Under the scorching sun, at the Qianxiaofen "Women's Wealth Workshop" in Jinyun County, Lishui City, the sound of footsteps could be heard. The exclusive fan at the workstation blew a cool breeze, and the female workers skillfully operated the flatbed sewing machine, creating a busy and orderly labor scene.

In this material processing "Women's Prosperity Workshop", one end is connected to the "big dream" of common prosperity, and the other end is connected to the "small days" of happy life for women in mountainous areas.

From resettlement communities to shared prosperity industrial clusters on new land

Jinyun County is located in the southwestern mountainous area of Zhejiang Province, and Shuxin Community is a resettlement community for the "Large scale Relocation, Fast Gathering, and Wealthy People's Housing" project in Jinyun County. Relocated residents from 54 natural villages in 13 townships in the county have gradually moved in here, and currently 875 households with 2565 people have been resettled.

To solve the problem of housing and employment for relocated people, the Women's Federation of Jinyun County has piloted the construction of the county's first "Women's Co Prosperity Workshop" service center, including product display area, live broadcast area, negotiation room, and conference room. It integrates five functions: exhibition and sales, business negotiation, empowerment training, employment guidance, and policy consultation. At the same time, it has introduced two mature material processing points to support industrial development, create employment opportunities, and solve difficulties through practical measures, so that people can live and work together.

The 'Women's Co Prosperity Workshop' provides a safe and comfortable working environment for the public. Intelligent Photography

The 'Women's Co Prosperity Workshop' provides a safe and comfortable working environment for the public. Intelligent Photography

Qian Xiaofen's "Women's Wealth Workshop" is one of the initial material processing points introduced. Through reasonable planning of production lines in the early stage, it provides a safe and comfortable working environment for the masses and was awarded the provincial-level "Women's Wealth Workshop" in 2024.

With the official opening of the service center and the demonstration of two women's wealth sharing workshops, eight material processing points, including simple handicrafts and clothing flatcars, have been attracted to develop in the surrounding area, forming a small-scale material processing wealth sharing industry cluster, absorbing more than 600 surplus laborers and increasing the annual income per capita by 23000 yuan.

Empowering new skills from women's labor force to prosperity and driving force

In order to further activate the idle labor force of rural women, in recent years, the Women's Federation of Jinyun County has organized a series of activities such as training, skill competitions, and awards to promote women's learning of skills and achieve employment.

On July 6th, the sewing project of Jinyun County Skills Competition successfully came to an end. This competition adopts a "training+competition" model, encouraging beginners to acquire new skills and enter new fields through learning, and promoting experienced workers in material processing to continuously improve their skills and become "masters" in the field. At the same time, if the theoretical knowledge scores and operational skills competition scores meet the qualified standards, the relevant senior worker certificates will be officially issued by the Jinyun County Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, further promoting the construction and development of the high skilled talent team in the field of material processing in Jinyun County.
Since 2024, in order to speed up the construction of a high-quality workforce and help women find jobs and start businesses, the Women's Federation of Jinyun County has insisted on cooperating with the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Jinyun County to hold training courses on the skills of "Party building leads women to get rich together" in garment processing and sewing with supplied materials, training courses on village broadcasting for women, training courses on the skills of "mother's taste" in Jinyun Shaobing (Baked cake in griddle) production, and promoting "training on behalf of work" and training on processing skills with supplied materials to enter the party masses service center. At present, there are more than 500 trainees.

In order to better promote the upgrading of the material processing industry, the Jinyun County Women's Federation has also integrated various resources, focused on building a communication platform, held symposiums on the theme of material processing safety and development, and recommended brokers to participate in Yiwu Live E-commerce Explosive Products Exhibition and Trade Fair, Lishui City's "Women's Wealth Workshop" digital running class, etc., based on the practical needs of the workshop. At the same time, relying on the support policies for processing materials, we encourage brokers to develop and upgrade their skills.

The New Path of Co Prosperity: From Small Workshops to Employment and Income Increase for the People's Livelihood

She married Jinyun from Guizhou and repeatedly encountered obstacles in her job search due to her unclear speech. Through someone's introduction, she joined a material processing workshop and earned 150 yuan a day from cutting thread to proficiently operating flat cars... "Recently, a group of material processing brokers told each other the stories of the employees in their processing workshop at the" Women's Wealth Workshop "service center, feeling the value of their work.

It is reported that the industry of processing materials for common prosperity has also entered the homes of disabled people in various townships, providing processing positions for disabled people. Through "work instead of treatment", it cultivates the ability of disabled people to live independently, allowing them to experience their own value and joy of life.

Provide job opportunities for disadvantaged groups. Photo by Lou Zheya

Provide job opportunities for disadvantaged groups. Photo by Lou Zheya

Aqiang (pseudonym), a 43 year old worker with multiple disabilities, is a skilled technician with agile and fast hand movements. In the blink of an eye, he can install all the steel balls in a box. The workshop manager said, 'Despite his flaws, he is not at all vague in his work.' Currently, there are 21 disabled people in the workshop, and they receive monthly processing fees and social security contributions, with an average annual increase of 15000 yuan per person.

From the win-win pattern of industrial efficiency improvement, women's income increase, and collective income generation, to the shared scene of material security, livelihood support, and spiritual guidance, small workshops have broken the "ceiling" of employment for rural women and vulnerable groups. Nowadays, one after another, the 'Women's Co Prosperity Workshop' is thriving, cultivating dreams on the soil, writing emotions in the workshop, giving women skills, tasks, and income, making common prosperity tangible and tangible. (Subtle intelligence)