Walking between villages in Wenshang County, Jining, Shandong Province, I saw flat and wide roads, standardized and tidy shops, green and yellow seedlings, clean and tidy courtyards … Autumn waters meet the sky, leaves are colorful, the most colorful season of the year is about to pass, and people are still lingering in the beautiful scenery.
This is Wenshang, Shandong Province, one of the sample counties for national rural construction evaluation in 2021. Organized by the housing and urban-rural construction departments of provinces and cities, the expert team made a comprehensive evaluation of the county around "4 core indicators, 18 decomposition targets and 71 evaluation indicators", and deeply and objectively evaluated the actual situation of local rural construction. The Wenshang County Party Committee and the county government actively used the evaluation results, and took targeted measures to solve the problems mentioned in the evaluation report, such as the construction of rural houses, the renovation of rural toilets, and the treatment of rural domestic garbage, and made every effort to fill the shortcomings and promote the continuous improvement of rural construction.
The old look of the dangerous house has changed, and the villagers are happy to put their hearts at ease.
Cai Shihua, a villager in Baita East Village, Yuanzhuang Town, feels like a warm autumn sun. At this time last year, he was at a loss. "Professional institutions to identify my house is a C-class dangerous house, I’m really sad. Because it was built too early, the home has never been renovated, and there is a big elm tree behind the house. It is particularly worrying that it rains heavily in summer and then catches up with the strong wind. "
The evaluation report shows that 42.8% of the villagers in Wenshang County believe that the self-built houses they live in have problems such as cracking, deformation and erosion. To this end, Wenshang County has strengthened the management of rural housing construction and accelerated the reinforcement, renovation or demolition of C and D dangerous houses. Rural planning and construction supervision and management offices have been set up in 15 towns and streets in the county, actively carrying out quality and safety supervision and management of self-built houses below the rural quota, strengthening on-site guidance and inspection of self-built houses, checking and reviewing the situation of rural houses according to the principle of "full coverage", setting up technical review teams, and doing a good job in rectifying hidden dangers. In view of the common safety hazards such as wall cracking and roof seepage in rural houses, the County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has specially organized a professional construction team to ensure that the reinforcement work is completed with good quality and quantity.
"The safety of people’s lives and property is the most important. Whether the house can be built firmly or not, the role of craftsmen is very crucial!" Gu Qiang, the person in charge of village and town construction of Wenshang County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, said that in order to improve the professional and technical literacy of artisans, the bureau entrusted professional institutions to carry out safety production training and organize assessment in the field of village and town construction throughout the county, and those who passed will be awarded a certificate of conformity. "We have incorporated local artisans into the management of rural planning and construction, and constantly consolidated the talent base of rural housing construction, safety control and style improvement."
At the beginning of this year, the local government reinforced the old house of Cai Shihua’s family, and the "new home" was soon completed. The Cai family, who moved back again, held a "picture of safety knowledge of self-built houses in rural areas" issued by the government, and their faces were filled with happy smiles. Cai Shihua said that they decided to put this picture in the most conspicuous position in the room. "Just to keep a souvenir, I can’t forget the government’s kindness."
"Small toilet reform" has become a "big springboard", and a happy life is rising.
According to the evaluation report, 51.2% of the villagers in Wenshang County are not satisfied with the treatment of manure and domestic sewage in the village. The local government issued the "Five-year Action Plan for Renovation and Improvement of Rural Human Settlements in Wenshang County (2021-2025)" to continuously promote the rural toilet revolution.
The relevant person in charge of the Office of the Leading Group for Rural Toilet Improvement in Wenshang County said that in order to further improve people’s satisfaction with toilet improvement, on the basis of fully respecting the wishes of the people, the county has included all the farmers who have not changed in the past but now want to change. In 2021, the county completed the renovation of 3,262 new toilets for willing households, and in 2022, 857 toilets were completed. The county finance continued to provide financial subsidies according to the standards of 900 yuan for each household. At the same time, in view of the typical problems such as "toilet maintenance, fecal liquid extraction and resource utilization", the county entrusts the follow-up management and protection services of rural household toilets and rural public toilets to a professional team, and relies on the existing facilities and equipment to provide free fecal liquid and fecal residue extraction for toilet users twice a year. The toilet maintenance service only charges working hours, which effectively solves the "worries" of the people to change toilets.
In terms of rural public toilets, the responsibilities and daily management system of cleaning staff have been clarified in order to achieve cleanliness and normal use. On the roadside of Bicun Village in Yuanzhuang Town, there is a small public toilet hidden by green plants. The paintings on the main wall are vivid and artistic, and they blend perfectly with the surrounding environment, which makes many villagers praise: "Who said that the toilet is dirty and poor?" This (toilet) at the head of the village is not only practical, but also beautiful and foreign! "
How to make effective use of dung liquid and dung residue has always been the focus of the industry. Wenshang County adapts measures to local conditions and village policies, and constantly innovates the follow-up resource utilization mode of dung liquid and dung residue. At present, it has explored a variety of resource utilization channels, which not only solves the problem of dumping at will, but also realizes resource utilization and forms a whole process chain of management, collection and use. "We cultivate 500 tons of earthworms with dung liquid and dung residue, and develop and construct ecological recycling projects. Now, the annual output of earthworm organic fertilizer and earthworm nutrient soil is 18,000 tons, with an annual output value of more than 10 million yuan." The relevant person in charge of Yiqiao Town said.
"Two times and four points" has achieved good results. Small coup for improving the environment
The clean and tidy road goes straight through Kongxin Village, Baishi Town, with brand-new farmhouses scattered on both sides, and gray and green trash cans are placed in front of every household. Zhang Guiying, a villager, pushed open the courtyard door and skillfully dumped kitchen waste and other garbage into different bins. "It is said on TV that garbage should be classified. When I am old, I can’t remember that it is too complicated, so I can remember it simply." She said with a smile.
The evaluation report shows that in 2021, only 6% of the natural villages in the county have implemented garbage sorting, and the expert team suggested to implement the pilot project of rural domestic garbage sorting. At present, this work is in the pilot stage, and Baishi Town and others have summarized the relevant experience of pilot exploration. The "twice quartering", a new model of rural domestic waste classification promoted by Wenshang County, entrusted the subdivision to "professional" sorters, which effectively improved the quality and efficiency of waste classification, improved the rural living environment, and made the people’s sense of happiness and acquisition continuously enhanced.
Li Xiancheng, a villager, is a trained sorter in Kongxin Village. His job is not only to collect garbage regularly, but also to guide the villagers to put the garbage into the garbage according to the classification of compostable garbage and other garbage, and then he will classify it again according to compostable garbage, recyclable garbage, non-recyclable garbage and harmful waste garbage. This method conforms to the present situation of villagers’ knowledge literacy and their living habits, so it is more grounded and accepted. "Sorted compostable garbage can turn waste into treasure. Through the patented process of’ compostable garbage+microbial strains’ fermentation, organic fertilizer is formed through composting and fertilizer making, which is not only simple in process, short in production cycle and high in fertilizer yield, but also optimistic in market sales prospect, which can effectively realize the resource utilization of rural organic garbage and develop rural green circular economy." Zhang Dongyong, director of the Environmental Protection Office of Wenshang County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, said that the villagers’ increasing acceptance and participation in the classification of rural domestic waste is evidence. This year, compared with the same period of last year, the natural villages in Wenshang County that classified rural domestic waste increased by 11.92%.
The new scene of Wen Mizunokami is slowly unfolding, which not only has autumn poetry, but also contains the expectations of the general public for the future of the countryside. Zhang Jingjing, member of the Standing Committee of Wenshang County Committee and deputy magistrate, said that rural construction evaluation is an important "physical examination" and "pulse" for local rural construction work, and it is a rare opportunity to help solve development problems, open up development ideas and improve work standards. "We will seize the opportunity of rural construction evaluation, make rural construction achievements truly benefit the people in Wenshang, and contribute to the strength of Wenshang in building a’ model for revitalizing Qilu in rural areas’ and implementing the national strategy of the Yellow River."