Zhang Hewen Goes Deep into Shigu District for Poverty Alleviation: Developing Industry to Help Poor Households Escape Poverty and Become Prosperous

Huasheng Online Hengyang Station, June 1 (Reporter Zhang Chao, Correspondent Luo Feihu) On the morning of May 31, Zhang Hewen, member of the Standing Committee of the Hengyang Municipal Party Committee and Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, led a team deep into Heping Village, Jiaoshan Township, Shigu District, to investigate poverty alleviation work. He stressed that doing a good job in targeted poverty alleviation is the bounden duty of party committees and governments at all levels, and that they must earnestly study new policies, grasp the main tasks, and research new models, striving to achieve the goal of comprehensive poverty alleviation as soon as possible.

Tang Haoran, Secretary of the Shigu District Party Committee; Liu Lang, Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee and District Head; Zheng Jianfang, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and Director of the District Party Committee Office, and others participated.

On the morning of that day, Zhang Hewen successively visited and consoled poor households Liang Pingxian and Dong Sheyuan, communicating with them face to face to learn about their family and health conditions. In 2010, Liang Pingxian fell from a utility pole while working, resulting in paralysis of the lower limbs and loss of labor capacity. He still has two young children in school, and the children's tuition and medical expenses rely entirely on his wife doing odd jobs to maintain the family's livelihood. He is a low-income household in the village. "Everyone cares about you very much. If you have any difficulties, just tell us." Zhang Hewen urged him to take good care of his health, raise his two children well, and strive for them to become useful as soon as possible and to escape poverty as soon as possible.

At Dong Sheyuan's home, Zhang Hewen learned that in March 2017 he was diagnosed with a brain pituitary tumor with rupture and bleeding, underwent craniotomy, and spent more than 200,000 yuan on medical expenses; his wife Xiao Baixiu has been intellectually disabled for many years, cannot take care of herself, and depends on others for care; his son is in middle school; the family has 3 mu of farmland, lacks labor, has little economic income, and bears a heavy family burden. After hearing this, Zhang Hewen was very sad and said that while increasing care and love for people in difficulty, it is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and apply policies according to each household, vigorously develop the rural collective economy, drive poor households to find employment and start businesses through industrial projects, and enhance poor households' "blood-making" capacity through industrial development.

Afterward, Zhang Hewen held a discussion with district, township, and village cadres and the village-stationed poverty alleviation work team, and listened to a report on targeted poverty alleviation work. Zhang Hewen fully affirmed the work done by the district, township, village, and village-stationed work team in the process of poverty alleviation. Zhang Hewen stressed that the next step is to earnestly study new policies, understand the key points, and know the main goals; poverty alleviation teams at all levels must grasp the policy requirements for poverty alleviation, earnestly study and grasp the target tasks, and promote poor households' income to reach the standard. It is necessary to earnestly grasp the main tasks, focus on poor households, and effectively implement the goals; it is necessary to apply precise measures, solve practical problems, conduct earnest inspections and comprehensive screenings, and, against the problems, seek truth from facts and implement rectification. It is necessary to earnestly research new models, develop good industries, and achieve the goal of prosperity; it is necessary to develop rural cooperatives, select good industrial projects, and select, train, and manage well a group of capable people who can lead others to prosperity, and through their leadership, promote poor households' escape from poverty and pursuit of prosperity.