Yang Wei: A pioneer on the road to entrepreneurship, a leader on the road to prosperity
Yang Wei, a specialized chicken farmer in Baduan Village, Liushihu Township, Urumqi High-tech Zone (Xinshi District), relying on down-to-earth hard work, diligent learning and employment-benefit policies, not only became prosperous herself first, but is now leading the surrounding villagers to common prosperity and a better life, becoming a widely known skilled woman chicken farmer and leader in prosperity.
"Without the support of Party committees and governments at all levels and the labor security departments, and without the support of the masses, I would not be where I am today." On December 10, 52-year-old Yang Wei said excitedly to a reporter from ** Metropolis Daily.
In 2008, the quick-witted Yang Wei thought of getting rich by raising laying hens, and immediately applied to the village for breeding land, which received strong support from both the township and village levels. But difficulties arose right from the start. Due to limited funds, she invested only more than 30,000 yuan and raised 1,000 laying hens. Coupled with a lack of experience and professional knowledge, when the accounts were calculated, there was almost no profit to speak of. It looked as if her entrepreneurial dream would be strangled. At this critical moment, the Liushihu Township Labor Security Office brought her good news: a small subsidized-interest loan could help her tide over the difficulties. A small loan of 50,000 yuan ensured the normal operation of the chicken farm.
Once the chicken farm was up and running, Yang Wei did not dare idle for a moment. She actively participated in the SYB entrepreneurship training course held in the village, carefully observed in the chicken farm during the day, taught herself chicken-raising knowledge at home at night, and at the same time visited others everywhere to humbly ask peers for advice. After more than a year of struggling and learning through practice, she finally summed up a set of methods for scientific feed formulation, management and disease prevention and control.
As the scale of the chicken farm continued to expand, Yang Wei began thinking about scientific breeding. She built an egg storage warehouse and workshops for egg grading, selection and packaging, and purchased automated equipment such as plasma electrostatic dust and odor removal equipment and automatic feeders. Soon her family's chicken farm became the most modern chicken farm in the Anningqu area, generating an annual income of more than 300,000 yuan.
After becoming prosperous, Yang Wei began to do her best to lead the people around her to common prosperity. When the breeding farm began to take shape, Yang Wei and her husband took the lead in establishing the Xinxin Qinda Breeding Cooperative, with 10 breeding households from the whole village participating. After the cooperative was established, Yang Wei unreservedly passed on her breeding techniques and experience to the breeding households around her. Whenever anyone asked her for help, she always responded. At the same time, her family's laying hen farm employed 4 laborers from the village on a long-term basis. Now, under her leadership, the village has more than 10 egg and poultry households.
Now, Yang Wei tells everyone she meets that it is the good policies of entrepreneurship training and small loans, and the good ideas of the township and village levels for developing government-supported breeding, that made her prosperous life today possible. In the future, she will continue to expand the scale of breeding, strive for greater economic benefits, and improve the quality of life of more villagers.