Laojing Village, Guaier Town, Zuoquan County, Jinzhong City

In 2010, the total economic income of the village was 1.2478 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 1,788 yuan. The environment here is harsh, traffic is blocked, and water sources are scarce. The people in the ditch have been struggling for survival for generations. With the unremitting efforts of successive party branches, they led the villagers to dig 151 wells, all of which were dry. Due to lack of water and iodine, more than half of the villagers suffered from the disease. There are severe thick necks, big joints and other endemic diseases. Some people call this place a primitive tribe, while people in the village talk about the reputation of the popular joke "Shiyu'ao People's Republic of China". In 1985, the movie "Old Well" directed by the famous director Wu Tianming and starring Zhang Yimou, Liang Yujin, and Lu Liping was shot and released in the village, which attracted widespread attention at home and abroad. Laojing Village has also become synonymous with water shortage, poverty and backwardness in Shiyujiao. At the same time, it has also aroused great concern from all walks of life because of the mountain people's indomitable spirit of seeking water. In 1986, the villagers built 7.5 kilometers of simple roads leading to the village; at the same time, after a survey by water conservancy expert Chang Haiming, they dug a well 40 meters away 2.5 kilometers behind the village to find a water source; in 1999, it was listed as a source of additional aid by the Municipal Poverty Alleviation Office. One of the key villages supported by the project. On October 17, 2001, with the help of the Municipal Poverty Alleviation Office, Laojing Village finally made every household drink sweet spring water after a hundred years of suffering in search of water. Since then, Laojing Village has opened a new page in history. .

Since 2001, the State Security Inspection Bureau, Family Planning Commission, Haier Group, China Netcom Company, China Mobile Company, as well as provincial, municipal and county poverty alleviation, agriculture, water conservancy, forestry, civil affairs, transportation, health and other departments have given great support. Funding enabled the village to realize the construction of cement roads, program-controlled telephones, mobile signals, and cable TV. On October 13, 2005, Shiyu'ao Village was officially renamed Laojing Village. The former "Laojing" Village has a new look. The changes in Laojing Village are a great achievement of poverty alleviation and development. All the villagers of Laojing hope that people of insight from all walks of life can provide ideas and suggestions for our village and jointly build a better tomorrow. By the end of 2008, the village had electricity, roads, television, telephones, and no street lights. There are 70 households in the village drinking well water, and 119 households still have difficulty drinking water or the water quality does not meet the standard (accounting for 24.13 of the total farmers). There are 471 households with electricity and 202 households with TV sets (accounting for 95.13 and 40.97 of the total number of households respectively); 112 households have fixed telephones or have mobile phones, of which 80 households have mobile phones (accounting for 22.71 of the total). and 16.23).

The road from the village to the countryside is a dirt road; the road into the village is a dirt road; the main roads in the village are all unhardened roads; it is 17.80 kilometers away from the nearest station and 17.80 kilometers away from the market. The village owns 5 cars, 2 tractors and 9 motorcycles. The effective irrigation area of ??the village's cultivated land is 904.00 acres, and the effective irrigation rate is 53.18, of which 904.00 acres are high-stable farmland, and the per capita area of ??high-stable farmland is 0.42 acres.

By the end of 2008, the village had 138 households with biogas pools; 387 small water cellars; and 138 households had completed "three improvements to one pool" (kitchen, toilet, and stables). household. Eight natural villages have access to electricity; 6 natural villages have access to roads; 8 natural villages have access to television; 8 natural villages have access to telephone; 9 natural villages still have difficulty in drinking water or the water quality does not meet the standards. Farm households in this village mainly live in brick and wood structure houses, among which 7 households live in brick and concrete structure houses; 171 households live in brick and wood structure houses; 159 households live in civil structure houses, and 156 households live in houses with other structures. .