"Five micro, five small" approach guides rural assistance in Yishui county
The seventh group of first secretaries dispatched to villages in Yishui county, Linyi, East China's Shandong province, has replaced the old mindset of large investment and rapid expansion with a "five micro, five small" working method — micro-renovation, micro-service, micro-industry, micro-governance and micro-empowerment — to lift rural assistance across the county.
On renovation, the secretaries have leveraged 36.126 million yuan in electricity costs a year.
On service, the secretaries mobilized enterprises and charity organizations for 558 volunteer activities and 1.468 million yuan ($207,000) in donated funds and goods. In Zhulonghe village, a first secretary from the municipal foreign affairs office noticed elderly residents struggling to reach a water purifier and moved it a dozen meters to the street — a small shift that brought officials and villagers closer. In Yicheng subdistrict, secretaries built a "pioneers serving the old and young" brand with dynamic registries for seniors and two-way care between schoolchildren and elders.
On industry, 46 collective-income projects with 24 million yuan ($3.38 million) of investment have been launched, clustered under a "one town, one product" layout. Twenty-two small but excellent local projects — functional candy, multigrain pancakes, premium grapes, handmade cloth shoes and plush toys — and four village workshops have created jobs nearby. In Dongzhuchen village of Huangshanpu town, a first secretary from the municipal market regulator connected the village's rubber-soled cloth shoes to e-commerce platforms, with daily sales exceeding 5,000 pairs and more than 200 villagers earning more.
On governance, secretaries resolved 18 disputes through a full-chain mechanism of list-based collection, ledger-based management and closed-loop replies. In Daotuo town, secretaries designed lane signs around local cultural images of blueberries, Danshen herb and pottery, and run regular "most beautiful lane" contests to spur resident self-governance. On empowerment, eight practical training sessions with eight industry experts have sharpened the corps' skills.
Editor：韩蒙蒙