New river straw for survival in the "cracking"

"Immediately, without smoke, watching TV to make straw; not go out, not leave the hospital, easy to make money." This is Pinghe City Xinhe Town peasants compiled straw hat "crop" out of a jingle. Those who understand the new river straw series will definitely know that the three "national bests" of the new river straw series are the largest in the country in the total production and processing of straw handicrafts; the number of needles in the country is the largest; the total number of employees and the largest proportion in the country. However, in recent years, with the lack of raw materials for straw and the increase in the number of migrant workers, the output value of Xinhe straw has repeatedly declined.

It is understood that in the heyday, Pingdu City Xinhe Town straw weaving crafts export production enterprises have developed to more than 40, more than 30 villages in the town have established straw weaving crafts processing points, engaged in straw weaving crafts industry number reached more than 10,000 people, straw The output value of the handicrafts reached 400 million yuan. In recent years, due to the constraints of various factors, the development of the new river straw is facing difficulties. Now the production value of straw in Xinhe Town is about 200 million yuan, which is only half of the original value.

On December 4, the reporter came to Xinhe Town and visited a number of straw-laying and processing companies and some private workshops. Business owners and private owners generally reflected that the current business was not good. Not only was the export blocked, but even the processing and production links were all higher than before. Great discount. The reporter learned from Qingdao Yuxi Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. that the company was established in 2001 and that the business experienced a change from a big ups and downs. “Our company had the most prosperous business in the past few years between 2005 and 2008. It can reach 10 million. Since 2008, business has turned sharply. This year's output value can only reach two or three million,” the company’s owner Fu Huabin told reporters.

According to the reporter’s visit, Xinhe Town is located at the junction of Qingdao, Weifang and Yantai. The northern part of the country is poor in fresh water resources and has a strong alkaline soil. It is not suitable for planting crops. In order to survive in the harsh natural environment, the Shinho people began to use various types of weeds to create daily necessities for sale. At that time, their “masterpiece” was a straw hat commonly used in rural areas. Longwan Jiangjia Village gradually formed a collection of straw hats. The city is known as the "Cap village." Since the 1980s, farmers began to use their spare time to carry out a small amount of manual processing. By the late 1990s, the straw craft market gradually developed, and the new river straw gradually formed a climate. "At the time of the prosperity of the Xinhe River, the industry has been circulated with the idea that 'the country's straw braids look at Shandong, and the Shandong straw braids look at the New River'." Recalling the flourishing period of Xinhe straw, Fu Huabin had a lot of emotion.

It is only a few years since Xinhe Caobian went from booming to falling production value. The sample room of each company is the epitome of the entire market. The reporter saw in the sample room of Qingdao Yuhan Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd. that more than half of the handicrafts stored inside were not straw products. Scattered pieces of straw hats are particularly garish in the sample room. “In the flourishing period of grass weaving, more than 70% of the products we produce are straw products, and now straw products are less than 20% of the total, and the company gradually gave up the production of straw products.” According to the staff introduction.

Difficulties The local raw materials were almost extinct. Before the spring blossoms, farmers in other places were busy with the crops in the busy farming season. Farmers in Xinhe Town, Pingdu City, were busy with their own homes. They were holding corn bran. The use of dazzling techniques to compile these grasses and leaves into exquisite works of art is a microcosm of the development of the straw craft industry in Xinhe Town. Nowadays, in Xinhe Town, it is difficult to see farm women using corn bran and other straws.

It is understood that the inexhaustible resource advantages such as yellow grass, corn bran, and wheat straw in Xinhe River no longer exist. According to reports, the raw materials for the new river straw are mainly grass, corn bran and stalks. “In recent years, the living standards of farmers have been increased. Planting and harvesting of crops are all mechanized. With reasonable use of pesticides, there are fewer grasses in the fields. Corn husks and stalks were all crushed by the machine and could no longer be used for straw weaving," Han Hanbo, director of the New River Investment Center, told reporters.

Han Jianbo told reporters that in the process of making grass weaving, ordinary farmers used grass and straw to make “dumplings” without raw materials. “Rugao” can only be acquired from some remote areas such as Henan and Anhui. “These remote areas The degree of mechanization is low, and the integrity of raw materials is high.” In addition, the reduction of raw materials has also forced the local production enterprises to transform. “Acquiring the 'zizi' from outside, the price is definitely higher than the local production itself, and the dilution of the profits of the production companies has led many companies to transform. Now many enterprises in Xinhe Town are no longer doing straw weaving, but instead use handicrafts made of paper, PVC and other materials."

It is understood that before the agricultural mechanization in Xinhe Town, the price of raw materials such as corn bran and wheat straw is 0.5 yuan per pound, and now the price of these raw materials has risen to 2 yuan per pound, and the total amount of raw materials has been greatly reduced. With development, there may not be any available raw materials for the entire Xinhe Town and its surrounding areas, which will definitely seriously affect the development of the straw.”

Significant price increase Market tightness Raw material scarcity and price increase will inevitably lead to an increase in the prices of straw products. “The overall data is not good estimates, but the specifics of a single product, many straw products have doubled in price,” New Ma Wenhui, who runs the straw processing plant in Kongjia Village, Hejian Town, told reporters. Ma Wenhui started a straw plant in 2005 to pick up the jobs of some foreign trade and export companies. Some of them were left in factories to get workers to work. Some of them were distributed to small family workshops in the village. “The business has been very good for the first few years. There are many orders for the company, but in recent years, as prices have increased, it has become apparent that orders are gradually decreasing." When the business is good, Ma Wenhui has a salary of 300,000 to 400,000 a year, but now he can earn 10 in a year. Ten thousand yuan has already been very good.

“After making a fortune by relying on the straw, we go abroad to make money overseas”. This is a true portrayal of the prosperity of Xinhe Caobian. All of Xinhe straw weaves are exported, and our products are highly respected abroad. Now, the price of straw products has risen sharply, which has squeezed foreign markets. Coupled with fluctuations in exchange rates, foreign trade is not as prosperous as before. Fu Yubin’s Qingdao Yuxi Arts & Crafts Co., Ltd., in addition to production, also makes exports to the outside world. “When I went to the Canton Fair, I was able to get back many orders each time, but in recent years, the business has really deteriorated. According to Fu Bin, the company's straw products have gradually declined.

Decline is not as good as going out to work and earning money According to reports, straw crafts have a high content of craftsmanship and are natural products, so there is more room for development in the international market. However, this industry is mainly made by hand. It has relatively low requirements for labor skills and processing sites. It is a typical labor-intensive industry and is suitable for places with abundant labor resources and low costs. This industry has a great influence on the employment of new laborers in the New River. It has attracted a large number of women and family members to participate in this industry, providing an opportunity for the narrow middle-aged women's labor force to create a veritable "women's economy" and "shantou economy."

It is understood that the main procedures for the processing of straw crafts are at processing points and farmers. During the prosperous period of grass weaving, a family of women engaged in hand-made, the average cost of each straw basket is about 12 yuan, of which corn husks, wheat straw raw materials and lining costs 9.5 yuan, manual processing costs 2.5 yuan each, a day The processing fee can reach 20 yuan, and it can be compiled with the machined nail process. The daily processing fee is about 48 yuan. The annual output value of arts and crafts in the town is 380 million yuan, of which 160 million yuan is processing fees. With only this one item, the per capita income of the farmers in the town is about 800 yuan. The straw weaving industry has really given the people the most benefit. "Ignite, smokeless, watch TV and make straws; don't go out and leave the hospital and easily make money." Han Hanbo told reporters that this was a jingle made by Xinhe himself, which was compiled several years ago. It is the main economic income of the local people.

In recent years, with the improvement of the overall economic environment in Pingdu, Pingdu has diversified its industrial development, and many factories and enterprises have emerged in the area. Moreover, the peasants’ thinking has gradually eased, and many farmers have started to work outside. Some companies have emerged, and more and more people go to work in factories. “Now at least one day at home can make fifty or sixty yuan. At the same time, you can earn one or two hundred yuan, and you can earn fifty yuan for the best one in the day.” Han Hanbo told reporters, because of this, Many local villagers are reluctant to stay home and make straw.

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