Internet plus honeysuckle—the Jiujianpeng targeted poverty alleviation model
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Zhang Jianping, General Manager of Jiujianpeng Group, explains how poverty can be reduced through growing honeysuckle. [Photo by Wen Xiaoxuan / China.org.cn]
The 2017 China Poverty Reduction International Forum was held on May 26 in Beijing. During the forum, Zhang Jianping, General Manager of Jiujianpeng Group, explained how poverty can be reduced by growing honeysuckle.
Jiujianpeng Village in Pingyi County, Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province
Jiujianpeng Village is located in Difang Town, Pingyi County, Linyi City, within the confines of Yimeng old revolutionary base area, and on the Longding mountain that reaches an altitude of more than 640 meters in east China’s Shandong Province.
In the 1980s, Jiujianpeng Village had the unwanted reputation of a village afflicted by poverty. The village secretary, Liu Jiakun, started the fight against poverty in 1984. He led the villagers on a campaign to build roads, connect to the electricity grid and mains water supply, cultivate the mountain terrain and plant fruit trees. After 5 years of strenuous effort, a marked improvement in working and living conditions in Jiujianpeng Village was apparent. By 1997 the village was free of absolute poverty.
