The transformation story of Guanyinqiao Town
The Guanyin Temple in Jinchuan, known as the "Second Potala Palace" in Tibetan areas, is a holy place of worship for Tibetan people. There are more than 200,000 tourists and pilgrims from Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu and overseas every year.
Recently, the author came to Guanyin Town with the Secretary of the Party Committee of Guanyinqiao Town. As soon as I got off the car, my eyes lit up. The current Guanyin Town is really different from what it used to be. The beautiful and comfortable environment and the unlimited business opportunities and development brought to the locals by more than 200,000 tourists and worshipers every year make the vendors and local people happy.
Post-disaster reconstruction planning and development, leading to happiness knocking on the door
Lewut, a villager in Maiska Village, Guanyinqiao Town, is not only a farmer, but also a businessman. He is focusing on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. Taking this opportunity, I "moved" my house to a feng shui treasured location.
“Life is getting better and better now. Thanks to the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction ‘risk relocation and market town planning’ implemented by the party and the government, my house was moved from the mountain to the road next to the Guanyin Temple. We opened a teahouse in the house and a brick factory behind the house. In our spare time, we can also engage in the authentic Chinese herbal medicine business, and our pockets are getting bigger and bigger,” Lewut happily told the author.
It is reported that the town has thoroughly implemented various reconstruction guidelines and policies from its superiors, combined with "risk avoidance relocation and market town planning", adhered to the concept of sustainable development, and made every effort to complete various hard tasks of post-disaster reconstruction. The first is to strengthen the organization, optimize the system, and lay the foundation for reconstruction. A long-term mechanism for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work has been established, the reconstruction plan has been scientifically formulated based on actual conditions, the construction tasks have been highlighted, and publicity and education activities of "self-reliance, rebuilding the homeland" have been vigorously carried out; secondly, scientific management and macro-control have been carried out to ensure the reconstruction process. Organize the "Two Committees" of each village to conduct a thorough investigation of households that are in difficulty for reconstruction, mobilize the cadres, party members, and militia of the "Two Committees" to provide labor assistance, invest more than 300 people in the labor force, encourage the masses to actively participate in reconstruction, "find ways and find ways", and coordinate 1,000 timber With more than 3,000 cubic meters of stone and more than 3,000 tons of stone, the village's "two committees" were organized to hire more than 200 craftsmen in neighboring counties and townships that were less severely affected and had less reconstruction tasks. Special funds for post-disaster reconstruction were released in a timely manner and they applied for post-disaster reconstruction loans for rural housing. More than 1.7 million yuan has been spent to regularly organize village cadres and village cadres to conduct household surveys of rebuilt households to understand the difficulties and progress of reconstruction. By the end of 2009, 169 rural houses in the town had been strengthened and repaired, with a capital of 544,000 yuan, and 272 rural houses had been rebuilt, with a capital of 4.512 million yuan; 38 urban residents' houses had been reinforced and repaired, and 4 had been rebuilt, all of which had been inspected for housing. The living conditions, production and living standards of farmers and herdsmen have been greatly improved, and happiness has knocked on the door of every household following the pace of post-disaster reconstruction and market town planning.
Environmental improvement and beautiful environment add beauty to people's lives
The sky is connected to the sacred mountains, and the clouds are red with the setting sun. Since the comprehensive environmental sanitation improvement work was launched, Lewut suddenly became enthusiastic about environmental sanitation improvement. In March 2009, he was hired by the town party committee and government as a health administrator, responsible for the three guarantees in front of individual industrial and commercial households, punishing littering, and managing cleaning staff.
Lewut told the author: "Since the comprehensive environmental sanitation improvement work was launched, farmers and herdsmen in our town have made every effort to improve sanitation. Especially under the leadership of the town party committee and government, our Guanyin The town's environmental sanitation has undergone tremendous changes. The streets have become cleaner and there is no littering. In addition, the roads have been hardened and there is less dust. My teahouse business has also changed."
It is understood that the town has established a comprehensive environmental sanitation inspection team, a demolition team, a publicity team, an environmental sanitation team, a style renovation team, and a logistics support team. During the renovation process, 28 temporary buildings that affected the aesthetics were demolished, covering an area of 720 square meters; more than 20 pig pens and toilets, covering an area of 150 square meters, were demolished, 60 pavements and awnings were built randomly, and 10 billiard tables were occupied and operated in the road.
Villagers from 6 villages were mobilized multiple times to clean up more than 10 garbage and sanitation blind spots along the highway, investing more than 2,500 manpower, using tractors, loaders, and cleaning trucks more than 1,000 times, and removing more than 3,000 cubic meters of garbage and domestic garbage from rivers; There are 3 standardized parking spots, 10 hanging traffic signboards, 3 public toilets repaired, 1 garbage dump, 22 garbage cans, 12 street lights, and 1 garbage truck to comprehensively improve the urban and rural environment of the town. Entering the track of standardization, institutionalization and normalization. Lewut said with emotion: "Since the comprehensive environmental sanitation improvement work was carried out, the sky in Guanyin Town has become bluer, the water has become greener, and there are more tourists and worshipers than before, and our lives have gotten better. With these results, we Thanks to the party and the government, our rural areas are now no worse than those in the cities!”
When talking about the future development of Guanyinqiao Town, Li Jun, secretary of the town’s party committee, shined with enthusiasm. According to reports, the town seized the opportunity of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and included the construction of market towns on the important agenda. In line with the requirements of "making a good plan, building a town, driving the economy of one area, and enriching the people of another area", the town completed in 2007 The Guanyinqiao market town planning has been revised, and the development idea of "laying the foundation in one year, achieving results in two years, and moving up the ladder in three years" has been determined, and the Guanyinqiao market town with "administrative center, business center, and tourism center" as the core has been fully launched. Town market town planning and construction. At the beginning of 2009, the town acquired 166.2 acres of land in the "Hundred Mu Land", completed the demolition work related to the "Hundred Mu Land", and planned 15 construction projects with an investment of more than 75 million yuan. As of the end of 2009, Guanyin Temple Trail and Guanyin Temple Highway have been fully completed; Guanyin Bridge, Guanyinqiao Town Central School, Guanyinqiao Town Water Plant, Guanyinqiao Town Road Project, and Guanyin Temple Drinking Water Project have been completed. Construction projects such as the Guanyinqiao Town Government Comprehensive Office Building, "Two Schools and One Courtyard", river embankment projects, credit unions, forestry, and animal husbandry workstations will start this year. By then, Guanyinqiao Town will attract more tourists and pilgrims with its natural scenery of mountains and rivers, colorful and diverse Tibetan customs, strong religious characteristics, bustling business atmosphere and fully functional infrastructure. , which has brought earth-shaking changes to the lives of residents in Guanyinqiao Town.
Unknowingly, we chatted until the afternoon, and the author, who was reluctant to leave, looked back at the Guanyin Town that was gradually going away. The town stood quietly like a painting without a frame, turning into a colorful butterfly and looking towards Geng Geng. Fly to a rich and beautiful tomorrow!