National lawmaker leads impoverished villagers to prosperity

STORY: National lawmaker leads impoverished villagers to prosperity DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1.Various of Gu Fengjie working 2.SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GU FENGJIE, National lawmaker 3.various of Gu Fengjie working 4.SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GU FENGJIE, National lawmaker STORYLINE: Gu Fengjie, a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), is the Party Secretary of Sandaohezi Village, northeast China's Jilin Province. By introducing new projects to the village, Gu has led impoverished villagers to prosperity. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GU FENGJIE, National lawmaker "The land in our village is mostly waterlogged. That's why it's not easy for us to get rich only by growing crops. So I took the villagers on research trips. Then we introduced breeding cattle. Now our village is dubbed the 'bull village.'" With 3,000 heads of beef cattle, cattle raising has become the leading industry in Sandaohezi Village. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GU FENGJIE, Nati