What is the change of chicken feathers for sugar in Yiwu, Zhejiang?

Yiwu's first chicken feather exchange for sugar began in 23 Li Town.

The "chicken feathers for sugar" in the 23rd century and its historical and cultural development are not smooth sailing. For a time, chicken feathers for sugar became the target of public criticism, saying that chicken feathers for sugar were "abandoning agriculture for business", "profiteering" and "the tail of capitalism", which was contrary to the national ban and was "unpredictable"! At that time, an "anti-speculation office" was set up in 23rd Lane, and all the people who peddled and set up stalls in 23rd Lane were driven away. It is forbidden to take sugar out in exchange for chicken feathers. If people catch sugar, they will be punished. However, even during the Cultural Revolution, when the tail of capitalism was cut off and speculation was severely cracked down, the burden of sugar was still in Sheng Xing. At that time, there were more than 5,000 people in the town, and the business scope not only involved Jiangxi, Fujian and other neighboring provinces in Zhejiang, but also extended to all parts of the country. With the market-oriented reform and the active commodity economy in China, Ersanli Town has entered a new stage of developing specialized markets and specializing in small commodities on the basis of selling chicken feathers for sugar. In the mid-1970s, there were hundreds of stalls selling small commodities in Ersanli Town, and the first generation of small commodities market in China was formed in the late 1970s. However, due to policy restrictions, the real growth of the 23-mile chicken feather sugar exchange team is still difficult. Until1March 24, 979, Yang Shouchun, then secretary of Yiwu County Party Committee, published the article "The rattle of the chicken feather sugar exchange rang again" in the second edition of Zhejiang Daily, which injected vitality into the development of commodity economy in 23 Li Town and even the whole of Yiwu. This article is the first press release in China to report the significance of "chicken feathers for sugar" in Yiwu, and it is known as "the first cry of Yiwu small commodity market" and the first article "plead for the people". The article fully affirmed that "chicken feathers for sugar" is a supplement to the socialist economy, with few advantages and disadvantages. It not only promotes the development of Yiwu brown sugar industry, but also returns the "red hair" needed for export and the "waste chicken feathers" needed for farmland as fertilizer, increasing grain production, increasing agricultural benefits, invigorating circulation and benefiting the country and the people. The publication of the article was highly praised by the economic, academic and press circles. Later 1980 allowed chicken feathers to be exchanged for sugar, and the Commercial Bureau also issued a temporary license for chicken feathers to be exchanged for sugar. As a result, as soon as the male laborers in 23 Li Town are free, they will be called "they nest", and the whole village can be described as "ten rooms and nine empty rooms", which is unprecedented. In fact, the benefits of "chicken feathers for sugar" are not far off. For example, the 23-mile feather factory run by 23-mile town (commune) came into being at this stage. At that time, the employment problem of thousands of people in rural areas was solved, and foreign exchange was exchanged, which increased the government's fiscal revenue and farmers' income, benefiting the country and the people. It was not until after 1982 that the market gradually concentrated on the folk exhibitions in Yiwu county, and finally became the well-known commodity world in China today, and the sugar man in 23 Li was the "initiator" of Yiwu commodity world.