Bayu New Residence allows farmers in Waiba Village to get out of the mountains. Bayu New Residence

Since moving into his new home at the end of 2010, Li Huaxi, a 68-year-old villager in Waiba Village, Mawu Town, Fuling District, Chongqing, has been very happy. Having lived in an adobe house on the mountain for decades, he was very satisfied with the spacious, bright new home and the gas kitchen. In Waiba Village, there are already 152 households like Li Huaxi. And all this is due to the construction of Bayu's new residence in Waiba Village.

Waiba Village in Mawu Town is located in the southwest of Fuling District, 26 kilometers away from Fuling City. The village has 558 households with 1,875 people, covering an area of ??13,200 acres, including 2,662 acres of cultivated land and 3,012 acres of forest land. The altitude is between 500 and 930 meters.

There are 6 villager groups in Waiba Village. Before the construction of the new homes in Bayu, the living environment of the two groups at the foot of the mountain was pretty good, but the living environment of the four groups on the mountain was very bad. The mountains were high and the slopes were steep, the transportation was inconvenient, the economy was backward, and the conditions were difficult. The adobe houses that the villagers live in are crooked and full of cracks. They are in danger of collapse every time it rains heavily. There are almost no electrical appliances or furniture in the villagers' rooms. With no running water, farmers have to rely on the weather.

In November 2008, the Fourth Plenary Committee of the Third Session of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee clearly proposed that Bayu new housing should be vigorously promoted in rural areas, and farmers should be guided to build houses relatively intensively. 30,000 households would be built every year, and Bayu New Housing would be completed by 2012. There are 120,000 households in Yuxin. On July 1, 2009, the General Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on the Construction of New Homes in Bayu and the Renovation of Dangerous Rural Houses in 2009", which stipulated the specific requirements and subsidies for new homes in Bayu.

In view of the objective situation of Waiba Village, Mawu Town Waiba Village seized the favorable opportunity of Chongqing City to implement the construction of Bayu New Homes, adopted the method of homestead replacement, and launched Bayu New Homes in July 2009. During the first phase of construction, 40 households moved into their new homes. The second and third phases of the project were carried out in August 2010 and January 2011, benefiting 60 and 52 households respectively.

The style and quality of Waiba Village have been fully recognized by the leaders of Chongqing Municipality and Fuling District. It has been designated as a municipal-level Bayu new housing demonstration site and made into a sand table at the Seventh Plenary Session of the Third Chongqing Municipal Committee exhibit. Waiba Village has also been rated as a municipal-level ecological village, a municipal-level health village, a municipal-level party building demonstration site, a municipal-level disaster reduction demonstration site, a municipal-level whole-village poverty alleviation demonstration village with a 10,000-yuan income increase, and a municipal-level whole-village ecological immigration demonstration site.

The government attaches great importance and provides policy support

Hulou Village in Jiangsu Province, Songgang Village in Anhui Province, Shuguang Village in Heilongjiang Province and Menglou Village in Henan Province were interviewed by the "Village Committee Director" reporter Compared with other villages, the biggest feature of Waiba Village is that the three-level governments of Chongqing Municipality, Fuling District and Mawu Town have provided strong financial and policy support. This is the key to the success of the construction of new Bayu homes in Waiba Village.

Since 2009, the General Office of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government has issued relevant notices on the construction of new homes in Bayu every year, gradually strengthening financial support for the construction of new homes in Bayu. In June 2010, the Seventh Plenary Committee of the Third Chongqing Municipal Party Committee issued the "Ten Measures for People's Livelihood", emphasizing the need to speed up the construction of new homes in Bayu and the renovation of dilapidated old buildings.

The Chongqing Urban and Rural Development Committee specially produced posters for new homes in Bayu and a "Science and Education Film on Farm House Construction" and sent them to Waiba Village. It also compiled "Technical Guidelines for the Construction of Rural Comfortable Housing Projects", etc., making Bayu The construction of new homes has become a household name, which has greatly stimulated farmers' enthusiasm for building houses.

The Chongqing Urban and Rural Development Committee actively strives for the support of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government to set up special subsidy funds for new homes in Bayu to provide financial support for the construction of new homes in Bayu. Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank has specially launched new home loans in rural Bayu. The loan amount for farmers building houses can be up to 60% of the total investment in building and purchasing houses, and the maximum can be up to 80,000 yuan. The loan period can be up to 5 years.

Fuling District Party Committee Secretary Zhang Ming, District Mayor Shen Xiaozhong and leaders of the Chongqing Municipal Construction Committee are very concerned about the construction of Bayu residential areas in Waiba Village. They have inspected many times, fully affirmed and given important instructions. The District Party Committee Office, Organization Department, Planning Bureau, Construction Committee, Environmental Protection Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Poverty Alleviation Office and other departments have provided strong support and assistance in terms of funds, projects, technology and other aspects.

Mawu Town has established a leading group for the construction of Bayu new residences headed by the main party and government leaders, and has implemented specific offices and full-time staff to organize the construction of Bayu new residences into The form of target tasks will be implemented to relevant departments for assessment.

The leading group insists on conducting a weekly briefing on the construction of residential areas, holding an analysis meeting once a month, and holding a special meeting every quarter. In accordance with the model of "government guidance, department guidance, village committees taking the lead, farmers as the main body, and market-oriented construction", the leading group went to Waiba Village many times to inspect, guide, and coordinate line relocation and other issues, and urged the village committee to strictly follow the " The methods of "one discussion on one matter" and "four discussions and two disclosures" will promptly solve various problems in the construction of residential areas and ensure the steady progress of the construction of new homes in Bayu, Waiba Village.

The Mawu Town Village Planning and Construction Management Office cooperates with the Waiba Village Committee, the construction project supervision unit and the owners committee to carry out daily supervision and strictly control the planning and design, construction quality, construction safety and construction management. . After the main project of the house is completed, the town government invites the district planning bureau, district urban and rural construction committee, district environmental protection bureau and other competent departments as well as design units and owner representatives to conduct a joint acceptance inspection.

Since 2009, the General Secretary of Waiba Village has received financial support of 11.913 million yuan from the higher-level government, including more than 5 million yuan in special funds for new rural construction, more than 3 million yuan in special funds for poverty alleviation and disaster relief, and more than 3 million yuan in special funds for Gaoshan Village. More than 1 million yuan of special funds for immigration and more than 2 million yuan of special funds for the construction of new homes in Bayu ensured that construction funds were received in a timely manner and earmarked for specific purposes.

Democratic management, fairness and justice

With the strong support of the municipal, district and town governments, the two committees of Waiba Village have always adhered to the principle of fairness and justice and maximized the Farmers are in charge of their own affairs.

In June 2009, Zeng Yunfei, a college student village official, was elected as the party branch secretary of Waiba Village. He led the village cadres to go door-to-door to mobilize the villagers to move down the mountain. However, none of the villagers who had lived in the mountain all their lives were willing to move. .

As a last resort, the village cadres decided to break through with the old captain Fu Xijiu, who had a certain influence among the villagers. Every rainy day, the village cadres would go to Fu Xijiu's home, because he was only at home at this time. After two months of work, Fu Xijiu was finally persuaded and agreed to take the lead in the relocation and took the initiative to help village cadres mobilize the masses.

In addition to door-to-door visits, village cadres also use various forms such as meetings, publicity vehicles, and slogans to guide farmers to build new homes in Bayu that use intensive land, have reasonable functions, are affordable, and are beautiful and elegant. Village cadres invited cadres from the District Planning Bureau and professors from Chongqing University to give lectures on Bayu New Houses to village cadres and villager representatives, making everyone realize that Bayu New Houses not only have more reasonable functions, but also make it easier for villagers to enjoy public services.

Village cadres have organized village representatives and designers to visit Jiangjin, Dazu, Yongchuan and other places to inspect the construction of new homes in Bayu. On this basis, a professor from Chongqing University was hired to prepare a residential style design plan, and a review meeting was held to extensively solicit opinions and suggestions from experts. Finally, the village convened a villagers' congress and decided to uniformly build new homes with pitched roofs, blue-gray cement tiles and white exterior paint. This kind of new homes not only reflects the characteristics of Bayu, but also incorporates modern elements.

In specific work, the two village committees decided to establish an owners committee to be specifically responsible for the construction of new homes in Bayu. The owners' committee is composed of representatives of the owners who decide to build a house. The owners' committee adopts a "one case, one discussion" approach to determine the demolition compensation method, house area, unit type, cost, construction unit, etc.

In terms of compensation for demolition, Waiba Village operates as follows: brick houses and earth houses are paid 270 yuan/square meter and 140 yuan/square meter respectively. The part of farmland replaced with homestead is calculated based on capita. Each person will be given a subsidy of 5,000 yuan. For rural households in need, families with disabilities and households relocated due to earthquake disasters, each household will be subsidized with moving expenses of 1,000 yuan.

During the entire project construction process, village cadres and owner committee members are jointly responsible for coordination, planning and supervision during construction to ensure project quality, safety progress and style and features.

Villagers sign up voluntarily to build houses and pay a certain amount of deposit to the owners' committee. The owners' committee organizes a contractor bidding meeting attended by villagers' representatives, party members' representatives, village cadres and others to identify construction units with excellent qualifications.

After the building is completed, the owners' committee organizes the owners to draw lots to determine the specific location of the house. Farmers only need to pay a price of 620 yuan/square meter to move in, and the shortfall will be subsidized by the government.

Public facilities and complete supporting facilities

The "Village Committee Director" reporter was wandering on the country roads of Waiba Village and looking around, there were buildings with a strong "Chongqing flavor" Bayu's new residence is nestled among green mountains and green waters, and against the backdrop of green trees and red flowers on the slopes, it looks like a beautiful pastoral painting.

"We moved from an old mud house that was decades old to a new building down the hill. The main road leads all the way to the door of our house. It's really convenient." Li Huaxi said happily, pointing to the neatly arranged small western-style buildings.

Bayu’s new residence in Waiba Village is specifically in the form of a three-story building with no yard. Every four farmers own a building. The first floor of each building is a commercial facade room, and the second and third floors are bedrooms. The bedrooms are subdivided into two types of units: 160 square meters and 140 square meters. It includes three bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.

Wang Yuanjian, director of the Waiba Village Committee, told the "Village Committee Director" reporter that the main reason for building commercial facade houses was to allow farmers to increase their income through renting or doing business.

After the main part of Bayu’s new residence was completed, the two village committees gradually improved various infrastructure facilities. 5,900 meters of roads have been widened and 6,200 meters of roads have been hardened. A tap water treatment plant with a daily processing capacity of 200 tons of drinking water and a farmhouse library were built.

The Organization Department of the Fuling District Committee, the District Environmental Protection Bureau and the District Finance Bureau jointly supported Waiba Village to build the village committee offices. The District Sports Bureau supported the village in building a village-level plastic light court, with table tennis tables and various fitness equipment installed around it. The District Health Bureau supported the village in building a village clinic and equipped it with health facilities.

After moving into new houses, the villagers’ desire to improve their living environment has become stronger. The village planned to set up a micro-enterprise and decided that it would be responsible for the garbage cleaning and greening management of 152 villagers.

Due to its complete domestic pollution control facilities and good environmental quality, Waiba Village was rated as a municipal ecological demonstration village in Chongqing in November 2010. This is the first municipal-level ecological village to be successfully established in Fuling District and the second municipal-level ecological village to be successfully established in Chongqing.

The construction of Bayu New Residence has greatly changed the villagers’ lifestyle. Thanks to the supermarket, villagers can buy daily necessities in the village. The appearance of the village has undergone great changes, and behaviors such as spitting and littering with cigarette butts and confetti no longer occur. There are also more entertainment projects for the villagers. They used to love playing mahjong together, but now there are more people reading books and newspapers, playing chess and ball.

Many villagers believe that because the new homes are spacious and bright, have complete infrastructure, are surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and have fresh air, their living conditions are no worse than those in the city.

Industry promotes agriculture, and the road to prosperity is broad

Xiao Zequn, director of the Industrial Department of the Research Office of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, believes that the connotation of new housing construction in Bayu is not only about building houses, but also involves rural economy and society. It will promote the development of secondary and tertiary industries and accelerate the flow of people, logistics and information.

The construction of Bayu New Houses in Waiba Village not only provides good living conditions and complete public services for the villagers, but also provides a stable and reliable guarantee for farmers to increase their income.

The homestead land saved by the construction of new homes in Bayu has greatly facilitated the village's investment promotion, promoted the transfer and concentration of farmers' land, and provided a large number of jobs.

Wang Yuanjian, director of the Waiba Village Committee, told the "Village Committee Director" reporter that when all villagers move to their new homes in Bayu, Waiba Village will save more than 100 acres of homestead land. These homesteads will be replaced Once cultivated land is established, it can facilitate the village’s investment promotion.

For those villagers who are unwilling to farm, the village encourages them to transfer their land to large households and companies for management and realize large-scale planting. Large companies or companies give priority to recruiting employees among these farmers.

In order to consolidate the industrial foundation, the two village committees adopt the industrial development model of "industry drives the base, the base develops large households, and large households guide farmers" to support and cultivate large professional households in rural areas and follow the agricultural industry of "company + large households" path. The public duck breeding professional cooperative uses idle slope land and adopts a duck-marsh-vegetable model, with an annual output of more than 1 million ducks.

Through investment promotion, the crystal jewelry factory introduced to the village has now arranged employment for more than 60 villagers, with a monthly salary of more than 2,000 yuan.

The imported Beisen Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. has developed 500 acres of Chinese medicinal materials and 3,000 acres of high-yielding forests in high-altitude areas far away from residential areas. The two committees of the village relied on the Huima Professional Cooperative to build 500 acres of vegetable bases based on edible fungi in different seasons in low-altitude areas with fertile soil and convenient transportation, and used winter fallow land to plant 1,780 acres of cabbage heads.

The village has also established a poverty alleviation mutual aid cooperative to solve various problems encountered by villagers in the process of industrial development, increase the training of farmers' professional skills, guide the transfer of labor internally and externally, and enhance the villagers' ability to increase their income and become rich. ability.

Liu Yong, a group of villagers in Waiba Village, relies on his carpentry skills and helps people in the village make doors, windows and furniture with his wife, earning nearly 300 yuan a day and 100,000 yuan a year. He bought a 160 square meter house in the village.

There are jobs for people without skills. Villager Qiu Bangping and his wife work in a crystal jewelry company, earning 170 yuan a day, and the factory also includes a lunch.

A group of villagers, Xu Yingfang, continued to farm, but this time they were "working for others." She and more than 30 villagers transferred their land to Beisen Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. at a cost of 500 yuan/mu per year. Her 2 acres of land earned 1,000 yuan per year. She works in this company, growing aster and white flowering buds, and her salary is 40 yuan/day.

"In 2010, the per capita net income of farmers in Waiba Village reached 6,435 yuan, an increase of nearly 1,500 yuan from 2009, a year-on-year increase of 31%. 275 farmers achieved the goal of increasing their income by 10,000 yuan two years ahead of schedule. Therefore, Waiba Village was rated as a model village for poverty alleviation and income increase of 10,000 yuan in Chongqing," Wang Yuanjian, director of the Waiba Village Committee, told the "Village Committee Director" reporter.

(During the interview process for this article, I received great help from Chen Zhengquan, Propaganda Committee member of the Party Committee of Longtan Town, Fuling District, Chongqing City, and He Longfei, Propaganda Committee member of the Party Committee of Mawu Town. I would like to express my sincere gratitude.)