Poor people in Hotan, Xinjiang, get out of poverty by "locomotive"

In Kuma village, haiyirike Town, Hotan County, Xinjiang, "eating delicious food in the train" has become a unique scene. There are 12 dining tables in the nearly 24 meter long train carriage. Padem Khan nurmai warmly greets the guests: "grab rice, mix noodles, stir fry vegetables... What would you like to have? " A special restaurant transformed from idle carriages helped villagers patham Khan Nur to get on the train and get out of poverty.

"this carriage has been in operation for a long time. In order to reuse resources, we have repainted and painted the outside of the carriage, and carried out water and electricity renovation, turning it into a locomotive restaurant that promotes employment and poverty alleviation." Halipu vars, head of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said.

before that, six people in the family of padamhan nurmaiti, a villager, had been living on a tight budget with only seasonal income. After the locomotive restaurant was built, pattem Khan obtained the management right by virtue of good cooking. Kuma village is located in a deep poverty-stricken area, but it is adjacent to the national highway, with convenient transportation. The locomotive restaurant has become a food "punch card" place for the township people and tourists.

"on January 1 this year, the restaurant began to open, with a daily turnover of more than 1700 yuan (RMB, the same below), and the highest daily turnover of more than 3400 yuan." Patemkhan said that the restaurant attracts nine villagers to work. One of the beneficiaries is the villagers, rez vanguli tursun Tohti, "my parents are not in good health and need to be taken care of. Now with the locomotive restaurant, I can work and earn money at home."

as the sign of the locomotive restaurant gradually rings, the village team of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has transformed 33 front rooms beside the restaurant to create a catering culture square. "I used to have nothing to do except during the busy farming season, and I didn't have money to earn. Through participating in the free skill training of the working team, I have mastered the cooking skills of beef noodle and opened a noodle shop in the locomotive catering square. " Villagers, rehomo aimati, said.

since Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. helped Hetian County, skill training has been listed as an important measure to transform poverty alleviation from "blood transfusion" to "blood production". Since this year, 84 professional and technical personnel have been selected and dispatched by Xinjiang Railway to train the poor people in farming and planting techniques during the slack season, with more than 5900 participants.

since this year, Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has promoted 11 precision assistance projects, developed grape, walnut, multiple birth sheep and other species and breeding industries, and built a food processing industry dominated by dried fruits and nutritious oysters, as well as a featured catering industry dominated by ethnic snacks. The multiple sheep farm of locomotive, the cooperative of locomotive and the catering square of locomotive have been built one after another, initially forming the industrial development pattern of "one village, one characteristic", accumulatively helping more than 460 poor households and solving the employment of more than 200 poor people.

the Xinjiang Railway Department plans to open 19 special trains for tourism in the south of border Manchuria this year to invigorate the tourism market in Hotan area through the mode of "railway + tourism + poverty alleviation"