Farmers in Julu, Hebei work with certificates, forging a new path to prosperity

On December 9, Wang Chunshan, a family farm owner in Xiguocheng Village, Julu County, Hebei Province, shows his "professional farmer certificate."

On December 9, Zhang Xiuyun, who has obtained a "professional farmer certificate" in Xiguocheng Village, Julu County, Hebei Province, picks eggplants in a greenhouse.

Julu County in Hebei, a pilot county for the national cultivation of new-type professional farmers, focuses on distinctive agricultural industries such as facility agriculture and livestock farming, with major targets being large-scale growers, large-scale livestock raisers and family farm owners aged 18-55. Through the functions of the Julu Branch of the Hebei Provincial Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School, it cultivates new-type professional farmers of the production and operation type, professional skill type and social service type who understand technology, can manage and are good at business, achieving good results. According to reports, since 2014, the county has cultivated 890 new-type professional farmers in succession, of whom 207 have been certified.