People's Daily Online, Linyi, October 19 (Reporter Tan Yuan) “The sentiment of 'Red嫂情' is a kind of dedication and responsibility. When it comes to food, I should be able to eat it myself, and so should the common people.” said Li Xiuling, Chairman of Shandong Xinhe Yixue Food Co., Ltd. From the 16th to the 17th, the national media large-scale interview activity “Telling the Story of Qilu Grain and Oil · Journalists' Journey for Food Security” visited Linyi, the old revolutionary base area, and interviewed three enterprises: Xinhe Yixue Flour, Zhulaoda Food, and Dique Food. “As a child of Yimeng, I feel extremely honored and proud. The three characters 'Red嫂情' carry a heavy burden, so I start from small things. From the beginning of raw material procurement, every grain of wheat we use has been carefully selected, and ensuring that the common people can eat with confidence is our original intention.” said Li Xiuling. Xinhe Yixue Food Co., Ltd. integrates grain and oil trade, deep processing of wheat, and production of noodles and pasta. It is not only a “China Good Grain and Oil Demonstration Enterprise” but also a provincial key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization with the largest production capacity and advanced technology and equipment in the Linyi area. Li Xiuling was originally a laid-off worker in the grain industry. She led other laid-off workers to start a new business. She told reporters that she created the “Red嫂情” brand to inherit the spirit of the Red嫂 (Red Sisters) in the Yimeng old revolutionary base area. According to Li Xiuling, the company has joined forces with multiple cooperatives and family farms to establish the “Xinhe Yixue Industrialization Consortium,” cooperating with the team of Dr. Liu Aifeng from the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences to develop new wheat varieties specifically for enterprises, and developing a “Yimeng Mountain High-standard High-quality High-gluten Wheat Production Base” covering more than 40,000 mu of raw grain bases in local townships. At the same time, the company's independently developed “0-degree” low-temperature production new process has obtained national patent certification. It has developed three major brand series of flour for different consumer groups: “Yixue,” “Caimeng,” and “Red嫂情,” and its products are currently sold well throughout the country. As the vice president of the Yimeng Red嫂 Association, Li Xiuling visits local garrisons and armed forces departments every year, actively carrying out activities to support the army and their families, and going deep into the troops to comfort officers and soldiers. Not only does she provide precise assistance to more than ten orphaned and poor children every year, but she also visits local nursing homes to comfort the elderly, organizes visits to old party members, participates in filial piety and respect for the elderly activities, cares for people in difficulty, helps the elderly living alone through filial piety funds, and participates in public welfare activities such as precise assistance to orphaned and poor children. To promote the healthy and sustainable development of grain purchase, sales, and processing transformation, and to fully build the “Qilu Grain and Oil” public brand, Li Xiuling said, “The government has built such a good brand, and we run the enterprise with conscience. This quality has finally found its support, and finally found its 'family.' The government has provided me with this platform, and I also want to learn the spirit of the Red嫂, leaving valuable spiritual wealth for the next generation and for society.” “Modern people pursue quality of life. What is quality? Simply put, it is 'good' - good-looking and delicious. I never use additives in flour; I only use high-gluten flour specially supplied by flour mills.” Similarly, as a red grain and oil food enterprise, Zhu Chengyong, Party Secretary of Shandong Zhulaoda Food Co., Ltd., also has a deep affection for the Yimeng Red嫂 and a sentiment of supporting the army and loving the Party. The company is also the largest and most technologically advanced frozen food processing enterprise in the southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu region. In 2010, the Zhulaoda series dumplings won the title of “China's Famous Dumplings.” Visiting the Yimeng Red嫂 Memorial Hall invested in and built by Zhu Chengyong, Party Secretary of Shandong Zhulaoda Food Co., Ltd. (Photo by Zhuang Fayong) Over the past 19 years, Zhu Chengyong has led the army-supporting team on more than 400 visits to comfort troops, traveling to border passes, entering sentry posts, visiting islands, and going down to company units. Her army-supporting footsteps have covered more than half of China, with a cumulative journey of over 500,000 kilometers, donating money and goods worth more than 10 million yuan, and adopting more than 5,000 soldier sons, earning her the reputation of “the most beautiful soldier mother.” “We are a red enterprise, and we will always be a red enterprise. As long as it is related to the military, it is related to me. I want to solve some practical problems for them, not just talk about it, but from the bottom of my heart. I want to do my army-supporting work even better.” said Zhu Chengyong. “One out of every three yellow millet glutinous rice balls is from Dique.” Also flowing with red genes in their blood is Shandong Dique Food Co., Ltd. As a food processing enterprise in the old revolutionary base area, Dique mainly produces frozen rice and flour foods such as dumplings, steamed buns, and glutinous rice balls. The company's main product, yellow millet glutinous rice balls, has become an “internet celebrity” in recent years, bringing the company more than 20 million yuan in annual revenue. The company's general manager, Zhao Changfei, stated that as the company grows stronger, it should shoulder more social responsibilities. The company has currently solved the employment of more than 20 local unemployed farmers, placed more than 20 college graduates, accepted more than 20 re-employed unemployed people, more than 30 returning migrant workers, and solved the employment of more than 30 local surrounding residents. Since the construction of the “Qilu Grain and Oil” public brand, the company has also taken advantage of the brand construction momentum and organized the application for the 2019 “China Good Grain and Oil” action plan project, with a total investment of 30 million yuan, to comprehensively upgrade the company's main equipment and production environment, while also boosting local economic development and helping farmers get rid of poverty and become prosperous. The project can not only drive the planting base of more than 10,000 mu of high-quality wheat and pollution-free vegetables, as well as livestock and poultry breeding and slaughtering bases, but also provide more than 2,000 employment positions for society. Shandong Dique Food Co., Ltd. provides more than 2,000 employment positions for society, solving the employment of local farmers (Photo by Zhuang Fayong) “Water blends, life and death together” - the Yimeng spirit is one of the spiritual pedigrees of the Chinese people. Linyi City is a national advanced city in grain production and a major peanut production area. In 2020, the grain and oil processing enterprises included in the statistical scope of the city achieved a total industrial output value of more than 44 billion yuan, with a total profit of 1.4 billion yuan. The grain and oil industry has formed a red industrial cluster represented by “Yimeng New Red嫂,” which has made the Linyi grain and oil brand famous and driven the grain and oil industry to become bigger and stronger.” said Zuo Zhenke, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Linyi Municipal Grain and Reserve Bureau. The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held an enlarged meeting to analyze and study the economic and social development situation in the first three quarters and the next steps: clearly recognize the situation, clarify the direction, highlight key points, strengthen measures, and ensure the completion of the annual economic and social development goals and tasks. On the afternoon of October 18, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held an enlarged meeting to analyze and study the province's economic and social development situation in the first three quarters and arrange and deploy the next steps. Provincial Party Secretary Li Ganjie presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.…On the morning of October 18, the Party Leadership Group of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee held an enlarged meeting in Jinan to seriously study the spirit of the Central People's Congress Work Conference and conduct in-depth research and deployment for implementation in light of the province's actual conditions. Provincial Party Secretary and Party Secretary of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee Party Leadership Group Li Ganjie presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.…The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held a meeting to seriously study the important speech of Secretary Xi and other important speeches. On the afternoon of October 18, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee held a meeting to seriously study the important speech of Secretary Xi at the Central People's Congress Work Conference and the speech of Comrade Li Zhanshu, seriously study the important speeches of Secretary Xi at the conference commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Revolution of 1911 and the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the important instructions on aging work, and study the implementation opinions. Provincial Party Secretary Li Ganjie presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.…Li Ganjie and Zhou Naixiang sent a condolence letter on the occasion of the Senior Citizens' Day, extending holiday congratulations to the elderly in the province. The celebration activities for the Senior Citizens' Day in Shandong Province and Jinan City were held. On October 14, on the occasion of the ninth Senior Citizens' Day, Provincial Party Secretary Li Ganjie and Acting Governor Zhou Naixiang sent a condolence letter to the elderly and aging workers in the province, representing the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government to extend holiday congratulations to the elderly in the province, and sincere greetings to the aging workers and people from all walks of life who care about and support the development of aging services. In the condolence letter, Li Ganjie and Zhou Naixiang said that respecting and caring for the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.…When Wang Yong emphasized during his research in Shandong on preventing autumn floods and ensuring people's livelihood, he stressed going all out to prevent autumn floods and strengthening measures to ensure people's livelihood. Li Jiheng participated in the research, and Li Ganjie and Zhou Naixiang accompanied him. State Councilor Wang Yong emphasized during his research in Shandong from October 11 to 12 that it is necessary to thoroughly implement the important instructions of Secretary Xi on strengthening flood prevention and disaster relief and ensuring people's livelihood, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhere to the people-first and life-first principle, further tighten and consolidate responsibilities and measures, go all out to do a good job in preventing autumn floods and ensuring people's livelihood, and effectively ensure the safety of people's lives and property and basic livelihood needs. Minister of Civil Affairs Li Jiheng participated in the research; Provincial Party Secretary Li Ganjie and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Acting Governor Zhou Naixiang accompanied respectively.…