Moving Towards Brilliance 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 superphosphate and a nationally important manufacturer of ship and chemical machinery 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 grand buildings, from sparse swamps and wasteland to boundless fields of wheat, from a UNRRA disaster relief area to a national demonstration zone for modern agriculture, the Huangfan District Farm has weathered the storms for 58 glorious years.

　　58 years of arduous struggle, 58 years of painstaking efforts, 58 years of unremitting pursuit, 58 years of glorious achievements. For 58 years, the Huangfan District Farm has, alongside the Republic, progressed step by step 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, following its 58-year journey, to understand its arduous history of entrepreneurship 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 flood area," he shrugged his shoulders and exclaimed, "Terrible!" Indeed, historically, "Huangfan District" was a symbol of shame and suffering, leaving people with bitter and painful memories: In June 1938, after the invading Japanese army occupied Kaifeng, a key town in eastern Henan, they advanced westward, threatening Zhengzhou and Wuhan. To stop the Japanese army's westward advance, the Nanjing Nationalist government adopted a strategy of "using water as soldiers," blowing up the Yellow River dike at Garden Mouth in Zhengzhou. The surging yellow waters spread 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, leading to consecutive famines and widespread starvation in eastern Henan, artificially creating a 54,000-square-kilometer area of desert known as the "Huangfan District." The tragic conditions of the "Huangfan District" at that time were described in a report by the Henan branch of the Executive Yuan Relief Commission of the Nationalist government: "The drifting sand is growing larger and larger, the smoke is everywhere, and the desolation is everywhere… As the ancients said, 'Birds cannot fly, animals cannot survive,' 'Farmland is deserted, houses are in ruins,' these are insufficient to describe the flooded area, and only account for two or three tenths of the reality."

　　"For a hundred miles, no cooking smoke rises, only yellow sand sweeps across the empty city. There are no paths, rabbits and foxes run through the barren grass, the swamp is filled with reeds and frogs," this was the true portrayal of the Huangfan District at that time.

　　With the dawn of the new China, hope arrived in the Huangfan District. In February 1950, soon after the war ended, the central government established the "Huangfan District Revitalization Committee," with Chen Yun, then director of the State Financial and Economic Commission, serving as director. Members included five ministers from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Health, and Ministry of 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 was launched. 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. Premier Zhou instructed that the meeting be held at Zhongnanhai and personally attended to listen to 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 are more people than land, the farmers cannot finish dividing the land, the Huangfan District can build a large farm." 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.

　　Under the call of the Party, a large number of young people flocked to the wind-swept and sand-covered Huangfan District from all over the country. Among them were glorious guerrillas, rural activists, militiamen, village cadres, and energetic young intellectuals. Although their experiences, personalities, and educational backgrounds differed, they came together for a common revolutionary goal. They worked hand in hand, setting up green tents and building simple reed sheds on the barren and poor land, living a hard life of "half a cup of tea and half a cup of mud, sparse 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," battling wind and snow and scorching heat on the desolate land, reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy projects, afforestation and soil improvement, implementing crop rotation, and declaring war on the wasteland.

　　In the Huangfan District at that time, yellow sand filled the air, weeds grew everywhere, and in some places the reeds and wormwood were so deep that people could get lost. In spring, the sandstorms were even worse, making it difficult to see and walk. The sandstorms often filled in newly dug tree pits and uprooted shallow-rooted seedlings. People slept in tents, and in the morning, there was a layer of sand on their beds. In summer, it was hot during the day, with mosquitoes and insects biting, making it 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, with water everywhere, and without rain gear, people often worked barefoot. In winter, people slept in tents on army cots; the only protection against the cold was a cotton-padded suit 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 lines on his face, but his back is still straight. When recalling his life as a land reclamation worker, he told a story that later generations would never have imagined: sleeping with a bonfire in the summer. Why light a fire to sleep in the hot summer? Because the insects were so ferocious and they had no mosquito nets, the land reclamation workers had to light a circle of firewood and rest inside the fire circle to keep the insects away.

　　In order to prevent wind and sand and improve the soil, large-scale afforestation was carried out around the farm. But it was very difficult to plant a tree in the wind-blown, water-scarce, and fertilizer-poor land at that time. The workers had to carry water in washbasins and buckets from villages thirteen or fourteen miles away to water the trees, the difficulty of which is hard to imagine 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 was difficult, but it was precisely because of this difficulty that its significance and far-reaching implications became apparent. Finding joy in life through entrepreneurship, not coveting material enjoyment, wholeheartedly striving to complete one's work, and making more contributions—this was the spirit of the vast majority of employees and cadres at that time. In labor competitions, they strived to be advanced, pulling cotton stalks in the snow, with one person managing as many as 6 mu; they went to the fields before dawn and finished work after sunset; to avoid missing the farming season, machine workers held lanterns to maintain their machinery; at 4 am in the cold winter morning, they left the warmth of their beds to read and write, carrying out literacy campaigns; after work, they enthusiastically participated in ping-pong and basketball activities, using these relaxing and enjoyable activities to relieve the fatigue from their tense and busy work; in meetings and other collective events, one could often hear heartfelt, enthusiastic, and joyous 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 the land reclamation team members liked to sing was: “Shouldering the task of national construction, we are the valiant land reclaimers, we are an invincible force. Unafraid of hardship, unafraid of difficulties, we transform wasteland into fertile fields. Comrades, continue to work hard, build a mechanized state-owned farm.”

　　After more than 10 years of arduous efforts, by the early 1960s, the Huangfan District Farm had lush fields, beautiful orchards, numerous factories, and verdant trees. It was named one of the eight model farms nationwide by the then Central Agricultural Reclamation Department. At that time, many people traveled thousands of miles from the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Songhua River, the Southwest Plateau, and the coast of the East China Sea to the Huangfan District Farm each year to learn advanced production techniques and exchange production experiences. Some professors and experts also came here to research agricultural science issues with the employees. Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, and other institutions of higher learning 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 War of Resistance Against Japan, was a well-known writer. In the early 1950s, he participated in the land reform movement in the Huangfan District and accidentally saw various tractors running across the boundless fields, which caught his attention. Further contact with the employees of the Huangfan District Farm inspired his creative desire, and he decided to write about the ordinary yet great deeds of the employees. In 1954, responding to the Party’s call for “literary and art workers to go deep into life,” he went to the Huangfan District Farm to experience life. He stayed there for 10 years, living and working side-by-side with the workers, sharing their joys and sorrows. He wrote a two-volume novel, "Reclamation Ballad," with 75 chapters and approximately 560,000 words, singing the praises of the entrepreneurial spirit of starting from scratch, self-reliance, and hard work, showing the superiority and exemplary role of state-owned farms. It focuses on Zhao Xindian, a communist party member and the leader of a mechanized farming team, who fearlessly overcomes difficulties and obstacles with a firm revolutionary will, establishing a lasting monument for the employees of the Huangfan District Farm.

　　A magnificent reform plan

　　The Yellow River meanders ninety-nine bends, and the path to progress is not smooth. In the mid-1990s, when China transitioned from a planned economy to a market economy, the Huangfan District Farm, a veteran state-owned enterprise, experienced severe losses due to various 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 Penghui, then only 32 years old, taking on the heavy responsibility of farm director. Despite his young age, Zhang Penghui had already worked in the farm’s middle-management positions for 10 years, managing the animal husbandry company in an orderly manner. It became a leading enterprise in the farm and an advanced unit in the industry nationwide. He was elected by all the farm employees as a "people's good servant" and won the title of "Provincial Labor Model." After taking office, Zhang Penghui conducted in-depth research and thoroughly understood the situation of the farm. He took on the challenges and led all the employees in a series of heroic reform dramas on the stage of history:

　　First, deepening agricultural system reform, primarily through the implementation of land leasing. The farm began implementing the household land contracting system in 1984, which played a positive role in motivating employee enthusiasm. However, with further reform and the gradual establishment of the market economy system, some new problems emerged. In 1998, the farm transitioned from paying profits to collecting grain, effectively increasing agricultural capital accumulation. In 1999, the farm implemented a management method of “unified basic income and unified basic expenditure allocation” in its agricultural production units, eliminating the “feudal economy” caused by the original system and significantly reducing non-productive expenditures. At the same time, it focused on adjusting the industrial structure, developing advantageous and characteristic products, and actively exploring ways to maximize the advantages of large-scale machinery while achieving high yields and high efficiency. In 2002, the farm issued the "Agricultural System Reform Plan" and vigorously promoted the land leasing system. Simultaneously, while ensuring the preservation and appreciation of state-owned assets, the farm auctioned off farm machinery to various branches, conducting open bidding. Paid services were implemented for buildings used for storing machinery, machinery repair and maintenance facilities. Paid usage was implemented for wells, drying yards, warehouses, and other production materials. The land leasing system pushed the farm's household system into the market, and the main farm fundamentally transitioned from an operational model to an asset management model in agricultural production, thereby significantly enhancing the risk awareness of employees and greatly increasing their enthusiasm for structural adjustment. In 2008, while upholding and improving the land leasing system, the farm actively explored the monetization of employee land rights, gradually concentrating land on skilled farmers to leverage land resources, implement large-scale operations, and further improve economic efficiency. Addressing the situation where some employees lost their land, the farm established a Difficult Employee Support Center to conduct household-by-household investigations and proposed “five paths and one care”: The five paths include: (1) encouraging employment in the Fengshuo Crops Seedling Farm to cultivate mulberries and raise silkworms; (2) employment in enterprises such as the fiberglass factory, cushion factory, and Lvyuan Company; (3) pig feeding in the Xinxin Animal Husbandry Company; (4) environmental protection work in the branches; (5) encouraging self-employment and providing industrialized services such as machine farming and plant protection. “One care” refers to providing minimum living allowances to those who are truly unable to work in accordance with the relevant policies.

　　Second, deepening industrial and commercial enterprise reform, mainly through shareholding system reform. In 1998, to address the problems of inefficient systems, inflexible mechanisms, unclear responsibilities, and hopeless losses in the farm’s industrial and commercial enterprises, with asset-liability ratios as high as 130% (some even reaching 1200%), a sweeping reform of industrial and commercial enterprises was carried out. Thirteen industrial and commercial enterprises under the farm were directly restructured into three limited liability companies, two were leased, and eight were declared bankrupt. Three of those bankrupt companies were later reorganized into limited liability companies. Since 2002, the farm has further increased the intensity of property rights reform, using equity swaps and capital increases as a starting point, reducing the proportion of state-owned shares in enterprises, increasing the proportion of individual shareholding, encouraging the concentration of equity in management, and promoting major business managers to hold larger shares. Through in-depth restructuring, the single ownership structure of enterprises has been improved, property rights have become clearer, the asset-liability structure of enterprises has improved, burdens have been reduced, the sense of responsibility of operators has been significantly enhanced, and enterprises have shown strong development momentum. In 2009, the farm further standardized the investment in employee shareholding in its affiliated and controlled enterprises according to the requirements of higher authorities.

　　Thirdly, focusing on streamlining organizations and implementing a system of fixed budget, the reform of the field headquarters' organs and administrative institutions was deepened. In order to address issues such as the large size, overstaffing, low efficiency, and poor service awareness of some personnel in the field headquarters' organs and affiliated administrative institutions, the farm carried out organizational reform and personnel streamlining in December 1998. Following the principles of work needs and efficiency, the method of merging or combining suitable units was implemented in the field headquarters' organs and administrative institutions, and the organizational structure, responsibilities, and personnel quotas were redefined. After the reform, the personnel in the field headquarters' organs and administrative institutions were reduced from 413 to 205, and the number of departments in the field headquarters' organs was reduced from 20 to 10, with a reduction of over 50% in personnel and organizational structure. In 2003, the farm introduced a mechanism aligning responsibility, power, and benefit, and implemented a monthly fixed quota management for office expenses, transportation expenses, entertainment expenses, communication expenses, and travel expenses of the field headquarters' organs and administrative institutions, providing year-end bonuses for savings and penalties for overspending. This not only saved expenses for the farm but also enhanced the sense of the overall situation, responsibility, and service among the staff of the organs and administrative institutions, improving work efficiency.

　　Fourthly, breaking down the boundaries between workers and cadres, a full-staff labor contract system was implemented. The farm conducted fixed staffing, fixed posts, and fixed responsibilities for all units and departments, implemented a two-way selection process, and implemented competitive recruitment for positions. A hiring system was implemented for enterprise operators, with their performance strictly evaluated at the end of the year, accompanied by significant rewards and penalties. A full-staff performance evaluation system was implemented for employees of organs and institutions, rewarding diligence and punishing laziness.

　　Fifthly, the old wage distribution system was broken, and performance-based wages were implemented. For enterprise operators under the farm, different annual salary systems were implemented based on their positions and contributions; for personnel in the field headquarters' organs and administrative institutions, post-based wages were implemented according to their responsibilities; special rewards were provided for outstanding technical talents; and wage subsidies were provided for college and secondary vocational school graduates working on the farm.

　　Reform brings vitality, motivation, and productivity. Continuous reform and innovation have brought the Huangfan District Farm to life. If you come to the Huangfan District Farm, you will certainly hear praise for the tremendous changes that have occurred 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 appearance of the farm, and social stability on the farm.

　　Looking back on the deepening reform process of this stage, Farm Director Zhang Pengju expressed many emotions: The greater the space for ideological emancipation, the greater the potential for development; the greater the intensity of reform and innovation, the greater the effect of scientific development. There is no period at the end of reform, and there is no peak in development. We must continue to deepen reforms with full enthusiasm, abundant energy, and an innovative awareness, never slackening, and never stopping.

　　A Song of Great Changes and Glory

　　"Fifty-eight years of painstaking efforts have brought about tremendous changes, and two or three generations of people have worked together to forge the glory of the Huangfan District." An old comrade who once worked on the Huangfan District Farm witnessed the tremendous changes and excitedly wrote this couplet.

　　Indeed, today's Huangfan District Farm is the only large-scale state-owned agricultural and reclamation enterprise in Henan Province that develops agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry and integrates agriculture, industry, and commerce. It is an advanced model of national modern agricultural construction, a demonstration base for rural construction, the center of local economic and cultural development, and a "rural metropolis" that combines 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 is directly under 16 agricultural sub-farms, nine field-controlled and joint-venture industrial and commercial enterprises, six large-scale intensive pig farms, four field-managed administrative villages, 22 administrative institutions, one regimental-level military 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 over 40,000. The farm has become a breeding base for high-quality crops in Henan Province, an important export base for pigs, and a storage base for fruits and vegetables. It also owns the provincial superphosphate factory and a nationally important ship and chemical machinery cylinder liner factory.

　　——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, and in terms of management, it strictly implements the "six unified" measures, namely, unified layout of crop varieties, unified supply of major production materials, unified employee technical training and guidance, unified technical operation procedures, unified product testing and inspection, and unified product acquisition, processing, and sales, thereby ensuring product quality and establishing a high reputation in society. The "Dishen" Brand has been rated as the top ten famous crop Brands in the province, and the farm produces and sells 55 million kilograms of wheat, corn, and other crop seeds annually, accounting for over 15% of Henan's wheat seed market share and over 3.5% of the national wheat seed market share. In accordance with the safety standards for pig production, the farm has built six modern pig farms with an annual output of 110,000 pigs, an annual supply of 30,000 breeding pigs, and an annual supply of 35,000 live pigs to Hong Kong, accounting for 1/6 of Henan Province's supply to Hong Kong. In addition, the farm has also 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 that produces 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 leading agricultural reclamation fine breed enterprise" and a "pesticide-free pig production demonstration base" by the Ministry of Agriculture. The pigs and pork produced have been named "pesticide-free agricultural products" by the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, and the "Panqu" Brand breeding pigs have been named "Henan Famous Brand Agricultural Products." The farm has more than 2,000 mu of standardized pesticide-free fruit production demonstration gardens and nearly 10,000 mu of production bases. It has been awarded the "China Forestry and Fruit Seedling Industry Star Enterprise," "Pesticide-free 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 over 100,000 tons. It is part of the eastern cold storage group in Henan Province and is one of the important fruit and vegetable distribution centers in China.

　　——Industrial production continues to improve. Huangfan District Luyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. is a superphosphate manufacturer in Henan Province, with an annual output of 300,000 tons of superphosphate, 150,000 tons of sulfuric acid, and 300,000 tons of compound fertilizer. The "Luyuan" Brand fertilizer is a nationally exempt product, and is popular in more than 30 counties and cities in eastern Henan and western Anhui, and is loved by farmers. The advertising slogan "Scientific farming, use Luyuan" 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 have advanced technological levels. The use of thin-walled liner technology to repair compressor cylinder bodies fills a national gap. The products are sold to more than 500 fertilizer plants, host plants, refineries, and shipyards across the country. Enterprises such as Yinjiang Motorcycle and Zhongyi Garment have shown rapid development momentum. Dinghong Industrial Co., Ltd. is currently a major manufacturer of car seat cushions in China, and its production and sales are booming, with promising market prospects.

　　——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 enjoying 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 reaching 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, including "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 efficient planting models, the income of employees has increased. In 2009, the 50,000 mu of wheat high-yield demonstration field in the Huangfan District Farm passed the expert group's on-site verification, with an average yield of 625.8 kg per mu, setting a new record for large-scale wheat high yield in Henan Province.

　　——Coordinated development of social undertakings. After expert review, the farm completed the overall planning of the farm town and the residential areas in the sub-farms. The farm town has complete functions in education, medical care, culture, commerce, entertainment, communications, and cable television, with 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 green, the flowers are bright, the sky is blue, the water is abundant, the air is fresh, and the ecology is good. It is suitable for living, viewing, and tourism; many people who have visited the farm call it a "rural metropolis." The beautifully landscaped farm town has become the center of local economy and culture, allowing employees to enjoy a high-level material and cultural life without leaving the farm, while avoiding the noise, congestion, and pollution that city dwellers dislike. It also facilitates the medical care, children's schooling, shopping, and cultural and sports entertainment of surrounding villagers, attracting many villagers to settle down and do business in the farm. In 2005, the province named 5 "beautiful small towns," and the Huangfan District Farm was among them.

　　——The demonstration and leading role is continuously strengthened. The Huangfan District Farm provides a large amount of pollution-free and green products to society every year. It has repeatedly held training courses 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 providing on-site technical guidance, so that formula fertilization technology has 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 surrounding rural areas.

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

　　Tianying Company's garden-style factory

　　Remarks from the older generation of farm workers

　　"Fifty-eight years of painstaking efforts have brought about tremendous changes, and two or three generations of people have worked together to forge the glory of the Huangfan District." An old comrade who once worked on the Huangfan District Farm witnessed the tremendous changes and excitedly wrote this couplet.

　　Remarks from employees

　　On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the employees of the Huangfan District Farm look back on the past with a sense of pride. Thousands of rivers and mountains, the people of the Huangfan District have walked through; every development, every 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, visited the Huangfan District Farm. He affirmed the historical contributions of the Huangfan District Farm and encouraged all cadres and employees to further emancipate their minds, continuously reform and innovate, and adopt a grand vision and strategy to achieve sustained and rapid development of the farm, make new contributions to the rise of Central Plains, and strive to be a "vanguard" of Henan agriculture.

　　On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the employees of the Huangfan District Farm look back on the past with a sense of pride. Thousands of rivers and mountains, the people of the Huangfan District have walked through; every development, every climb, is an unforgettable song.

　　Looking to the future, the employees of the Huangfan District Farm are full of confidence. 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 play to the demonstration role of state farms in applying advanced technologies and building modern agriculture." This is the glorious mission and historical task entrusted to state-owned farm enterprises by the Party and the state, pointing out the direction for the further reform and development of state-owned farm enterprises, and providing a major opportunity for the state-owned farm industry to create new glories.

　　Currently, the forward-looking and fearless employees of the Huangfan District Farm are implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, pioneering and innovating, deepening reforms, further accelerating the pace of modern agricultural construction, developing and strengthening advantageous industries, striving to be the vanguard of Henan agriculture, better playing a demonstration and leading role in the construction of modern agriculture and the new socialist countryside, depicting a more beautiful picture on the land of Central Plains, and making new and greater contributions to the cause of China's modernization.

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

　　Remarks from Zhang Pengju, 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 continue to deepen reforms with full enthusiasm, sufficient energy, and innovative awareness, never slacking off, and never stopping.