Xinhua News Agency, Haikou, January 23 (Reporters Wu Maohui and Zhao Yuhe) "When spring starts and the weather is warmer, I will put snail seedlings and officially resume production." After more than four months of restructuring, Shi Ping, a Dongfeng snail breeder in Puqian Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province, rekinds hope.

In September 2024, the 17th-level super typhoon "Capricorn" swept across Wenchang, with houses damaged, forests destroyed and infrastructure damaged. After the disaster, with the help of all walks of life, Wenchang actively carried out self-rescue and reconstruction work for production and life steadily recovered.

On January 19, an Oriental Snail Breeding Farm in Wenchang resumed production. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Liangchuan

At the Xinbuhai coast of Puqian Town, aquaculture farms of all sizes were devastated by typhoons. Nowadays, these farms are revived, some have re-covered tarpaulins, and some are disinfecting and cleaning the breeding ponds in order to release new seedlings. "I have washed twice, and then I can put seedlings into the seedlings after I cleaned them again." Shi Ping said, "I hope there will be a great harvest in the new year!"

Some large-scale aquaculture bases have completely resumed production. At the base of Hainan Jinlong Aquatic Seedling Co., Ltd., the Spring Festival couplets posted on the door of the office building are particularly eye-catching, and the bright red colors exudes joy and hope. The biological bait workshop, shrimp planting workshop and seedling workshop have been completely repaired, and all production lines are being produced normally, and the traces of the typhoon have long disappeared.

"We completely resumed production in early December last year. Yesterday, we just sent 23 million shrimp seedlings to downstream customers in Jiangsu." Xu Qiuwei, the company's head, said that the Spring Festival is the peak period for the downstream aquaculture farms to invest seedlings, and during this period the company has daily orders.

Not only the aquatic industry is gradually recovering, but the animal husbandry industry is also recovering in full swing.

On January 20, staff from Hainan Xinquan Wenchang Chicken Co., Ltd. were checking the breeding chickens. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Maohui

In the breeding farm of Hainan Xinquan Wenchang Chicken Co., Ltd., Changsha Town, the hatching, breeding chicken and broiler fattening factory are all operating at full capacity, and all links are in order. Among them, in the broiler fattening factory, Wenchang chickens have bright feathers and are energetic, and the daily output is more than 5,000.

"The government has given us a lot of help, and now all production has resumed, and the impact of the typhoon has been completely eliminated." Zhou Shi'an, the head of the chicken farm, said, "There is confidence in expanding the scale and further expanding production."

In order to help all industries resume work and production, Wenchang formulated a post-disaster recovery plan. In terms of agriculture, more than 13 million yuan of subsidy funds have been issued so far, and the restoration and reconstruction of greenhouses, aquatic facilities, chicken shed houses, pig pens, etc. have been organized to restore and renovate greenhouses, aquatic facilities, chicken shed houses, pig pens, etc., and the repair rate of chicken shed houses and pig pens is 100%.

Rebuild your home and ecological restoration must also keep up with it simultaneously. As the first barrier to defend against typhoons, the restoration of coastal defense forests is underway.

On the slope of the coast of Magnolia Lighthouse, dozens of workers wearing straw hats and rain boots were busy. Some of them dig holes with hoes, some of them put coconut seedlings, and some of them water and irrigate. Everyone has clear division of labor and skillful movements.

On January 19, workers planted coconut trees on the slope of the coast of Mulan Lighthouse in Wenchang City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Maohui

"Compared with the original Casuarine tree, coconut trees are not only more wind-resistant, but also more beautiful." Worker Han Jiyan wiped his sweat, then shoveled a shovel of red clay to the roots of the newly planted coconut seedlings, and gently patted them to compact them. He said: "This coconut forest needs to be planted 280 acres. We work for eight or nine hours a day and will be planted in these few days."

In order to further improve the coastal windproof capacity, after the "Capricorn" Typhoon, Wenchang adopted a forestry model of slow-growing and fast-growing tree species such as "coconut pure forest" and "coconut mixed casuarina" to build a coastal defense forest demonstration site. At present, the afforestation area of ​​2,200 acres has been completed.

"In the future, we will also mobilize the masses to widely replant and restore coastal defense forests, and strive to build more coastal defense forests into a green barrier integrating ecological protection, economic benefits and landscape effects." said Dong Jiangyi, the Forestry Office of Puqian Town Government of Wenchang City.

Climbing up to the Magnolia Lighthouse to overlook, the tender coconut trees are arranged neatly and swaying gently in the wind. Clusters of green new leaves emerged nearby wild trees that once bowed in the strong wind. Looking into the distance, the island-round tourist highway winds forward along the coast, and tourists driving and riding are endless, enjoying the beautiful spring scenery.