Through quotes from ancient Chinese literature, CGTN brings an entirely new avenue to discover the stories behind the classics and discuss the cultural foundation of the Chinese. The series will help viewers understand the Chinese wisdom to govern an evolving nation.
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00:00 The key to running a country is to first enrich the people. This is classic Chinese wisdom.
00:12 Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this while delivering a speech on poverty alleviation.
00:18 And he stressed during the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that Chinese
00:23 modernization should lead to common prosperity for all. Why has China always placed enriching
00:30 the people as a top priority? First, let's hear what prosperity means to Chinese farmers.
00:39 What is prosperity?
00:41 If you want to spend, spend. If you want to buy, buy. This is called prosperity.
00:47 Bees are the beekeepers from MiYun, a northeast suburb of Beijing and its largest
00:59 honey-producing base. MiYun has a history of over 300 years of beekeeping, but now a new way
01:06 of raising bees is being introduced to bring the industry to a whole new level.
01:11 Professor Gurbani, hello. Hello.
01:13 You know, one young man is trying to introduce or is taking the lead to make it even better
01:19 and sell more. Oh, really? Wow.
01:21 Shall we find out his story? Yes, yes, please.
01:24 Let's go. Let's go.
01:25 Hello, Professor.
01:39 This is Liu Jing Liang, China's first beekeeper to successfully practice multi-box beekeeping.
01:46 What is this technique and how does it improve a bee farmer's income?
01:52 Be careful. This is a temporary set up. This bee hive has about 200 boxes.
02:00 Now we have one box, one box, two boxes, three boxes. This is the least.
02:06 In the traditional way, we only have two boxes. Let's see how this bee is.
02:10 Let's see what honey is on it. Look, it's like this, it's covered. This is mature honey.
02:16 Can this honey be eaten? Yes, it can. Our honey is naturally produced.
02:20 Wow.
02:22 You can try it.
02:24 Yes.
02:26 It's so sweet.
02:28 Professor Ma forgot to wear a hat.
02:30 Yes. In the traditional way, the honey has already been shaken off.
02:34 But now we have to wait for the whole lid to be shaken off. This is the difference.
02:38 How much more can this be sold than the traditional way?
02:42 The price can be doubled.
02:44 This is called honey when it is taken out of the box.
02:48 This way, other beekeepers can see that we can produce honey and increase our income.
02:54 Multi-box beekeeping is the main technique that Mi Wing has promoted since 2016,
03:02 when Liu Jingliang first heard about it and started to practice it.
03:06 It took him five years to fully implement it, and it became the key for his family to increase its income.
03:13 Nonetheless, this technique has been questioned by local beekeepers.
03:18 Liu Jingliang promoted this technique.
03:22 Some people can accept it, but some people can't. Most people can't accept it.
03:26 Many beekeepers are skeptical about this method.
03:29 I think this method is against natural science.
03:32 I have tried it this year and found many new things.
03:36 Liu has been doing beekeeping for several years. Why did you start this year?
03:40 I saw that he was benefited this year.
03:43 You don't believe that this can be done?
03:46 No, I don't believe it.
03:48 It has to be done here.
03:50 Over seven years, about 30% of bee farmers have adopted multi-box beekeeping in Mi Wing.
03:56 Now, such a technique has also been promoted in China.
04:01 I can motivate some people around me, and they can motivate others around them.
04:08 This way, we can all benefit from it.
04:11 The government wants to make beekeepers rich.
04:15 The government has been doing a lot of work.
04:17 We used to go to beekeeping training, and Liu Jingliang would show us how to do it.
04:22 After we succeeded, many people started to learn from us.
04:25 Our country can only be rich if our people are rich.
04:28 This is what we have been pursuing and working hard for.
04:35 President Xi quoted a classical Chinese saying,
04:39 "The way to rule the country is to make people rich."
04:42 It comes from a book over 2,000 years ago, "Record of the Grand Historian."
04:47 How do you understand that?
04:49 Any government that doesn't think about their people,
04:52 then they're not going to be able to run the country as well.
04:56 But in the story of Liu Jingliang, how do you see the approach of achieving common prosperity?
05:02 This goes back to what we in management call "expanding the pie."
05:06 If he tries to make everybody else grow with him,
05:09 the price of honey from his region is going to become higher and higher.
05:14 So that pie is going to expand, and that's the meaning of common prosperity.
05:19 The way to rule the country is to make people rich.
05:25 We must achieve, maintain, develop,
05:31 and promote the most fundamental interests of the people,
05:36 and that is to achieve common prosperity.
05:39 The priority of a government should be to seek the prosperity of its people.
05:46 China is definitely a pioneer in this area,
05:49 because it was able to turn the huge population from a slave to an economic source.
05:55 The Chinese have a saying that it's better to give a man a fishing rod than a fish.
06:01 So here, the increase in prosperity is the rod that the government can give to a man,
06:07 and then the man, with or without the support of the government,
06:11 will be able to fish with this rod.
06:13 Socialism with Chinese characteristics is an example for the West.
06:17 It shows us how it's not possible to advance and make a nation prosper
06:21 if you don't take into account each and every one of its citizens.
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