忻州地区是一个水土流失十分严重的贫困山区,即使风调雨顺,亩产不过几十斤,遇上坏年景,连种子都收不回来。70年代在这里筑坝建库,拦沙蓄水,虽起了一定作用,但投资大效益差,有的连补贴投资的一半都收不回来。不少地方仍然是吃饭靠政府的返销粮,花钱靠国家的救济款。农村改革给这里带来了希望。80年代初,这里实行了户包治理小流域责任制,五寨县新寨村的支部书记苏成业率 Xinzhou is a poor mountainous area where soil and water loss is very serious. Even if the weather is good, the output per mu is just a few kilos. In the case of bad years, the seeds are not recovered. In the 1970s, dam-building and reservoir-building were stopped here. Although sediment storage and water storage played a certain role, the great investment returns were poor. Some even received half of the subsidized investment. In many places, food is still reimbursed by the government and spent on state relief. Rural reforms have given hope here. In the early 1980s, here implemented a small household management accountability system, Wuzhai Xinzhai Village Branch Secretary Su Cheng rate