Yingshan, Sichuan: Collective economy 'hollow shell village' has fought a turning point

On September 26th, in the factory building of Fushan Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperation Society in Lushui Town, Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, the sound of machines rumbled, and the dryer was drying the harvested rice. Villagers came here from time to time to buy rice. Wang Yingming, an octogenarian from Group 1, Qunli Village, Lushui Town, came to purchase 1040 kilograms of rice. Chen Jianguo, the chairman of Fushan Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperation Society, weighed and registered the rice, while Liao Jianguo, the director, took photos and received payment. Both the buying and selling parties were smiling and very satisfied. While strengthening internal management, we have also installed monitoring equipment outside the factory to ensure that collective economic income is not lost, "said Chen Zhi, the head of the supervisory board.

On that day, the Fushan Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperation Union also organized a combine harvester to harvest rice for the villagers of Group 6 in Fushan Village. The author saw on site that the harvester was shuttling between the golden rice waves, and each rice ear was neatly swept into the "bag", while the crushed rice straw was simultaneously returned to the field. As the harvester approached the roadside, the bagging and transportation were completed in the blink of an eye. Today, a total of 16 acres of rice were harvested for 12 households, saving labor, improving efficiency, and increasing collective economic income by 1600 yuan, "said Yang Jian, the secretary of the Fushan Village Party Branch.

Fushan Village is about 25 kilometers away from Yingshan County. It was formed by the merger of the original Fushan Village and Ganba Village. It has 8 village groups, 604 households, 2104 people, more than 2100 acres of arable land, and more than 700 people living at home all year round, of which less than 30% are laborers.

Before 2022, the development of collective economy in Fushan Village faced the problems of no people, no money, and no resources, making it a typical 'shell village' of collective economy. In 2022, we applied for a pilot project to support the development of village collective economy and obtained 1 million yuan in project funds for the development of village collective economy. Yang Jian said that with the start-up funds, how to do it has become a difficult problem. After repeated research by the representative assembly and council of village collective economic organizations, the idea of "strengthening the organization, increasing income, strengthening the foundation, and promoting development" has been established, focusing on exploring the development of a new service-oriented economy. We have successively purchased tractors, rotary tillers, trenchers, seeders, rice transplanters, drones, harvesters, dryers, grinders, shovels, etc. While serving the village collective, we have also expanded our social services and effectively promoted the increase of the village collective economy.

Revitalizing inefficient industrial parks and combining abandoned land remediation, Fushan Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperation has established a 450 acre grain and oil industrial park, planting wheat, corn, soybeans, rapeseed, and rice. In 2024, the income from selling grain will exceed 70000 yuan. Successfully selected the main service providers for agricultural production socialization, providing "cultivation and harvest prevention" socialization services for Toulong Village, Longquan Village, Chuandong Village, Heshui Village, as well as Angu Community and Wenshu Community in Lushui Town. In 2024, the county's Agriculture and Rural Bureau issued a subsidy of 231200 yuan for agricultural production socialization services. Develop rural industries according to local conditions, attract villagers at home to invest in industrial development, and provide labor fees of over 80000 yuan to migrant workers in 2024. Rent the idle factory building for an annual fee of 30000 yuan.

Previously, garbage was indiscriminately piled up in the village, which not only affected the appearance of the village, but also affected the lives of villagers, "Yang Jian said. With the benefits of the village's collective economy, the village quickly purchased garbage trucks and established a garbage collection team. This not only solved the problem of collecting and transporting domestic garbage in the village, but also reached garbage collection and transportation cooperation agreements with neighboring villages such as Heshui, Chuandong, Toulong, and Suokou, charging a standard fee of 500 yuan per vehicle. In 2024, this will increase the collective economic income of the village by 80500 yuan.

According to statistics, the total collective assets of Fushan Village will reach over 1.7 million yuan in 2024, and the village's collective economic income will reach 530000 yuan, an increase of 110000 yuan from 2023. At present, the book balance is over 300000 yuan. The socialized services in Fushan Village have opened the door for collective economic organizations to become prosperous, which not only increases collective income, but also facilitates people's production and life, and drives villagers to become prosperous, "said Guo Youfu, director of Yingshan County Agricultural Service Center.

Adhering to the work philosophy of "strengthening the economy, utilizing funds, and giving back to people's livelihoods", Fushan Village takes collective economic income growth as the engine, continuously expands the field of giving back, improves the guarantee mechanism, and makes the fruits of development truly benefit all villagers. In the past two years, Fushan Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperation Association has awarded scholarships to six college freshmen, and also provided a sum of funds to distribute dividends to villagers. At the same time, they have gifted rice, vegetable oil, and noodles produced and processed in the village to old party members, elderly widows, and retired soldiers, conveying the warmth of the village collective family. (Peng Jie)