GUILIN MAKES GREATER STRIDES IN MODERNIZATION

City builds on Red Army legacy, blazes path of green development

For Wang Deli, a 42-year-old grape grower in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the road to rural modernization is typified by his 0.87-hectare vineyard, where grape vines flourish in the spring sunshine.

Two years ago, President Xi Jinping visited Wang's home in Maozhushan village and chatted with the farmer's family during an inspection tour of the region.

Now, more certificates of merit for Wang's daughters, Wang Jia'nan, 13, and Wang Zixuan, 11, adorn one wall of the property, where shelves display local specialties such as packaged rice noodles, bottled sliced pepper and fried fish. Together with the vineyard they earned the family an annual income of 150,000 yuan ($21,550) last year, a rise of 10,000 yuan from 2021.