Cleaner environment promises village a better life
By Zhang Wenfang
Source: chinadaily.com.cn
Updated: 2023-05-17
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A photo taken on May 11, 2023, shows a family of water chestnut mascots in Shengfeng village, of Youchegang town, Jiaxing city, East China's Zhejiang province. [Photo by Zhang Wenfang/for chinadaily.com.cn]
The filthy living environment has prompted the village to make a thorough change.
Starting in 2014, the village has made conscious efforts to remediate and improve their water environment and reduce their dependence on the breeding industry by tapping new sources of income.
"The arable land per capita in our village is very low, less than 1 mu (about 0.067 hectares), so we recommended that the hog farmers and fishermen to grow high value fruits such as grape and blueberry," said Fan.
