Poverty alleviation by industries
Original, GPIG, 01-23-2018
Poverty alleviation by industries involves stipulating policies that would benefit the development of poverty-stricken areas and impoverished people. Government departments in charge of industries or departments performing general functions should focus on poverty- stricken areas with specific plans, while designing development plans and programs for industries.
Spring for all households: the Tongren mode of poverty alleviation through water conservation projects
“Glory to the Party for giving warmth to people; grateful as we are for bringing spring for all households.”
This pair of couplets is the first thing one could see when one walks into the old revolutionary base of Yuanchang Village in Fengxiangxi Town, Dejiang County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province. Fengxiangxi Town used to be troubled by the lack of water. However, after the water pumping program in 2012 was constructed with an investment of over 16 million yuan, the 20,000 people in the town finally had access to water. To express their gratitude to the government, villagers put a “stele of gratitude” in each village.
The fact that Fengxiangxi Town no longer suffered from the lack of water is only part of the benefits local people enjoyed owing to poverty alleviation through water conservation projects in the city of Tongren. Since 2007, the pilot programs of poverty alleviation through water conservation programs have been carried out by the Ministry Water Resources of China and the provincial government of Guizhou, benefiting people in Tongren City.
Located in the depth the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Tongren City is part of the Wuling Mountain Area of China’s 18 contiguous impoverished regions. In the City’s 10 districts and counties, 7 are priority counties for state poverty alleviation, 4 are ethnic minority autonomous prefectures. It is a typical region of “old revolutionary base area, area inhabited by ethnic minorities, remote area and underdeveloped area ”. Of the total area of 18,000 square kilometers, 67.8% is mountain area. With a typical karst land form, Tongren has high mountains, deep valleys, rivers at the lower reach, farmlands in high mountains, and uneven temporal and spatial distribution of participation. For a long time, with inadequate investment in water conservation programs, the water conservation facilities are far from equipped. As the water could not be efficiently conserved, “there would be drought if it doesn’t rain for ten days, and there would be flood if it rains consecutively”. There is severe water shortages due to inadequate facilities to conserve water. As the harvest of most farmlands depend on natural conditions, farmers could make a living only when the weather was good, but when there is drought, it is likely that they will lose their income and fall into the poverty trap due to the lack of water.
As traditional agriculture area, the wellbeing of Tongren people largely depends on natural conditions. Over 2 million people face the problem of unsafe drinking water, 1.5 million mu farmlands lack any irrigation facilities, on third of the farmlands suffer from drought and floods.
In August 2006, Tongren was made a pilot city for povety alleviation through water conservation programs in new rural areas, a project implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and the Guizhou provincial government. It was the first pilot program of povety alleviation through eater conservation launched at the prefectural level inChina. After becoming the first pilot city nominated by the Ministry of Water Conservation in China, Tongren, the once underdeveloped city seized by the opportunity and managed to advance water conservation projects. It became the first city to intergrate water resources in the urban and rural areas in Guizhou Province, and its people benefited from “water conservation programs for people’s well-being”.
The irrigation ditches bring about the water of life
Sticking to the principle of “making progress, sharing experiences, and creating development methods” in the implementation of the pilot program, Tongren praticed and explored ways to strengthen leadership, establish systems, and take innovative measures, so as to achieve the goal of “setting an exampke in the short –term, and creating development methods in the long-run”.
These solid numbers witness the success of the first round of povety alleviation through water conservation programs in Tongren: from 2007 to 2012, an overall investment of nearly 4 billion yuan was allotted to Tongren. Ten major types of projects were implemented including a project on water resources, rural drinking water safety, reconstruction of irrigation areas, a regional engineering system of water storages as the main forces, combining water storage, water diversion and water pumping; giving priority to small scale projects and combining medium, small and micro scale projects; combining irrigation, power generation and water supply.
In 2011, Southwest China was struck by a terrible drought, resulting I the least amount of rain in Tongren in the same period in previous years. But because of the water conservation projects, the city suffered less compared with previous years of drought. The safe drinking water project made sure that all people have access to clean water. As the water resources and water conservation facilities are improved, large scale adjustment of industry structures of planting and breeding industries are implemented. The goal of maintaining normal levels of production during the drought, and sustaining the same levels of production during the drought, and sustaining the same levels of income was achieved even with reduced productions. The annual net income per captia in Tongren City is 4,076 yuan, the growth rate of which ranked third in Guizhou Province.
During the poverty alleviation through water conservation program, Tongren integrated construction and project management, reform and development, successfully carried out the reform of management systems in relevant units, water construction stations in the townships, as well as Associations of Water Users. These are all important measures in the poverty alleviation through water conservation pilot program in Tongren. Managing water resources and using water in a scientific way has now become a normal habit among both cadres and people who used to suffer from drought for such a long time. They name the water conservation project as “people ditch”, “dew pools” and “meritorious water”.
Original, GPIG, 01-23-2018
Poverty alleviation by industries involves stipulating policies that would benefit the development of poverty-stricken areas and impoverished people. Government departments in charge of industries or departments performing general functions should focus on poverty- stricken areas with specific plans, while designing development plans and programs for industries.
Spring for all households: the Tongren mode of poverty alleviation through water conservation projects
“Glory to the Party for giving warmth to people; grateful as we are for bringing spring for all households.”
This pair of couplets is the first thing one could see when one walks into the old revolutionary base of Yuanchang Village in Fengxiangxi Town, Dejiang County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province. Fengxiangxi Town used to be troubled by the lack of water. However, after the water pumping program in 2012 was constructed with an investment of over 16 million yuan, the 20,000 people in the town finally had access to water. To express their gratitude to the government, villagers put a “stele of gratitude” in each village.
The fact that Fengxiangxi Town no longer suffered from the lack of water is only part of the benefits local people enjoyed owing to poverty alleviation through water conservation projects in the city of Tongren. Since 2007, the pilot programs of poverty alleviation through water conservation programs have been carried out by the Ministry Water Resources of China and the provincial government of Guizhou, benefiting people in Tongren City.
Located in the depth the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Tongren City is part of the Wuling Mountain Area of China’s 18 contiguous impoverished regions. In the City’s 10 districts and counties, 7 are priority counties for state poverty alleviation, 4 are ethnic minority autonomous prefectures. It is a typical region of “old revolutionary base area, area inhabited by ethnic minorities, remote area and underdeveloped area ”. Of the total area of 18,000 square kilometers, 67.8% is mountain area. With a typical karst land form, Tongren has high mountains, deep valleys, rivers at the lower reach, farmlands in high mountains, and uneven temporal and spatial distribution of participation. For a long time, with inadequate investment in water conservation programs, the water conservation facilities are far from equipped. As the water could not be efficiently conserved, “there would be drought if it doesn’t rain for ten days, and there would be flood if it rains consecutively”. There is severe water shortages due to inadequate facilities to conserve water. As the harvest of most farmlands depend on natural conditions, farmers could make a living only when the weather was good, but when there is drought, it is likely that they will lose their income and fall into the poverty trap due to the lack of water.
As traditional agriculture area, the wellbeing of Tongren people largely depends on natural conditions. Over 2 million people face the problem of unsafe drinking water, 1.5 million mu farmlands lack any irrigation facilities, on third of the farmlands suffer from drought and floods.
In August 2006, Tongren was made a pilot city for povety alleviation through water conservation programs in new rural areas, a project implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and the Guizhou provincial government. It was the first pilot program of povety alleviation through eater conservation launched at the prefectural level inChina. After becoming the first pilot city nominated by the Ministry of Water Conservation in China, Tongren, the once underdeveloped city seized by the opportunity and managed to advance water conservation projects. It became the first city to intergrate water resources in the urban and rural areas in Guizhou Province, and its people benefited from “water conservation programs for people’s well-being”.
The irrigation ditches bring about the water of life
Sticking to the principle of “making progress, sharing experiences, and creating development methods” in the implementation of the pilot program, Tongren praticed and explored ways to strengthen leadership, establish systems, and take innovative measures, so as to achieve the goal of “setting an exampke in the short –term, and creating development methods in the long-run”.
These solid numbers witness the success of the first round of povety alleviation through water conservation programs in Tongren: from 2007 to 2012, an overall investment of nearly 4 billion yuan was allotted to Tongren. Ten major types of projects were implemented including a project on water resources, rural drinking water safety, reconstruction of irrigation areas, a regional engineering system of water storages as the main forces, combining water storage, water diversion and water pumping; giving priority to small scale projects and combining medium, small and micro scale projects; combining irrigation, power generation and water supply.
In 2011, Southwest China was struck by a terrible drought, resulting I the least amount of rain in Tongren in the same period in previous years. But because of the water conservation projects, the city suffered less compared with previous years of drought. The safe drinking water project made sure that all people have access to clean water. As the water resources and water conservation facilities are improved, large scale adjustment of industry structures of planting and breeding industries are implemented. The goal of maintaining normal levels of production during the drought, and sustaining the same levels of production during the drought, and sustaining the same levels of income was achieved even with reduced productions. The annual net income per captia in Tongren City is 4,076 yuan, the growth rate of which ranked third in Guizhou Province.
During the poverty alleviation through water conservation program, Tongren integrated construction and project management, reform and development, successfully carried out the reform of management systems in relevant units, water construction stations in the townships, as well as Associations of Water Users. These are all important measures in the poverty alleviation through water conservation pilot program in Tongren. Managing water resources and using water in a scientific way has now become a normal habit among both cadres and people who used to suffer from drought for such a long time. They name the water conservation project as “people ditch”, “dew pools” and “meritorious water”.
