Nanjie

Nanjie (Chinese南街村, Pinyin Nanjie CUN) is one of 19 villages of the greater community of Chengguan District Linying the prefecture-level city of Luohe in Henan Province, China. Nanjie covers an area of 1.78 km ². In the 848 households 3180 people live, mostly of the Hui and Han Chinese nationals.

History

As part of the Chinese government's program for the establishment of Socialist New Villages Nanjie was promoted. It experienced an economic boom in the sequence. From 1991 to 1997, versiebzehnfachte economic performance to easily fall again in the following period. The funds were used differently than in most projects. It was designed a village which is called the last Maoist village in China. Nanjie has developed on the basis of which a tourist attraction which is visited by about 400,000 people annually. Attractions are the Mao Park, the Mao Tower Bible or faithfully reconstructed birthplace of Mao Zedong. Visitors need to visit the village to pay 50 yuan entrance fee.

The collectivization of agriculture and industry took place in the mid- 80s under the mayor Hong Bin, when the whole country was covered by the reform and opening up, Deng Xiaoping. Hong offered the peasants, which the land was returned to join the collective and promised in return for a life-long supply of rice. This strategy shows success, after ten years, there was all the land owned by the collective.

Situation today

In Nanjie there is an obligation to work. In the established industry around 13,000 people work, of which 2,000 are residents Nanjies. The other staff do not enjoy the social privileges. Profits are divided among all residents equally. The residents receive a small cash payment ( 18-25 € per month). In addition, the residents Nanjies get a wide range of social services. These include the provision of free food, housing, electricity, water, telephone, cable TV, clothes, education, health care and elderly care. The main decision-making body is the village committee. The decision-making powers of the Committee include measures that infringe on the privacy of the residents, such as the approval of weddings. Compliance with the prevailing morality in the village is closely monitored. There is also a rating system for misconduct, punishable by the reduction of social benefits.