ChineseToday | Forestry developer spends over a decade greening hills and boosting farmers' incomes-Xinhua
ChineseToday | Forestry developer spends over a decade greening hills and boosting farmers' incomes
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-03-13 00:10:17
LONGLI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Wu Guangrong, born in Fangxiang Township of Guizhou Province, has been engaged in the landscaping industry for many years since he graduated from a forestry vocational school in 2001.
With a special affection for forestry, he contracted a barren mountain of 4,000 mu (about 659 acres) in a village in Longli County in 2013 and gradually developed it into an ecological park mainly planting oil tea camellia, supplemented by greening seedlings, high-quality fruits and forest farming.
Recently, Wu's ecological park has become a pillar industry for local rural revitalization, not only transforming barren mountains green, but also providing jobs for local villagers.
This combo photo shows aerial views of an ecological park on March 12, 2025 (above) and the barren hills before its transformation into the park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province in 2019 (bottom). (Xinhua)Wu Guangrong (L) introduces camellia oil to a visitor at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2024 shows Wu Guangrong harvesting oil tea camellia fruits at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong (L) and a villager dry oil tea camellia fruits at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong (C) and villagers cultivate camellia seedlings at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong (1st L) and a villager move oil tea camellia seedlings at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong (C) and villagers replant oil tea camellia trees at the camellia ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong feeds chickens at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Wu Guangrong plants oil tea camellia trees at the ecological park in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)■
