Hechi promotes diversified development of rural economy

Hechi has made great efforts to promote the diversified development of its rural economy, improve the quality and upgrade its characteristic industries, as well as facilitate the seamless connection of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization efforts.

Hechi has established a rural economic system based on modern agriculture that is supplemented by new industries and new business forms. It has improved the agricultural support and protection system, as well as promoted the construction of modern characteristic agricultural demonstration areas. At present, the city has created 1,791 demonstration zones (parks and spots) at the autonomous region, county, township, and village levels.

The city has improved the cultivation mechanism of new business formats, such as rural tourism, leisure agriculture, homestays, agricultural cultural experiences, elderly care, and personalized customization of agricultural products, to accelerate the integration and development of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.

At present, the city is guiding new types of agricultural business entities to focus on large-scale, characteristic, and professional operations to promote deep cross-integration of industries. It is actively cultivating and developing industrial projects across the entire industrial chain, focusing on silkworms, cattle, and other industries, guiding the cultivation of a batch of rural industrial projects that integrate the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.

At the end of May this year, the silk smelting and dyeing project, with an annual production of 20 million meters, was started in Yizhou district to fill the last gap in the entire industrial chain of silkworm cocoons and silk in the city. At present, the annual income generated by selling silkworm cocoons is nearly 6 billion yuan ($862.53 million).