty alleviation era", but the cadres and the masses here have not stopped moving forward. Half a month, the reporter visited this old revolutionary base area and developed a hot spot, and found that local innovations used various measures such as early warning and monitoring, industrial guidance, and insurance coverage to weave a network to prevent poverty, helping the people in the old areas embark on the road of stable poverty alleviation and well-off life.
Fruit farmers in Tanbu Village, Wangmudu Town, Ganxian District, Ganzhou City are picking navel oranges. Photo by Zhang Haobo
Early warning and monitoring: early detection and early rescue
At the end of 2019, Song Xin, a poor household in Chishui Village, Lishi Town, dingnan county City, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, went to Guangdong for medical treatment because of compound thalassemia, and paid 23,000 yuan at his own expense.
After Song Xin just paid the fee, the relevant departments in dingnan county obtained this information, and immediately included Song Xin in the minimum living allowance according to the procedure, and at the same time provided temporary assistance. At the beginning of 2020, he was given a one-time temporary assistance of 4,500 yuan. Now, thanks to government assistance, Song Xin has a monthly subsistence allowance of more than 1,800 yuan, and the family’s life has improved significantly.
The story of Song Xin’s rescue is the epitome of Ganzhou’s innovative measures and the implementation of the early warning mechanism of poverty. "Through real-time data transmission, if poor households pay more than 10,000 yuan out of pocket in the hospital, we will get relevant information and provide them with necessary assistance." Liu Jianfei, chief of the treatment and protection section of Ganzhou Medical Insurance Bureau, said.
All 11 poverty-stricken counties have "lifted their hats" and basically got rid of regional overall poverty … … In the face of the staged victory in tackling poverty, Ganzhou City has not been careless and relaxed. On the contrary, it has continuously increased the risk of preventing poverty and returning to poverty, and fully implemented the early warning mechanism for poverty and returning to poverty.
Zhong Xiaochun, deputy director of the Ganzhou Poverty Alleviation Office, said that Ganzhou relies on the national poverty alleviation and development information system, big data technology and other information means to understand the situation of unstable poverty-stricken households and poor marginal households whose annual per capita disposable income is about 1.5 times lower than the national poverty alleviation standard and have the risk of returning to poverty through mass declaration, daily investigation of grassroots cadres and early warning screening of relevant industry departments, and comprehensively grasp the risk points.
Grandma Liao Xiuying, winner of the National Poverty Alleviation Award Endeavour Award, showed salted duck eggs to tourists at home in Fenggang Village, Yeping Township, Ruijin City, Ganzhou. Photo by Qing Liu
"As long as risks are discovered, relevant departments such as civil affairs and medical insurance will immediately contact the masses to prevent problems before they happen." Kang Renlu, deputy director of Ganzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, said. In addition, in order to give full play to the early warning function of temporary assistance, Ganzhou city has also delegated the approval authority of temporary assistance of more than 3,000 yuan to towns and villages, and comprehensively standardized the assistance situation, procedures and amount of emergency assistance, expenditure assistance and basic living difficulties.
By mid-October 2020, among the 28,200 poverty-stricken marginal households and monitoring households in Ganzhou City, 15,800 objects that meet the conditions of civil security are included in the scope of rural subsistence allowances, destitute support or other civil assistance.
Industrial upgrading: solid foundation and long-term benefit
Goose village, with a high mountain and a long road, is about 15 kilometers away from the central town of Xiaoxi Township, Yudu County. Many years ago, after the collapse of his old house in the village, it was considered that it was difficult to find a way out in the ravine. Zeng Biao, a poor household in Epo Village, took a family of five to rent a house in Duxian County, and the whole family relied on him to go out to work to make a living.
In recent years, Ganzhou city has carried out the relocation of deep-mountain immigrants in an all-round way, and built industrial bases in ex situ poverty alleviation relocation sites. In October 2018, Zeng Biao’s family moved into the resettlement site in the central town of Xiaoxi Township, and at the end of 2019, they took the initiative to contract a 10-mu vegetable greenhouse, with an annual income of 100,000 yuan. "I have my own house, a stable income, and high-quality educational resources. This is something I didn’t even think about before." Zeng Wei said.
Family members of poor households in Huoran Village, Shashi Town, zhanggong district City, Ganzhou City, engaged in mushroom production in the low temperature environment of poverty alleviation workshop, realizing employment and poverty alleviation. Photo by Li Chuancai
Li Heng, secretary of the Party Committee of Xiaoxi Township, said that the most fundamental thing for poor households to get rid of poverty and not return to poverty is to rely on industrial development. At this point, Ganzhou cadres and masses have a high degree of consensus. Li Zhongtao, member of the Standing Committee of Yudu County Committee and Minister of Propaganda, said that the annual output value of Yudu textile and garment industry has exceeded 40 billion yuan, making it a regional industrial center, which not only promotes local economic development, but also provides stable jobs for a large number of poor households, effectively preventing them from returning to poverty.
It is understood that Ganzhou city has taken various measures to promote industrial upgrading, especially to increase support for agricultural industries with significant poverty-stricken effects. Local professional vegetable farmers are introduced to provide farmers with planting demonstration and technical guidance, and agricultural experts are hired to serve in the countryside to help coordinate and solve the loan problem … … With the help of these policies, in addition to the traditional Gannan navel orange, greenhouse vegetables and special farming have become the new highlights of Ganzhou’s poverty alleviation industry.
On May 23, 2020, Yuan Shougen (left), the "first person to introduce navel oranges in southern Jiangxi", was teaching navel orange planting techniques in Kexiang Orange Garden in Changgang Village, Datang County, Ganzhou City. Photo by Qing Liu.
Zhong Daying is a poverty-stricken household in Bailu Township, Ganxian County. Due to congenital polio, his hand and foot mobility and language ability are greatly affected, but his intelligence is normal and he has a strong desire to get rid of poverty. In 2015, the Bailu Township Party Committee and the government formulated a specific poverty alleviation plan for him, providing accurate assistance in industrial development, technical guidance and fund raising.
Today, Zhong Daying has planted 20 mu of navel orange, 10 mu of chestnut and 10 mu of grapefruit, and raised more than 5,000 chickens every year, which not only achieved poverty alleviation, but also became the leader of poverty alleviation in the village. "Thanks to the help of the government, I can develop and get rid of poverty so quickly." Zhong Daying happily introduced the new house he was building to the reporter who talked for half a month, and his confidence in the future was written on his face.
Poor households in Dayou Township, Shicheng County, Ganzhou City work in Baiqi Planting Base of Xiayi Village, Huang Yuanyuan. absorb
Poverty prevention insurance: the bottom line against accidents
In recent years, Ganzhou has built a protective line for the masses through many measures, but various poverty-causing risks still exist. In this regard, Ganzhou City took the lead in innovating and implementing "precise poverty prevention insurance" in the province, and explored the construction of a long-term mechanism to prevent poverty.
"In practice, Ganzhou City found that rural low-income households on the edge of poverty and poverty-stricken households with unstable per capita income are easy to return to poverty and are likely to become ‘ Poverty increment ’ Therefore, the innovative development of ‘ Accurate poverty prevention insurance ’ The premium is subsidized by the government. " Wen Yanping, a second-level researcher of Ganzhou Banking Insurance Supervision Branch, said, "This insurance does not talk about profit, but only about social responsibility."
After nearly three years of exploration, the target of accurate poverty prevention insurance has expanded from rural "two non-households" to urban poor people; The scope of protection has expanded from the initial three risks of illness, school and disaster to six risks of illness, school, disaster, accident, loss of means of production and unemployment; The compensation standard has also increased from the original maximum of 90,000 yuan per person to 200,000 yuan.
Rencun Village, Egret Township, Ganxian County is geographically remote, and some villagers make a living by farming. "In recent years, crops have often been destroyed by wild boar, and everyone can only ‘ Break your teeth and swallow it in your stomach ’ 。” Guo Lilin, the first secretary of Liren Village, said.
Yang Huaigao, a 68-year-old poor household, is one of them. Yang Huaigao’s family of nine people, except for his son-in-law who goes out to work, has some income, and their daily expenses depend on 5 mu of rice fields at home and camellia oleifera in the mountains. In October 2019, the high-quality rice that was about to be harvested was damaged by wild boar for more than 4 mu, and Camellia oleifera also lost more than 5,000 yuan due to drought. "I thought there was nothing I could do about it. I could only save a little." Yang Huaigao said.
After learning about the situation of Yang Huaigao’s family and the policy of "precise poverty prevention insurance", the village reported his family’s situation. In the end, Yang Huaigao received a compensation of 10,800 yuan. Faced with this unexpected compensation, Yang Huaigao was overjoyed and kept "thanking the party and the government for their good policies".
The Council of Zhongli Breeding Professional Cooperative in Shuinan Village, Dayou Township, Shicheng County, Ganzhou City paid dividends to poor households. Photo by Huang Yuanyuan
By September, 2020, 20 counties (cities, districts) in Ganzhou City had carried out poverty prevention insurance, with an insurance amount of more than 28.22 million yuan, benefiting 1,353,900 people, and 1,147 insurance claims, with an insurance claim amount of more than 5.44 million yuan, effectively preventing more than 1,000 families from falling below the poverty line.
