From laid-off worker to model of prosperity

On December 7, Jia Bin (right) teaches workers citrus-picking techniques

After being laid off in 2002 during the reform of the county grain department, Jia Bin of Wangjia Village, Zanguo Township, Longshan County returned home and rented barren hills to plant more than 300 mu of navel oranges, leading the villagers to develop a citrus industry of more than 2,000 mu. In 2014, after the village's Party members and residents elected him village Party branch secretary, he devoted himself to citrus sales. This year he took the lead in signing a 6-year contract at a price of 580,000 yuan in net income per year, contracting his own more than 300 mu of citrus to Boss Guo of Ganzhou, Jiangxi for operation, becoming a veritable model of a Party member leading others to prosperity.