Good pig farmer Zhao Xuehong builds a business on honesty and leads the people to prosperity together

In Zichang County, Yan'an City, there is a specialized pig farmer who, over more than 20 years, got on the road to prosperity by subscribing to farming books and teaching himself pig-raising techniques. An honest businessman, he is also passionate about public welfare, funding the construction of a village primary school, helping disadvantaged people, and sponsoring poor students... He is Zhao Xuehong, a "National Leader in Bringing Science Popularization and Benefits to Farmers and Villages." In February 2016, Zhao Xuehong was honored on the "China Good People List."

Zhao Xuehong was born into a poor family in Zichang County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. From childhood his home was bare and empty, and to support his family and get rich he struggled to start a business. Today, his Hongxin Breeding Company has grown into a private enterprise of considerable scale, covering 28 mu and generating an annual output value of more than 24 million yuan. To help more people get rich through farming, and for the food safety of consumers, Zhao Xuehong publicly promised society to deliver "four free services and five guarantees": free market information, free breeding techniques, free feed formulas, and free epidemic prevention services; and a guarantee that farmers master basic breeding techniques within one month, a guarantee that pigs can be sold, a guarantee that disease-free piglets are sold, a guarantee that feed is supplied at the original price, and a guarantee that the breeding benefits of improved breeds are higher than those of local breeds. Over the years, no matter what difficulties he encountered, Zhao Xuehong never let the promise of "four free services and five guarantees" fall through.

Not forgetting his roots after getting rich, over the years, as a Communist Party member, Zhao Xuehong has always devoted himself to public welfare. He often says: "One must keep one's word and know how to be grateful." One year, the market was sluggish and pork prices fell, and Zhao Xuehong lost more than 1 million yuan, but he still persisted in helping the poor and those in difficulty. To date, Zhao Xuehong has visited 54 veteran Party members, 26 old Red Army soldiers, and 110 disadvantaged people, donated 68 pieces of clothing and 203 bags of flour, helped 9 poor students, and helped farmers with more than 2 million yuan in working capital. Since Zhao Xuehong was designated a "Scientific Development Demonstration Household," he has been even more active in playing his demonstrative and leading role in breeding, using his own technological advantages to enthusiastically solve the technical problems farmers encounter, successively driving more than 10,000 farming households in surrounding counties and districts, providing more than 30,000 items of breeding information and breeding techniques to society in total, and increasing social and economic benefits by 40 million yuan.