Rural industrial development boosted with culture

Residents of a village in Qihe county attend a farm field class. [Photo by Liu Lei, Sun Shuyi for chinadaily.com.cn]

Qihe county in Dezhou, East China's Shandong province, has in recent years stimulated the vitality of industries in rural areas with culture.

The county has implemented the civilized units assistance model and encouraged civilized units to help villages and civilized villages to help backward villages.

It has also set up a volunteer service supply-demand cooperative to arrange professional technical teams to teach members of rural cooperatives techniques and solve their questions.

A technical volunteer offers guidance to a farmer in Qihe county. [Photo by Liu Lei, Sun Shuyi for chinadaily.com.cn]

Currently, Qihe has established 20 volunteer service teams consisting of experts in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and vegetables, which have formed alliances with the agricultural cooperatives and large rural households to offer them guidance and other services.

Meanwhile, the county has also leveraged the resources of leading agricultural businesses, cooperatives, and rural households to build common-prosperity greenhouses, increasing the income of collectives and farmers through sharing techniques, building brands, and fostering agriculture.

Farm field classes have also created to build a production-study-tour base featuring agricultural science promotion and the culture along Yellow River, boosting local rural economy. (Edited by Gong Jun)