Huangcheng Village is located 35 kilometers southeast of Pingyi County, adjacent to National Highway 327, and south of the Xun River, with the nearest entrance to the Rilan Expressway just 10 kilometers away, making its geographical location advantageous. The village has 979 acres of arable land, a population of 782 people, 232 households, 25 party members (including 2 first secretaries sent by the city), 5 village committee officials, and 30 village representatives. In 2017, the average income per villager was 4,800 yuan, primarily relying on migrant work, planting agricultural products, and raising livestock.
In the construction of beautiful and livable villages, Huangcheng Village has explored a “four-wheel drive” model. First, the party branch drives the initiative. The party branch acts as a stronghold, promoting beneficial policies for building beautiful and livable villages, ensuring that the community truly understands, supports, and participates in these efforts, thus creating a strong atmosphere that encourages voluntary and proactive involvement. Second, party members lead by example. All party members play a pioneering role by taking the lead in implementing village renovations, promoting renovation policies, and providing services at residents’ doors. Working groups have been formed to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of residents and ensure they benefit from these initiatives. Third, policy incentives are implemented. A leadership group, headed by the town mayor, has been established, introducing a series of assessment, reward, punishment, and supervision mechanisms. Efforts are made to gain increased investment from the county party committee and government, adjusting and raising subsidy standards to provide policy support and financial security for the construction of beautiful and livable villages. Fourth, inter-departmental collaboration is established. A coordination mechanism involving the town’s land, agriculture, and finance departments has been created. Each department is responsible for its roles, working together to strengthen guidance and oversight, protecting farmers’ rights and achieving a “three-N/A” goal.
As a village with a weak collective economy, Huangcheng Village has developed a “1+3” model for “zeroing out” the village collective economy while improving infrastructure. The “1” emphasizes strong party leadership. At the beginning of 2018, Huangcheng Village focused on grassroots party organization building, seizing the opportunity of the village committee elections to select capable leaders and strengthen the team by choosing outstanding village officials from successful entrepreneurs and cooperatives, thereby providing organizational support for increasing collective income. The “3” refers to three models for increasing village collective income. First, a new agricultural circular economy chain is established through cooperation and mutual assistance. The party branch relies on local enterprises to integrate resources, creating a cooperative model of “Party Branch + Enterprise + Cooperative + Farmers,” leading to the formation of an organic food planting cooperative. Second, the construction of beautiful and livable villages supports collective income. By implementing the “four-wheel drive” approach, the “Huangcheng Model” is created. After completion, the project added 33 acres of land, securing nearly 7 million yuan in upper-level subsidy funds, while leasing the land could increase collective income by 33,000 yuan. Third, integrating resource factors to create a new model of village-enterprise cooperation. With support from various levels of party committees and governments, as well as the first secretaries sent by the city, Huangcheng has partnered with Shandong Tianduowang Organic Fertilizer Co., Ltd. to promote mutual growth.
Through the construction of beautiful and livable villages, Huangcheng has built 109 residential buildings and restored 33 acres of land, being recognized by the county government as a “Model Beautiful Village.” The partnership with Shandong Tianduowang Organic Fertilizer Co., Ltd., which has an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of organic fertilizer, has already begun production. Through the collective land of the village and investments in compressor equipment, it is expected that the year-end dividends will increase collective income by at least 50,000 yuan. Additionally, this initiative will boost employment for the village’s idle labor force, attract migrant workers back to their hometowns, and assist 6 impoverished households.