In Guoquanyan Township, Nayong County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, in the Wumeng Mountains, the reporter saw the "thickest" "notebook" he had seen in recent years. The A4 paper was long and wide, thick and heavy, like a brick. The owner of the book is Chen Yi, secretary of the township Party committee. The content of "notebook" is mainly to print and bind the information of poor households. Chen Yi opened the catalog and said, "There are 405 families left in 17 villages in the township who have not been lifted out of poverty. Every family is on it."

Chen Yi, the secretary of the township party committee, recorded the information of every poor family in the township in the "notebook" shot in Guoquanyan Township, Nayong County, Guizhou Province (shot on May 22). Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

The reporter casually turned over a page and recorded the situation of a family in Tubu Village: there were 4 people in the family, including 2 students at school, the male host went out to work, and the female host was working in the household farm. The poverty alleviation information such as "one standard, two guarantees and three guarantees" is clear at a glance, including the income of migrant workers in 2019, how to enjoy the minimum living standard, how much the cooperative shares in dividends, and what is the way of drinking water supply.

"In the past, some of our township cadres were not honest in their work style and did not pay enough attention to the poor. Last year, we improved our work style, strictly compared with poverty alleviation standards, and found more than 6000 major and minor problems and solved them one by one." Chen Yi said that for the "notebook", he would look at it every day after getting up and before sleeping, and also took it with him when he went to the countryside, so that he knew it well.

Poverty Alleviation Shot by the Secretary of the Township Party Committee in Guoquanyan Township, Nayong County, Guizhou Province“ Notebook "(photographed on May 22). Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

When interviewing poverty relief cadres at the front line of Guizhou mountain villages, the reporter paid attention to their "equipment". "Diaries of people's feelings" are the most common. Li Dakui, the first secretary of poverty alleviation in Songfa Village, Xinfa Township, Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, has recorded eight "people's diaries". He is a cadre sent down by Bijie Municipal Government, and has led two deep poverty villages out of poverty before. "How are the two cows fed by this family? Has the child received 4500 yuan subsidy for his freshman year?" Li Dakui said that if he has anything to do, he would always record it in the "diary of people's feelings".

Li Dakui (left), a poverty alleviation cadre in Songfa Village, Xinfa Township, Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, holds a "diary of people's feelings" and goes to the countryside to carry out industrial poverty alleviation (photographed on November 21, 2019).

Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

Guizhou has more mountains and less land, and the land is broken. The contradiction between people and land is prominent. It is difficult to get rid of poverty simply by planting corn, potatoes and other traditional crops. In recent years, Guizhou has promoted the "rural industrial revolution" and reduced the planting of inefficient crops. However, the number of agricultural technicians at the grass-roots level is limited after all, so some poverty relief cadres try to learn by themselves and hope to become "local experts".

At the bedside of Ye Shifa, the first secretary of Aga Village, Xinfa Township, Weining County, there is a stack of agricultural books. "The village has planted 260 mu of bergamot, 600 mu of lotus white and beekeeping industry." Ye Shifa admitted that if he was a "layman", he could not help the people, so he bought these books at his own expense. "Try to become an expert from a primary school student." Ye Shifa, a village resident, pointed to Practical Apiculture Technology and spoke confidently.

It is also a journey to measure mountains and rivers to carry out poverty alleviation work in Guizhou, where "the land is not three feet flat". The pace is too small to cross mountains and rivers. Picking up the aluminum kettle, Hou Yuanjun, the first secretary of Hongxing Village, Guanzhou Town, Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Tongren City, got into the pickup truck and roared the ignition. The next group checked the industrial development. He said that the pickup truck was a second-hand car that he bought with 20000 yuan. "It's inconvenient to help people in the village without a car." Tian Dongfen, a villager in Hongxing Village, thanked Hou Yuanjun for often "sharing private cars": "He is always on call. When we collect sweet potatoes and rice, he takes his own car to help us transport them."

Hou Yuanjun, the first secretary of Hongxing Village, Guanzhou Town, Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, opened the door of a second-hand pickup truck and prepared to return to the village (photographed on November 15, 2019). Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

Last April, the poverty relief cadres in Wengzhou Village, Nanshao Town, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Prefecture also bought a second-hand car. Different from Hou Yuanjun, the ownership of the car belongs to six people who spent 5100 yuan each to "crowdfunding" the seven seater SUV. From the county seat to Wengzhou Village, it is not only necessary to circle over many mountains, but also to borrow a road from nearby Liping County. It takes five and a half hours to drive. Without a car, it is really difficult to carry out work. "We hit it off right away, and we had to buy it if we raised money!" said Yang Fenglin, a poverty relief cadre.

Gong Wenke, a village cadre in Dazhai Village, Guobujia Township, Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, displays the banner of the "Poverty Alleviation Team in the Village" (photographed on November 22, 2019). Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

There are also some "equipment" that are lightweight and practical, such as speakers. "People are not short of ambition and poverty alleviation..." When entering Dazhai Village, Guobujia Township, Shuicheng County, Liupanshui City, Gong Wenke, a village cadre, hung a red armband and went from village to village with a horn in his hand. "We put the policy into a doggerel to guide poor households to self-reliance."

As poverty alleviation has improved rural conditions, some poverty alleviation "equipment" has gradually withdrawn. In Duncao Township, Changshun County, Qiannan Prefecture, deep in the mountains, many villages and groups had no roads in the past. Township cadres basically bring their own basket carriers. When working in the village, they carry living materials and agricultural products for sale to the villagers. Villagers in the mountains call them "basket carriers". Nowadays, with cement roads connecting villages and convenient logistics, basket carriers are no longer the "standard configuration" of local cadres, but become a carrier for educating and encouraging cadres to serve the people. In the dormitory of Hu Junpu, the secretary of Tuanjie Village, Shimen Township, Weining County, there are clean rain shoes behind the door. He said that as all six groups in the village have passed through the hardened road, the rain shoes are almost in the past.

In Houping Township, Yanhe County, Guizhou Province, when poverty relief cadres go to the countryside, they are equipped with satchels printed with the words "public servants" (photographed on November 16, 2019). Photographed by Duan Xianju, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

In Houping Township, Yanhe County, the village cadre Tian Mgai wielded a sickle to split the bamboo in two, and worked with his colleagues to process bamboo fences and beautify the countryside. They were all carrying satchels printed with the words "public servants of the people". Zhang Peng, secretary of the Houping Township Party Committee, introduced that the satchel was distributed to the poverty relief cadres in July 2018, which contained a "diary of people's feelings", an umbrella and a flashlight. "We have provided every cadre with a 'people's servant' bag, which is not only very practical, but also reminds us to care about the people from time to time."

The "equipment" for poverty alleviation seen at the front line of poverty alleviation in Guizhou is the "helper" for grassroots cadres to carry out poverty alleviation, a mirror reflecting their style, and a witness to poverty alleviation. (Participating in the writing: Luo Fei)

　　 Source/Xinhua News Agency

Editor in charge/Zhao Feiyu