To prosper with the Republic

　　The Huangfan District Farm has now become a breeding base for fine crop varieties in Henan Province, an important export base for pigs, and a fruit and vegetable storage base. It also houses the province's entire production plant for calcium phosphate and a nationally important factory producing ship and chemical machine cylinder liners.

　　Foreword

　　Friend, have you ever been to the Huangfan District Farm? Located in the eastern Henan plain, it is dotted across Xihua and Fugu counties. It was established in January 1951, based on the Huangfan District Revitalization Bureau, following the instructions of the esteemed Premier Zhou Enlai. From simple tents to countless buildings, from sparse swamps and wasteland to boundless fields of wheat, from a UN relief area to a national demonstration area for modern agriculture, the Huangfan District Farm has weathered the storms for 58 glorious years.

　　58 years of hard work, 58 years of arduous struggle, 58 years of tireless pursuit, 58 years of heroic deeds. For 58 years, the Huangfan District Farm has, along with the Republic, steadily progressed towards brilliance. It is a typical example of the Communist Party leading the Chinese people in building socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is known as the "Pearl of Central China." Let us step into the Huangfan District Farm, follow its footsteps of the past 58 years, understand its arduous entrepreneurial history, and listen to its triumphant song of glory!

　　A History of Arduous Entrepreneurship

　　A foreign friend once asked Zhang Pengju, the director and party secretary of the Huangfan District Farm, about the meaning of "Huangfan District." Upon learning that it was short for "Yellow River Floodplain," he shrugged and exclaimed, "Terrible!" Indeed, historically, "Huangfan District" was a symbol of shame and suffering, leaving behind memories of hardship and pain: In June 1938, after the invading Japanese army occupied Kaifeng, a major city in eastern Henan, they launched a large-scale westward advance, threatening Zhengzhou and Wuhan. To stop the Japanese army's westward advance, the Nanjing Nationalist government adopted a strategy of "using water as soldiers" and blew up the Yellow River dike at Garden Mouth in Zhengzhou. The surging yellow water flowed for thousands of miles, turning the vast plain into a swamp. The flood affected 44 counties and cities in Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu, killing nearly 900,000 people and displacing more than 12 million. The flood continued for eight years, causing consecutive famines and widespread starvation in eastern Henan, artificially creating a vast expanse of 54,000 square kilometers of desert known as the "Huangfan District." The tragic scene of the "Huangfan District" at that time was described in a report by the Henan branch of the Executive Yuan Relief Commission of the Nationalist government: "The flowing sand is getting worse, a desolate scene everywhere…As the ancients said, ‘Birds cannot fly, beasts perish in droves,’ ‘Fields are deserted, houses are in ruins.’ This description of the flood area is not only insufficient but only captures two or three tenths of the reality."

　　"For a hundred miles, no cooking smoke rises, only yellow sand sweeps the empty city. In the pathless wasteland, foxes and rabbits run, and in the swamp, reeds and frogs croak." This was the true picture of the Huangfan District at that time.

　　With the dawn of a new China, the establishment of the People's Republic brought hope to the Huangfan District. In February 1950, shortly after the smoke of war had cleared, the central government established the "Huangfan District Revitalization Committee," with Chen Yun, then director of the State Finance Commission, serving as director. Members included the ministers of five ministries: Finance, Water Resources, Interior, Health, and Agriculture. On March 21 of the same year, Henan Province established the Revitalization Bureau, with Wu Zhipu, the provincial governor, serving as director, and Zhao Yiming and Lu Yanling as deputy directors. Under the leadership of the Party, a large-scale movement to govern the flood and rebuild homes, a "revitalization" movement, flourished. In December 1950, Zhao Yiming and Lu Yanling, deputy directors of the Revitalization Bureau, went to Beijing to report their work to the Revitalization Committee. Chen Yun reported this to Premier Zhou by Tel, and Premier Zhou instructed that the meeting be held in Zhongnanhai and personally attended the meeting to hear the report. Premier Zhou was very satisfied with the revitalization work of the Huangfan District, saying: "The revitalization work has been done well. Only the farmers' houses have not been built, and the grain harvest is better than many counties. The land can be distributed to farmers by household, and no grain is needed for three years. There is more land than people, and the farmers cannot finish dividing it. A large farm can be built in the Huangfan District." Everyone agreed unanimously. After intensive preparations, in January 1951, the Huangfan District Farm was officially established on the basis of the original Revitalization Bureau, with Lu Yanling, the former deputy director of the Revitalization Bureau, serving as director.

　　At the Party's call, a large number of young people with revolutionary fervor gathered from all over the country in the wind-swept and sand-covered Huangfan District. Among them were glorious guerrillas, active rural members, militiamen, village cadres, and energetic young intellectuals. Although their experiences, personalities, and educational backgrounds differed, they came together for a common revolutionary goal. Working side by side, they erected green tents and built simple thatched sheds on the barren land, living a hard life of "half a cup of tea and half a cup of mud, thin noodle soup with sand at the bottom." But with their full revolutionary enthusiasm and optimistic spirit, the land reclamation workers responded to the call of the farm's party committee to "make the farm their home and work hard," fighting against wind and snow and scorching heat on the desolate land, reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy projects, afforestation and soil improvement, and implementing crop rotation, declaring war on the wasteland and sand.

　　In the Huangfan District at that time, yellow sand filled the air, weeds grew everywhere, and in some places, reeds and mugwort were so deep that people could be submerged. In spring, the sandstorms were even worse, making it difficult to see and walk. The sandstorms often filled newly dug tree pits and uprooted shallow-rooted seedlings. People slept in tents, and in the morning, their quilts were covered with a layer of sand. In summer, the days were hot, with mosquitoes and insects biting, and it was difficult to find a cool place to rest. At night, the temperature dropped sharply, and there was a chill in the air. In autumn, the rain continued, and water accumulated everywhere. Without rain gear, people often worked barefoot. In winter, they slept in tents on army cots, and their only protection against the cold was a cotton-padded jacket and a quilt.

　　Hao Zhongwang, an old land reclamation worker at that time, is now nearly 80 years old. The vicissitudes of life have etched wrinkles on his face, but his back is still straight. Recalling his life as a land reclaimer, he told a story that would be unimaginable to later generations: they lit bonfires to sleep at night in the summer. Why light a fire to sleep in the hot summer? Because the insects were fierce on the wasteland, and there were no mosquito nets, the land reclamation workers had to light a circle of firewood, resting in the fire circle to drive away the insects with smoke and fire.

　　In order to prevent wind and sand and improve the soil, large-scale afforestation was carried out around the farm's boundaries. However, it was very difficult to plant a tree on the land where the wind blew sand, and water and fertilizer were scarce. The workers had to use basins and buckets to fetch water from villages thirteen or fourteen miles away to plant trees. The difficulty was unimaginable to people today.

　　Kang Zhongheng, a veteran land reclamation team member, joined the revolution at the age of 14. He was one of the youngest members at the time and later served as the farm director and party secretary of the Huangfan District Farm. In a memoir, he wrote: “Starting a business is difficult, but it is precisely because of this difficulty that its significance becomes profound. Finding joy in the process of starting a business, not coveting material possessions, wholeheartedly striving to complete one's work, and making more contributions—this was the spirit of the vast majority of staff and cadres at that time. In labor competitions, they strived to be advanced, pulling cotton stalks in the snow, with one person managing as much as 6 mu; they went to the fields before dawn and finished work at sunset; to avoid missing the farming season, machinery workers carried oil lamps to maintain the machinery; at 4 am on cold winter mornings, they left the warmth of their beds and studied and wrote in the cold air, carrying out literacy campaigns; in their spare time, they enthusiastically engaged in table tennis and basketball activities, using these lighthearted activities to wash away the fatigue from their tense and busy work; in meetings and other collective events, one could often hear heartfelt and joyful singing. The farm developed step by step in this mix of hardship and joy.” According to Zhang Yanji, a former party secretary of the Huangfan District Farm, the song that the land reclamation team members liked to sing was: “Shouldering the task of national construction, we are the brave land reclamation workers, an invincible force. Unafraid of hardship, unafraid of difficulties, we transform wasteland into fertile fields. Comrades, let's continue to work hard and build a mechanized state-owned farm.”

　　After more than 10 years of hard work and entrepreneurship, by the early 1960s, the Huangfan District Farm had become a place with verdant fields, beautiful orchards, numerous factories, and lush trees. It was named one of the eight model farms in the country by the then Central Agricultural Reclamation Department. At that time, many people traveled thousands of miles from the foot of Tianshan Mountain, the banks of the Songhua River, the southwest plateau, and the coast of the East China Sea to the Huangfan District Farm every year to learn advanced production techniques and exchange production experiences. Some professors and experts also came here to work with the staff on issues of agricultural science. Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, and other universities designated the Huangfan District Farm as a teaching and internship base.

　　Bai Wei, who had received a warm reception from Mao Zedong in Yan'an during the Anti-Japanese War, was a well-known writer. In the early 1950s, he participated in the land reform movement in the Huangfan District and happened to see various tractors running across the boundless fields, which caught his attention. Further contact with the workers of the Huangfan District Farm inspired his creative desire, and he decided to write about the ordinary yet great deeds of the workers. In 1954, responding to the Party's call for “literary and art workers to delve into life,” he went to the Huangfan District Farm to experience life. He stayed there for 10 years, living and working alongside the workers, and wrote a long novel, "Reclamation Ballad," in two volumes with 75 chapters and about 560,000 words, singing the praises of the entrepreneurial spirit of starting from scratch, self-reliance, and hard work, demonstrating the superiority and exemplary role of state-owned farms. It focuses on the image of Zhao Xintiana, a Communist Party member and mechanized farming team leader, who fearlessly faced difficulties and obstacles and possessed unwavering revolutionary will. He established a monument for the workers of the Huangfan District Farm.

　　A grand picture of reform

　　The Yellow River flows in ninety-nine bends; the path to progress is not smooth. In the mid-1990s, as the country transitioned from a planned economy to a market economy, the Huangfan District Farm, an “old brand” state-owned enterprise, experienced serious losses due to factors such as its system, mechanisms, and corporate burdens. The survival and development of the enterprise faced serious challenges.

　　In 1997, a new leadership team was formed for the Huangfan District Farm, with Zhang Penghu, then only 32 years old, taking on the heavy responsibility of farm director. Despite his young age, Zhang Penghu had already worked in middle-management positions for 10 years, effectively managing the livestock company to become a leading enterprise of the entire farm and an advanced unit in the industry nationwide. He was elected by all the farm workers as a "People's Good Servant" and was awarded the title of "Provincial Labor Model." After taking office, Zhang Penghu, after conducting in-depth research and gaining a thorough understanding of the situation, rose to meet the difficulties, leading all the farm workers in enacting scene after scene of a magnificent reform drama on the stage of history:

　　First, deepening agricultural system reform by primarily implementing a land lease system. The farm began implementing a household land contracting system in 1984, which played a positive role in stimulating the enthusiasm of the workers. However, with the further deepening of reforms and the gradual establishment of the market economy system, new problems emerged. In 1998, the farm transitioned from paying profits to collecting grain in kind, effectively increasing agricultural capital accumulation. In 1999, the farm implemented a management method of "unified basic income and unified allocation of basic expenses" in its agricultural production units, eliminating the "feudal economy" caused by the original system and significantly reducing unproductive expenses. At the same time, it focused on adjusting the industrial structure, creating advantageous and characteristic products, and actively exploring ways to achieve both high productivity and efficiency with the advantages of large-scale machinery. In 2002, the farm introduced the "Agricultural System Reform Plan" and vigorously promoted the land lease system. While implementing the lease system, and on the premise of ensuring the preservation and appreciation of state-owned assets, all farm machinery and equipment in each branch farm were auctioned off once, through open bidding; a paid service system was implemented for the houses where the machinery and equipment were stored, as well as for machinery maintenance and service facilities; and a paid use system was implemented for wells, drying yards, warehouses, and other production materials. The land lease system pushed the farm's household system to the market, fundamentally transforming the farm's agricultural production from an operational model to an asset management model, thereby significantly enhancing the risk awareness of the workers and greatly increasing their enthusiasm for structural adjustment. In 2008, the farm further explored the monetization of worker-owned land while adhering to and improving the land lease system, with land appropriately concentrated in the hands of skilled farmers to leverage land resources, implement large-scale operations, and further improve economic efficiency. In response to the actual situation of some workers losing their land, the farm established a center to assist workers in difficulty, conducting household-by-household investigations, and proposed "five paths and one care." The five paths are: 1) encouraging workers to cultivate mulberry and raise silkworms at the Fengshuo agricultural crop seed farm; 2) working in enterprises such as the fiberglass factory, cushion factory, and Luyuan Company; 3) feeding pigs at the Xinxin animal husbandry company; 4) working in environmental protection in branch farms; 5) encouraging workers to start their own businesses and engage in industrial services such as mechanized farming and plant protection. "One care" refers to providing low-income security in accordance with policies for those truly incapable of working.

　　Second, deepening industrial and commercial enterprise reform through shareholding system reform. In 1998, in response to the problems of poor systems, sluggish mechanisms, unclear responsibilities, and hopeless losses in the farm's industrial and commercial enterprises, with an asset-liability ratio as high as 130%, and even as high as 1200% for some enterprises, drastic reforms were carried out. The 13 industrial and commercial enterprises under the farm were directly reorganized into 3 limited liability companies, 2 were leased, and 8 went bankrupt; among these, 3 of the bankrupt enterprises were reorganized into limited liability companies. Since 2002, the farm has further increased the intensity of property rights reform by using equity swaps and capital increases as entry points, reducing the proportion of state-owned equity in enterprises, increasing the proportion of natural person shareholding, encouraging appropriate concentration of equity among management personnel, and promoting major operators to hold large shares. Through in-depth reforms, the single ownership structure of enterprises has been improved, property rights are clearer, the asset-liability structure of enterprises has been improved, burdens have been reduced, the sense of responsibility of operators has been significantly enhanced, and enterprises are showing a strong momentum of development. In 2009, the farm further standardized employee shareholding investments in participating and controlled enterprises in accordance with higher-level requirements.

　　Thirdly, streamlining the organization and implementing a system of fixed budget for expenses, deepening the reform of the field headquarters and administrative institutions. In order to solve the problems of large organizations, overstaffing, low efficiency, and poor service awareness of some personnel in the field headquarters and its affiliated administrative institutions, the farm carried out organizational reform and personnel streamlining in December 1998. Following the principle of meeting work needs and maintaining efficiency, the field headquarters and administrative institutions adopted a method of merging where appropriate, redefining the organizational structure, responsibilities, and staffing. After the reform, the number of personnel in the field headquarters and administrative institutions was reduced from 413 to 205, and the number of departments in the field headquarters was reduced from 20 to 10, with a reduction rate of over 50% in both personnel and organizational structure. In 2003, the farm introduced a mechanism where responsibilities, powers, and benefits correspond to each other, and implemented monthly fixed-quota management for office expenses, transportation expenses, entertainment expenses, communication expenses, and travel expenses of the field headquarters and administrative institutions. Year-end bonuses were saved, and overspending resulted in penalties the following month. This not only saved the farm expenses but also enhanced the sense of overall situation, responsibility, and service among the staff of the headquarters and administrative institutions, improving work efficiency.

　　Fourthly, breaking down the boundaries between workers and cadres, implementing a system of employment contracts for all employees. The farm established fixed staffing, positions, and responsibilities for all units and departments, implementing two-way selection and competitive recruitment; adopting a hiring system for enterprise operators, conducting strict assessments of their performance at the end of the year, with significant rewards and penalties; implementing comprehensive performance evaluations for employees in government and public institutions, rewarding diligence and punishing laziness.

　　Fifthly, breaking down the old wage distribution system and implementing performance-based wages. The farm implemented different annual salary systems for enterprise operators based on their positions and contributions; implemented job-based wages for personnel in the field headquarters and administrative institutions based on their responsibilities; implemented special rewards for outstanding technical talents; and provided wage subsidies to college and vocational school graduates working on the farm.

　　Reform brings vitality, motivation, and productivity. Continuous reform and innovation have brought new life to the Huangfan District Farm. If you visit the Huangfan District Farm, you will undoubtedly hear praise for the tremendous changes that have taken place in the past 10 years. Li Jincai, a retired teacher who has worked at the Huangfan District Farm for nearly 50 years, said that these 10 years have been a period of rapid development in farm production, improvement in employee living standards, changes in the farm's appearance, and relative social stability.

　　Looking back on the process of deepening reforms during this period, Farm Director Zhang Pengju expressed deep emotion: The greater the space for ideological emancipation, the greater the potential for development; the greater the strength of reform and innovation, the greater the effectiveness of scientific development. Reform has no full stop, and development has no peak. We must continue to deepen reforms with full enthusiasm, abundant energy, and innovative awareness, never slackening, never stopping.

　　A Glorious Transformation

　　“Fifty-eight years of arduous struggle have brought about a tremendous transformation, and two or three generations of people have worked together to create the glory of the Huangfan District.” An old comrade who once worked at the Huangfan District Farm witnessed the tremendous changes and excitedly wrote this couplet.

　　Indeed, the current Huangfan District Farm is Henan Province's only large state-owned agricultural reclamation enterprise engaged in integrated agricultural, forestry, and animal husbandry development and agricultural, industrial, and commercial operations. It is a national advanced model for modern agricultural construction, a demonstration base for new rural construction, the center of local economic and cultural development, and a "rural metropolis" combining the advantages of both urban and rural areas. Currently, the Huangfan District Farm has 147,000 mu of land, including 110,000 mu of cultivated land, nearly 10,000 mu of orchards, and more than 12,000 employees. The farm has 16 agricultural branches, 9 field-controlled and joint-venture industrial and commercial enterprises, 6 large-scale intensive pig farms, 4 field-managed administrative villages, 22 administrative institutions, 1 regimental-level people's armed forces department, more than 1,500 individual businesses and private enterprises, 13 Zhoukou City and Xihua County units stationed in the farm, and a permanent population of more than 40,000. The farm has become a breeding base for fine crop varieties in Henan Province, an important live pig export base, and a fruit and vegetable storage base. It also owns the province's only superphosphate production plant and a nationally important producer of ship and chemical machinery cylinder liners.

　　——Significant achievements in modern agricultural construction. The Huangfan District Farm is a provincial base for the breeding and promotion of fine varieties. The farm relies on standardization to build its Brand, strictly implementing "six unified" measures in management: unified crop layout, unified supply of major production materials, unified employee technical training and guidance, unified technical operating procedures, unified product testing and inspection, and unified product acquisition, processing, and sales, thus ensuring product quality and establishing a high reputation in society. The "Dishen" Brand trademark was ranked first among the top ten famous crop trademarks in the province and was recognized by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce as a well-known Chinese trademark this year. The farm produces and sells 55 million kilograms of wheat, corn, and other crop seeds annually, accounting for more than 15% of the Henan wheat seed market share and more than 3.5% of the national wheat seed market share. In accordance with the requirements of safe pig production standards, the farm has built 6 modern pig farms, with an annual output of 110,000 pigs, 30,000 breeding pigs, and 35,000 live pigs supplied to Hong Kong annually, accounting for 1/6 of Henan Province's supply to Hong Kong. In addition, the farm has built a feed processing plant with an annual output of 100,000 tons, a 10,000-ton organic fertilizer plant, and a livestock machinery plant producing pig-raising equipment. The farm's animal husbandry company has been named an "advanced animal husbandry industrialization breeding enterprise" by the provincial government, a "national agricultural reclamation top 100 fine breed enterprise" and a "harmless live pig production demonstration base" by the Ministry of Agriculture. The pigs and pork products produced have been named "harmless agricultural products" by the Provincial Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, and the "Fanqu" Brand breeding pigs have been named "Henan Provincial Famous Agricultural Products." The farm has more than 2,000 mu of standardized harmless fruit production demonstration gardens and nearly 10,000 mu of production bases. It has been awarded "China's Star Enterprise in the Forestry and Fruit Tree Seedling Industry," "Harmless Agricultural Product Demonstration Base," and "Green Agriculture Demonstration Zone Construction Unit" by the state. The farm has more than 300 low-temperature cold storage facilities with a storage capacity of more than 100,000 tons, forming the eastern cold storage group of Henan Province and becoming one of the important fruit and vegetable distribution centers in the country.

　　——Industrial production continues to improve. Huangfan District Lvyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. is a Henan Province superphosphate manufacturer, with an annual output of 300,000 tons of superphosphate, 150,000 tons of sulfuric acid, and 300,000 tons of compound fertilizer. The "Lvyuan" Brand fertilizer is a nationally exempt product, selling well in more than 30 counties and cities in eastern Henan and western Anhui, and is deeply loved by farmers. The advertising slogan "For scientific farming, use Lvyuan" is well-known throughout the vast Central Plains. Huangfan District Tianying Cylinder Liner Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise in Henan Province. The company's centrifugal casting chemical cylinder liners and high-power marine diesel engine cylinder liners are technologically advanced, and the use of thin-walled liner technology to repair compressor cylinder bodies has filled a national gap. Products are sold to more than 500 fertilizer plants, main engine plants, refineries, and shipyards nationwide. Yinjiang Motorcycles and Zhongyi Garment have shown rapid development momentum. Dinghong Industrial Co., Ltd. is currently a major manufacturer of car seat cushions in China, with strong production and sales, and a promising market outlook.

　　——Remarkable achievements in scientific and technological innovation. The Huangfan District Farm has a research team of nearly 300 people, including 187 with technical positions, 5 with senior professional titles, and 2 experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council. A relatively complete system of scientific research, experimentation, demonstration, and promotion has been established, with a scientific and technological contribution rate of 56%. It has cultivated excellent livestock breeds such as "Fan Nong Hua Pig" and "Henan Light Saddle Horse", which are well-known throughout the province. In recent years, the farm has also bred 13 new crop varieties with independent intellectual property rights, such as "Fanmai No. 5"; successfully promoted advanced technologies such as straw returning to the field, formula fertilization, deep soil loosening, seed coating, precision sowing, chemical weeding, and water-saving irrigation throughout the farm and surrounding areas; and established scientific and technological demonstration fields in various sub-farms. By promoting high-efficiency planting models, it has increased staff income. In 2009, the 50,000 mu of continuous high-yield demonstration field of wheat in the Huangfan District Farm passed the expert group's on-site inspection and acceptance, with an average yield of 625.8 kg per mu, setting a new record for large-scale high-yield wheat production in Henan Province.

　　——Harmonious development of social undertakings. After expert review, the farm completed the overall planning of the farm's small town and the construction of residential areas in the sub-farms. The farm's small town is fully equipped with education, medical care, Cultural Life, commerce, entertainment, communications, and cable television, with complete supporting infrastructure. It has achieved greening, purification, hardening, beautification, and lighting, with a per capita living area of nearly 40 square meters. Here, the grass is lush, the flowers are vibrant, the sky is blue, the water is abundant, the air is fresh, and the ecology is excellent. It is suitable for living, viewing, and tourism; many people who have visited the farm call it a "rural metropolis". The beautifully landscaped farm's small town has become the center of local economy and culture, allowing employees to enjoy the high-level material and Cultural Life of city dwellers without leaving the farm, while avoiding the noise, congestion, and pollution that city dwellers dislike. It also facilitates medical care, children's schooling, shopping, and cultural and sports entertainment for surrounding villagers, attracting many villagers to settle and do business on the farm. In 2005, the province named 5 "beautifully landscaped small towns," and the Huangfan District Farm was among them.

　　——The demonstration and driving role is constantly strengthening. The Huangfan District Farm provides a large amount of pollution-free and green products to society each year. It has repeatedly held training classes on animal husbandry, planting, biogas construction, brokers, electricians, welders, and combine harvester operators, training more than 3,000 farmers in surrounding counties and cities. Many people have put their knowledge into practice and become leaders in technological enrichment. It provides high-quality seeds and pigs to society and strengthens service guidance. Implementing "joint site construction", it has long been committed to providing high-quality formula fertilizers to rural areas, providing free testing for farmers, and conducting door-to-door technical guidance, enabling formula fertilization technology to spread from the farm to surrounding rural areas, extending to more than 20 surrounding counties and cities. It has established an animal husbandry and veterinary work station and a technical guidance team, and has long been committed to serving the surrounding rural areas.

　　A corner of Xinxin Company's 10,000-head pig farm

　　The garden-style factory of Tianying Company

　　Remarks from the older generation of farm workers

　　“Fifty-eight years of arduous struggle have brought about a tremendous transformation, and two or three generations of people have worked together to create the glory of the Huangfan District.” An old comrade who once worked at the Huangfan District Farm witnessed the tremendous changes and excitedly wrote this couplet.

　　Remarks from the workers

　　On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the staff of the Huangfan District Farm look back on the past with pride. Through thousands of rivers and mountains, the people of the Huangfan District have walked; each development, each climb, is an unforgettable song.

　　New Era, New Stage, New Starting Point, New Contributions

　　On January 9, 2009, Liu Mancang, Vice Governor of Henan Province, personally visited the Huangfan District Farm. He affirmed the historical contributions of the Huangfan District Farm and encouraged the cadres and workers to further emancipate their minds, continuously reform and innovate, and base themselves on a grand vision and strategy to ensure sustained and rapid development of the farm, make new contributions to the rise of Central Plains, and strive to be a "pioneer" in Henan agriculture.

　　On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the staff of the Huangfan District Farm look back on the past with pride. Through thousands of rivers and mountains, the people of the Huangfan District have walked; each development, each climb, is an unforgettable song.

　　Looking to the future, the staff of the Huangfan District Farm are even more confident. The Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, based on the needs of China's economic and social development and the actual situation of state farms, clearly proposed to "promote the reform of the state farm system" and "give full play to the demonstration role of state farms in the application of advanced technologies and the construction of modern agriculture." This is a glorious mission and historical task bestowed upon state-owned farm enterprises by the Party and the state, pointing out the direction for further reform and development of state-owned farm enterprises and providing major opportunities for the state farm industry to create new glories.

　　At present, the staff of the Huangfan District Farm, with a far-sighted vision and fearless of difficulties and obstacles, are implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, pioneering innovation, deepening reforms, further accelerating the pace of modern agricultural construction, expanding and strengthening advantageous industries, striving to be a pioneer in Henan agriculture, better playing a demonstration and leading role in modern agriculture and the construction of a new socialist countryside, depicting a more beautiful picture on the land of the Central Plains, and making new and greater contributions to the cause of China's modernization.

　　Tomorrow, the Huangfan District Farm, a jewel embedded in the Central Plains, will be even more brilliant!

　　Remarks from Zhang Penghu, director of the Huangfan District Farm

　　Looking back on the process of deepening reforms, the greater the space for ideological emancipation, the greater the potential for development; the greater the strength of reform and innovation, the greater the effectiveness of scientific development. Reform has no full stop, and development has no peak. We must continuously deepen reforms with full enthusiasm, sufficient energy, and innovative awareness, never slacking off, never stopping.