NPC deputy committed to improving life in rural communities

Zhang's company boosts employment growth in neighboring areas. [Photo/ddcpc website]

In Dier village, Liupanshui, Southwest China's Guizhou province, the automated honey filling workshop of Guizhou Zhangshi Xingnong Development Co hums with impressive efficiency — filtering, vacuum-sealing, filling, and capping completed in one seamless flow. This production line generated over 10 million yuan (1.45 million) in sales in 2025, while creating jobs for 10,000 local villagers.

"It began as a 24-square-meter makeshift workshop in a prefab shed," recalls Zhang Shunyong, deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and the company’s general manager.

From a 1,700-yuan secondhand shed to automated workshops, and from barren rocky fields to 2,000 mu (133.33 hectares) of medicinal herb bases across multiple regions, Zhang attributes this growth to the opportunities presented by national pro-rural policies.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), the company's output value surged from 200,000–300,000 yuan to nearly 10 million yuan, creating income opportunities directly for local villagers.

The honey workshop now employs more than 20 locals, with monthly wages exceeding 3,500 yuan. It has also boosted seasonal employment across neighboring villages, distributing over 1 million yuan in labor payments.

In 2026, Zhang plans to establish 10–20 standardized apiaries under a shared-profit model: the company provides bee colonies, and farmers receive 50 percent of honey profits. Through natural colony splitting, partner farmers keep half the new swarms, transforming them into invested stakeholders while scaling the industry.