China News Service, Ningxia Longde, November 13th. Title: Xiamen University has been supporting Ningxia Longde for 14 years: turning "what Xiamen University can do" into the possession of Lunde
China News Service reporter Li Peishan
In early winter, in the beef processing workshop of Zhangshu Village, Shatang Town, Longde County, Guyuan City, Ningxia, at the foot of Liupan Mountain, workers were packaging beef according to orders, and the scene was orderly. "Experts from Xiamen University come to teach us techniques, and there is a stable market. We don't have to worry about selling beef and Chinese medicinal materials, and our income is getting more stable year by year." Gao Sutao, secretary of the Zhangshu Village Party branch, said.
This confidence comes from a "relative" formed in 2012: In accordance with the unified arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, Xiamen University and Longde County formed a fixed-point assistance pair and integrated into the overall pattern of Minning cooperation. Over the past fourteen years, classrooms, workshops, and clinics along the coast of Fujian have gradually moved into Liupanshan.
The first thing that moved here was the classroom. The Experimental Middle School Affiliated to Xiamen University and Longde County Middle School are paired together and carry out "cloud teaching" and "on-the-job training" on a regular basis, and have trained more than 4,000 teachers in total. Xiamen University's 379 graduate student teaching team members took up residence in Liupanshan District, raising more than 20 million yuan in scholarships and supporting more than 30,000 students. Xiamen University also invested more than 1 million yuan to build the "Nanqiang Youth Science and Technology Innovation Center", helping Lunde to be selected as a national primary and secondary science and technology education experimental zone. In the "Nanqiang Experimental Class" jointly established by both parties, the undergraduate admission rate for the 2026 college entrance examination students reached 97%.
Along with the classroom comes industry. Zhangshu Village’s beef can stably come out of the mountain, relying on the industrial chain established by Xiamen University. Xiamen University built the Kangye Poverty Alleviation Industrial Park in Longde County, introducing a total of 102 million yuan in assistance funds, with an annual output value exceeding 1.3 billion yuan, and providing more than 1,300 jobs for farmers at their doorsteps. More than 30 science and technology commissioners squatted in the fields and tried out cycle models such as "carrots + beef cattle" and "bacteria sticks - feed - manure - return to the fields", which helped more than 5,000 farmers increase their income. Since 2021, Xiamen University has directly purchased and helped sell Longde agricultural products for nearly 160 million yuan.
Outside the workshop, Xiamen teachers and students went into intangible cultural heritage workshops such as Wei's Brick Carving and Yang's Painted Sculpture to turn patterns into cultural creations. The Xiamen University team also participated in the preparation of Lunde's "15th Five-Year Plan" and the cultural and tourism integration plan, and built Ningxia's first ocean library. "Through cooperation with universities such as Xiamen University, our old craftsmanship has been seen by more young people, and the inheritance has become more vigorous." said Bu Wenjun, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage Guyuan Brick Carving (Wei Brick Carving).
This help also extends to the clinic. A number of hospitals affiliated with Xiamen University have jointly carried out "group" assistance. Since 2021, more than 550 teaching rounds and surgical teachings have been carried out, and more than 2,000 primary care workers in Longde County have been trained. A remote consultation platform is connected to township health centers. "Experts teach you step by step, so people can get good medical treatment at their doorsteps," said Pang Yan, deputy director of Longde County People's Hospital.
Over the past fourteen years, what Xiamen University has retained in Lunde is not only funds and projects, but also the elderly care services of the "Mountain and Sea Tongxin Garden" and the floor-to-ceiling production workshops. "Longde needs what Xiamen University can do, and we will continue on this path." said He Hongming, member of the Standing Committee of the Longde County Party Committee and deputy county magistrate, who came from Xiamen to take a temporary post.
