At present, the way back home warms the hearts of veterans —— The story behind the opening of the "special train for free return of veterans in Guangdong" in Guangxi ■ special reporter of China National Defense News Liu De'an and Feng Qiang On January 21, the Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs organized volunteers to welcome the veterans working in Guangdong back home at Nanning east railway station. On the same day, more than 100 veterans working in Guangdong returned to Nanning by free train. The way back home during the Spring Festival in 2022 is particularly warm for Shi Xianjun, a retired soldier from Guangxi who has worked in Guangdong for more than 10 years. On the afternoon of January 15, due to continuous cooling for many days, there were few pedestrians on the street in Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. In an alley, Shi Xianjun polished his motorcycle. "Brother Jun, will you go home by bike this year?" Asked the passing security guard. Shi Xianjun raised his head and took a look. The work in his hand didn't stop, but his voice unconsciously increased: "this year is different. The hometown government opened a free bullet train for us who have been soldiers to take us home." After that, Shi Xianjun stood up and patted his chest, with pride in his expression. A few years ago, Shi Xianjun joined the "motorcycle army" returning home during the Spring Festival because he couldn't get a ticket and to save road expenses. He galloped in the cold wind of Guangxi and Guangdong provinces for many years. "A motorcycle, two suitcases of luggage; a raincoat, half muddy." This is the standard configuration of the "motorcycle army" returning home in those years. In December 2021, the activity of "warm way home - special train for free return of Guangxi veterans in Guangdong", jointly sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the office of Guangxi government in Guangzhou, was officially launched, which surprised and moved the old "riders" like Shi Xianjun. A Guangxi retired soldier working in Guangdong, with his family, is ready to take the "special train for returning home". Photographed by Cheng daokang The heart will go with love—— Where veterans are, service tentacles extend to where they are Guangxi is located in the old revolutionary base area and the front line of Southern Xinjiang. It is one of the provinces and regions that have experienced the longest war since the founding of new China. There are nearly one million veterans and other preferential treatment objects. Guangxi is also an important province of labor export, with as many as 7 million workers going to Guangdong every year. Among them, there are more than 50000 veterans working and doing business in Guangdong in Guangxi, and more than 5000 veterans and migrant workers are exported to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan district every year. By chance, Feng Zhi, deputy director of the Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs in charge of Veterans' employment and entrepreneurship, learned the above set of data from the Guangxi government office in Guangzhou. "There are 17600 service centers (stations) for veterans in Guangxi. We can pay attention to and master the employment and Entrepreneurship of local veterans in time, and give timely help in policy support, recruitment and employment." Feng Zhi said that for Guangxi, how to do a good job in the employment and Entrepreneurship of Guangxi veterans outside the region is also a new topic to be explored urgently. Since August 2021, the Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs and the Guangxi Veterans Service Center have formed a joint research team to investigate and investigate among Guangxi veterans in Guangdong for many times with the support of the Guangxi government office in Guangzhou. Cheng daokang is a representative of the successful entrepreneurship of veterans in Guangdong. The veteran, who once won the second class merit for two times and the third class merit for five times, went to work in Guangdong after his retirement in 2015. Now he runs a number of companies, including Chairman, general manager and President... His business card is full of titles. "I still like people to call me company commander." Cheng daokang said with a smile that in recent years, his enterprise has recruited dozens of veterans and recommended more than 200 veterans of Guangxi Nationality to work in Guangdong. "I regard the company as a company and implement paramilitary management. The staff of the company have high enthusiasm for entrepreneurship." "Where the veterans are, the service tentacles will extend." Susan, director of the employment and entrepreneurship Department of Guangxi Veterans Affairs Office, told reporters that on December 25, 2021, the Guangxi veterans employment and entrepreneurship service center in Guangdong, jointly established by the Guangxi government office in Guangzhou and Guangxi Veterans Affairs Office, was established, and a strategic agreement was signed around doing a good job in the employment and Entrepreneurship of veterans in Guangdong. The "motorcycles" who returned home in the past have gone through hardships all the way. Get on your horse and take another ride—— "Special train for returning home" refreshes the happiness of retired soldiers At a gathering of comrades in arms, Cheng daokang fell into meditation after learning that many veterans had to ride motorcycles back to their hometown for the new year. In the early years, when Cheng daokang first came to Guangdong to start a business, life was also difficult. "In the past, the transportation network between Guangdong and Guangxi was not as developed as it is now. When it comes to the Spring Festival transportation, it's hard to get a ticket if you want to go back by train!" Talking about the past, Cheng daokang frowned. "In order to reunite with his family, we went back to our hometown by motorcycle despite the long journey and endured the biting cold wind." "In the past two years, Party committees and governments at all levels in Guangxi have opened special trains for migrant workers returning home for the new year and Guangdong, and the number of 'motorcycles' has decreased year by year." Lu Changming, a cadre of the Guangxi government office in Guangzhou, said. "Care for ex servicemen cannot be absent. Ex servicemen from Guangxi should take the special train to return home for the new year free of charge." Once this idea was put forward, a consensus was reached in the leading group of Guangxi veterans employment and entrepreneurship service center in Guangdong, which had just been listed. The news of the upcoming launch of the "warm way home - Guangxi special train for free return of veterans in Guangdong" spread on the Internet. Hundreds of veterans in Guangdong enthusiastically signed up. "At first, I thought it was a lie!" Lu Fangtian, a retired soldier from Hechi, worked in a construction company in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He didn't take the information seriously until he received an invitation call from his comrades in arms. "It's too warm." Lu Fangtian couldn't help saying. Xie Xiaozhi, a retired soldier, worked hard in Guangzhou for many years, and his wife and three children also followed. "This good news spread like wildfire among the comrades in arms. I can't believe I can take my wife and children home on the free train." Xie Xiaozhi said happily. This activity has touched and regretted tens of thousands of veterans working hard in Guangdong. Novel coronavirus pneumonia, Huang Dexin, Zhou Sheng, Huang Chenliang and others have already received the ticket information, but they are affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic and consciously respond to the local government's call for "celebrate the Lunar New Year". "Although we can't share the 'home train', we are still very moved. The party and the government have not forgotten us." On the morning of January 21, at the west entrance of Guangzhou south railway station, more than 100 Guangxi veterans marched into the busiest and largest high-speed railway hub in Asia under the guidance of staff. In order to ensure the smooth travel of this special train, the organizers implemented strict epidemic prevention and control measures in accordance with the requirements of "organized departure, health monitoring, guaranteed transportation, handover and traceability in the whole process", so as to ensure the safe, orderly and healthy return of all personnel to their hometown. The reporter saw at the exit of the terminal Nanning east station that a banner "welcome Zhuang veterans home" was particularly eye-catching. The Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs set up a number of volunteer service stations to provide mineral water, masks and other items free of charge. Considering that most personnel have to transfer, they also prepared a "gift bag" for veterans. In addition to food and epidemic prevention supplies, there are also information such as the security law of the people's Republic of China on veterans and the collection of information on employment and entrepreneurship policies for veterans in Guangxi. After receiving the "gift bag" handed over by the staff, Shi Xianjun, a 57 year old veteran, thanked repeatedly. He had to take a train to return to his hometown in Qinzhou. After waving goodbye to his comrades in arms, he continued on his way home. The "motorcycles" who returned home in the past have gone through hardships all the way. Journey of love and hope—— "Troika" helps Bagui veterans make new achievements It is no accident to launch the activity of "warm way home - special train for free return of Guangxi veterans in Guangdong". In recent years, Party committees and governments at all levels in the autonomous region have attached great importance to the placement, employment and Entrepreneurship of ex servicemen, and have tried to build a platform, find ways and solve difficult problems. The "troika" of government organs, service institutions and social forces worked together to ensure that veterans could enjoy special preferential treatment on the basis of universal support policies, and further broaden the employment and entrepreneurship channels of veterans. The reporter learned that since its establishment, the Guangxi Veterans Affairs Department has adhered to improving and improving policies and systems to provide strong support for doing a good job in service guarantee. 12 military and civilian departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on promoting the employment and Entrepreneurship of veterans in the new era" to make arrangements for the employment and Entrepreneurship of veterans; It has successively issued documents such as the notice on large-scale vocational skill training for retired soldiers to promote employment and entrepreneurship and the notice on implementing tax policies related to entrepreneurship and employment of retired soldiers with independent employment, so as to continuously release policy dividends. At the same time, an interactive platform will be built between veterans with employment needs and enterprises and institutions with employment needs through online job fairs, promotion meetings and online direct employment; The Veterans Service departments at the autonomous region, city and county levels, together with the local human resources and social security departments, have opened the employment and entrepreneurship column of "Zhuang rural veterans" on the government affairs website, labor and employment website and other information platforms to help veterans achieve rapid and accurate employment. "As a retired soldier, I especially want to help my comrades in arms who encounter difficulties in employment and entrepreneurship." Li Xiang, a veteran entrepreneur, told reporters that Guangxi's employment and entrepreneurship policies for veterans are getting better and better. The enterprises he founded not only enjoy tax relief policies, but also solve the financial problems through "military support loans". In order to give back to the society, the enterprise recruited 18 difficult veterans to work for a long time, driving everyone to achieve "employment at home". "With the support of national policies, we will give priority to the employment of veterans when recruiting." Mo Jinshan, head of a security company in Guangxi, is also a retired soldier. Today, the company's personnel and veterans account for one third, and most of them enter the company's talent reserve echelon, and a considerable part of them enter the management. According to Jing Haijun, deputy director of the employment and entrepreneurship Department of Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs, there are more than 24700 "military start-up enterprises" in Bagui Dadi. They give full play to the advantages of veterans who do not fade after retirement, lead the development of industries, work hard in different posts, different fields and different industries, and drive a large number of people to increase production and income. Tang Mingzhi, a 55 year old retired soldier, has been working in Guangdong for more than 20 years under the condition of inconvenient legs and feet. He has changed many jobs and suffered a lot. "Now the village cooperatives give priority to the employment of difficult veterans, and they won't come out next year!" Tang Mingzhi said. Zhou Changqing, director of Guangxi Department of Veterans Affairs, said in an interview with reporters that in the next step, Guangxi will provide veterans with professional services such as skill training, quality improvement and employment information by widely building an employment and entrepreneurship service platform, so as to comprehensively help veterans make new achievements. Now go home, high-speed rail direct. A special train for spring ■ Liu De'an, special correspondent of China National Defense daily On the evening of January 23, Shi Xianjun, a Guangxi ex soldier working in Guangdong who returned home by free special train, showed reporters his group photos with his comrades in arms on the special train and his golden second-class merit through wechat