"Today, young people are coming back to start businesses," Zhang says, pointing to the influence on local incomes, which have tripled from over 10,000 yuan ($1,380) in 2008 to 30,000 yuan in 2023.
"Our aim is to make Guanyang village a model for rural vitalization," he says, describing a future countryside where culture thrives, the environment is preserved, and community life prospers.