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China News Service, Longyan, Fujian, August 10th, Title: Green "transformation" of abandoned mining towns in Yongding, Longyan: "Black Coal Mountain" becomes "Flower and Fruit Mountain"

China News Service reporter Long Min Shang Yong

Cutting, trimming, packaging... Walking into the greenhouse of a facility agriculture site at a mine restoration site in Longtan Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province, you can see pots of colorful Phalaenopsis orchids waiting to be sent to decorate thousands of households. Xie Fansheng, the person in charge of Longyan Wanhua Garden Co., Ltd., said that around the Chinese Valentine's Day, orders for Phalaenopsis orchids peaked, and in just these two days, 20,000 fresh cut flowers were sent to all parts of the country.

Tourists are viewing Phalaenopsis orchids at the Phalaenopsis Exhibition Hall in Longtan Town, Yongding District, Longyan City on August 9. Photo by China News Service reporter Long Min

On the 9th, a reporter from China News Service followed the "High-quality Development Research Tour" interview team into Longtan Town to explore the green "transformation" of abandoned mining towns.

Longtan Town was once a mining town dominated by coal. It prospered because of coal. In the 1990s, when the mining industry was booming, there were more than 500 small coal mines, and the resource-based economy accounted for more than 80% of the total economy. "When it's sunny, I go out covered in dust, and when it rains, I go out covered in mud." Yang Zhaoxin, a villager in Fenglin Village, Longtan Town, said that the serious damage caused by large-scale coal mining to the surrounding environment has become increasingly prominent, causing ground collapse, vegetation damage, soil erosion, and dust everywhere, leaving behind mines riddled with holes and villages with sewage flowing.