Local talents contribute to rural vitalization in Wudang

In recent years, a number of talents have played a crucial role in boosting rural development in Wudang district in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.

In the past, local myrica rubra growers in Ali village suffered from a relatively low and unstable income due to the unpredictable yield of myrica rubra.

Li Rengui, a 27-year native myrica rubra grower, has been working to regulate the annual yield of myrica rubra and control insects, becoming a well-known local expert in fruit sapling cultivation.

He proposed regulating the production by adjusting the pruning period and reducing the interference of insects by simultaneous spraying. After five years of effort, the village's annual yield of local myrica rubra has reached 2 million kilograms.

An aerial view of the Pianpo Bouyei ethnic township. [Photo/WeChat account of Wudang district]

With the rapid development of We Media – personal social accounts and other media platforms run by individuals, more and more young people are using the internet to promote their hometown's development. One example is Chen Xingxing, a Bouyei girl from Pianpo township, who went viral due to the short videos she took of Bouyei folk songs and food.

Since then, she has been using a sales model of "Bouyei cultural short videos + food production and sales", and at the same time set up the "Bouyei Mama" gray tofu workshop, specializing in making gray tofu for online sale. The tofu workshop has expanded from two people at the beginning to 15 people now.

Her short videos have not only increased local people's incomes, but also helped promote Bouyei culture.