**■ China Economic Times reporter Wei Haoxing
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■Du Zhaoxia and Feng Xuan

Spring has arrived, and Vientiane is "plowing" new fields. Yingcheng City, Hubei Province, is already a busy scene of spring plowing preparations. At the Balifan high-standard farmland construction base in Tiane Town, agricultural drones automatically conduct spraying operations back and forth. With the help of modern agricultural technology, new farmers in Yingcheng City no longer get up early and be greedy for dark.

In recent years, Yingcheng City has focused on rural revitalization and agricultural and rural modernization, implemented high-standard farmland construction, developed characteristic agricultural industries, and created a harmonious and beautiful countryside. The picture of strong agriculture, beautiful countryside, and rich farmers is slowly unfolding.

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High-standard fertile farmland "shows new look"

"Originally, the cultivated land was scattered, and villagers who went out to work gave it to others for free without transfer fees. After the small fields are merged into large fields, the value of land cultivation increases. Land rent alone can increase the income per mu by more than 400 yuan." Gui Bo, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Yanghe Town, Yingcheng City, introduced.

Yanghe Town has a cultivated area of 118,800 acres, and a perennial grain planting area of more than 100,000 acres. In order to solve the problem of "fragmented" small fields restricting the large-scale and intensive development of modern agriculture, Yanghe Town relies on high-standard farmland construction projects to select Mayan Village and Zhougang Village of Yanghe Town as pilot villages of "small fields integrating large fields" in the province.

Through the leveling and concentration of land, Mayan Village has completed a pilot area of 3500 acres, and 1327 finely divided fields have been merged into 142 neat "big fields".

"Big guy" has "big energy". The contiguous fertile fields have attracted investment from Hubei Zhongpan Agricultural Science and Technology Service Co., Ltd. Relying on the company's modern agricultural technology, the coverage rate of soil testing and formula fertilization in Yanghe Town has reached 100%, the cultivated layer has been thickened by more than 10 centimeters, and the soil organic content has increased by more than 5 grams per kilogram. After the optimization of the farmland structure, it is more suitable for large-scale and mechanized planting. Zhongpan Grain and Oil uses large-scale machinery to cultivate, sow, fertilize, irrigate, spray pesticides, etc. throughout the entire process, which can achieve an average increase in yield of more than 100 kilograms per mu.

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Characteristic industries promote income increase

"Always adhere to the industrial development path of 'company + cooperative + base + farmer households' and regard increasing farmers 'income as the basis for the development and growth of enterprises." said Zhang Jianjun, deputy general manager of Hubei Gepenggang Ecological Agriculture Co., Ltd.

Walking into the "Yingda Wanjia" delivery logistics comprehensive convenience service station in Sanjie Village, Sanhe Town, Wang Weizheng, chairman of the Sanjie Bean Skin Food Processing Farmers 'Professional Cooperative, led workers to pack boxes of three-knot bean skins, and the bean skins with the express delivery number were ready to go.

"Every day is the peak season, and one to two hundred orders are sent to all over the country every day." Wang Wei said that since rural delivery logistics entered the village, the company has opened an online self-operated store, which broadcasts for one hour every day, and sold more than 8000 orders in the first month of opening the store.

In 2023, Yingcheng City will build the "Yingda Wanjia" delivery logistics service brand and build 281 village-level delivery logistics comprehensive convenience service stations. This move will promote the mutual integration and mutual promotion of "convenience services + e-commerce sales + delivery logistics", making the "first and last mile" for consumer goods to go to the countryside and agricultural products to enter the city smoother.

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Hemi countryside comes into painting

Walking into Shengtan Village, Chengbei Street, Huizai Village houses a river pond, a pavilion on the bank for people to rest, and a piece of vegetation depends on each other, and a pastoral picture comes into view.

In 2023, Shengtan Village is committed to creating a beautiful park-style countryside. The village has built and blackened 1500 meters of village bay roads, repaired and renovated 1800 meters of sewage pipe networks, and planted more than 30,000 square meters of public greenery. It insists on repairing the old as old and building the new as before, integrating the long-standing dock culture, and integrating ancient river streets, fishing ferries, and lively markets. The scene is presented in contiguous ink murals, step by step.

"Low-lying areas have been transformed into stacked ponds, taking into account the dual functions of water conservancy and landscape, becoming a new landmark." Cheng Dingquan, secretary of the Party branch of Sanjie Village, Sanhe Town, said that in the past, the village's infrastructure was backward and rural governance was lagging behind. After a series of environmental renovations, it has taken on a completely new look.