Stone Village of Baima Town in Lishui District, an hour away from downtown Nanjing, has a long history and beautiful scenery, and is famous for its red culture. In recent years, the local government has developed the blueberry and blackberry industries, laying a solid foundation for enriching the people and increasing their income.
Stone Village, surrounded by green hills and beautiful scenery, saw rows of fruit trees exuding vigor and vitality.
Right now, when blackberries and blueberries are ripening, the workers are kept very busy.
For a long time, villagers have no other income except to grow some food to make a living.
In the spring of 1987, the government invited experts from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Jiangsu Province to test the soil quality in the village and found that the village was very suitable for growing blackberries and blueberries.
The village party branch has launched the "party branch + base + enterprise + farmer" cooperation model. The strawberry and blueberry planting party branch relies on scientific research units to promote the application of new varieties and new technologies for the high-quality development of the industry.
With the development of the times, many young people who love agriculture have begun to use new technologies, using a series of high-tech means such as big data, 5G, and artificial intelligence to plant more accurately, scientifically and efficiently.
The blueberry 5G factory has realized intelligent management including water and fertilizer, temperature, lighting, etc.
Stone Village has organically integrated red culture and farming culture into the landscape and pastoral fields, and has embarked on a new path for the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism.
Stone Village has been rated as a beautiful leisure village in China and a key village for rural tourism in China.
The collective economic income of the village has increased from less than 500,000 yuan ten years ago to more than 2 million yuan now. In 2021, the village reported a strawberry and blueberry output value of more than 65 million yuan. The village received more than 500,000 tourists and achieved a tourism income of 63 million yuan.
