A grape, flying over 1630 kilometres from the chengdu springs area, enters the plains in the middle and lower part of the yangtze river and becomes a multimillion dollar industry for 15 years. This “cross the mountain river” industrial union took place in cedarsun county, the head town。
On april 14, springlight coincided. In the professional cooperative of the cheng chong chongshan fruit and vegetables, located in the village of the golden dam in the capital town of china, the head of the company, liu shengzheng, and the technicians, are working together to placate and lay the foundation for the year's production. Unlike the local workers on the scene, they are from the chengdu springs, and they have a pure sichuan dialect。
“we have developed three varieties, namely, the great peaks, the summer darkness, and the sunshine rose, which are sold to wholesale markets in the nine rivers, nanchang and wuhan. Because of their high quality and reputation, 90 per cent of production is booked by distributors well before the opening of the park each year.” liu sheng described the expansion of grape cultivation throughout the town from 1,000 acres to over 4,000 acres, making it the largest grape-growing base in the whole of the city, leading to employment of more than 2,000 people per year and an increase of more than $20,000 per person. And it all began with a land grab。
Grape cultivation was once the dominant street industry in the dragon springs. In 2010, as a result of integrated urban and rural development, the land of local grape growers was expropriated and more than 30 grape growers, such as liu sheng, became “landless portuguese farmers”. They have access to finance, technology and land alone. A thousand acres of good land are not very effective on the continent of “gold belts of grape cultivation” thousands of miles away, along with the big street. Under the partnership between the governments of cedarsón and the dragon springs, chengdu portuguese came to the continent to form cooperatives, known as the “community”. The two strengths are complementary and have been working together for 15 years。
"one year to the end, we're basically only going home twice, and the rest of the time is here." liu sheng said. It's not easy to do it. What makes them want to stay forever? The answer is a 15-year commitment。
Among the support policies developed jointly by the two countries, the head towns committed themselves to providing long-term facilities, finance, talent and other assistance for the development of the grape industry: the former mackerel shed, which was changed every year and labour-intensive, is now a standardized joint shed for three years; the grape industry is covered by insurance, and the premium subsidy is increased to 90 per cent; the labour service company is fine-tuned to the demand for workers and solves the shortage of seasonal workers; specialists at the provincial agricultural school are insulated on an irregular basis and 300 acres of new varieties, such as sun roses, have been built... ... For the past three years, gross base grape production has stabilized at over $100 million, average acre production at around $20,000 and average acre profits at over $10,000。
Cooperative development has been accompanied by strong support for local rural revitalization。
“the rent of the land that we transfer to the grape base, with government subsidies, is $950 acre a year, 350 more than the rest of the land. I also work here every year, earning 20,000 multiple wages.” at the grape base, the village of kim dam laughed。
In today's capital town, many people, like yip fenghun, have managed to achieve a steady increase in household incomes through close employment and land rents. Following the fall of the village of golden dam and the village of quantuan, the collective economy of the two villages amounted to rmb 1. 2 million and rmb 730,000, respectively, over a decade, bringing more than 180 poor households out of poverty and wealth。
In 2025, the first round of land transfer contracts for vineyards expired. In order to leave behind this rich industry, the cpp government has advanced its plans to actively pursue projects such as the upgrading of vineyard infrastructure and to develop confidence in cooperatives. At the end of last year, a new 10-year round of cooperation was successfully launched in both locations。
The vine is also extending further into the land。
The aphrodisiac of the village of the golden dam is churning out of spring mud, the fruit and vegetables sheds of the camp village are glum and the bebed pumpkins of the village of u ji ... A small “economic park” is springing up in 11 villages in the city's head town. This is not a war, but an organized entanglement: based on the success of the grape industry, the establishment of a party union industrial base, centred on the gold dam and the camps, has broken the village boundaries, consolidated funds, integrated construction and revenue-sharing, creating a pattern of “one village, one industry, one village, one village, one village, one village, one village”. In 2025, collective economic revenues amounted to rmb 1. 280 million for the whole town and rmb 1098,000 for the village。
“in the past 15 years, the grape industry has brought us much more than the `20,000 dollars in a acre' and, more importantly, an introspective approach to `incorporation, survival and win-winness', which is an internal dynamic of `entanglement development, village prosperity'.” the deputy secretary of the chongryon party party, the mayor of summer county, said, "in the future, we'll do a series of three articles, one after the other, to improve the crop and the species, and to stabilize it." roots; two extending to grape deep processing, cold chain logistics to add value for excellent `two products'; three integrating eco-seeding, excavating experiences and rural tourism to activate `three products'. Let the grape not only come across the mountain, but also go along in chains, and make a real one-sided dream of prosperity."
