Former Anti-Japanese University branch site drives rural vitalization in Yinan

Donggaozhuang Village in Sunzu Town, Yinan County, home to the former site of the First Branch of the Counter-Japanese University, integrates red cultural inheritance with rural industrial development to achieve comprehensive rural revitalization.

In late 1939, more than 1,370 teachers and students trekked over 1,500 kilometers to settle here, running schools amid battles. Over six years, the branch cultivated 24,000 cadres and joined over 100 combat missions, with more than 200 martyrs sacrificing their lives. In recent years, the village renovated red relics, upgraded village roads and built new residential buildings for 388 households, fully collecting villagers’opinions in planning to reach 100 public satisfaction.

The village developed featured workshops for wormwood products and cloth shoes to create local jobs, and built a 47.5-square-kilometer red tourism zone covering 10 villages themed on red research, featured agriculture and eco sightseeing. The red heritage now becomes a core driving force for village prosperity, combining revolutionary memory with industrial growth.

Editor：韩蒙蒙