In the late 1970s, Houniu Village, Lantong County, eastern Henan suffered a flood that was unprecedented in a century. Sun Tonghua, who was the director of women at the time, performed well in disaster relief and became the village party secretary. After experiencing the ups and downs of the household contract responsibility system and the ups and downs of village-run enterprises, Sun Tonghua still firmly believes that through the joint efforts of the villagers, the poverty label can be removed. Unforeseen circumstances, Sun Tonghua’s only son, Li Bingheng, died young because he had no money to treat the disease, and the village-run enterprises also encountered major problems. Sun Tonghua was low-willed for a while, with the help of his daughter-in-law Wang Dacui. Sun Tonghua regained confidence. In 2014, the battle for poverty alleviation started. The poverty alleviation working group entered the village. Sun Tonghua and the village leaders led the villagers to fight against poverty. After several years of hard work, not only all the villagers got rid of poverty, but Lantong Musical Instrument Factory has also become a well-known excellent enterprise. In the performance report to the Party Central Committee on the victory of poverty alleviation, Wang Dacui sang the original song "Lan Tong Hua Hua" on behalf of Lan Tong, which echoed for a long time in the Great Hall of the People.
In 1949 the People's Liberation Army got to Xinjiang and established the Xinjiang Military Region where Gan Zuchang served as the Deputy Minister of Logistics. During this time, a war on prices erupted through monopolization of resources. Gan Zuchang did his best to combat this by influencing the market and eventually stabilizing the market. Gan Zuchang became a target and was the victim of a car accident where he suffered head injuries. He was awarded the rank of major general but decided to return to his hometown due to his injuries. There he saw his hometown in poverty and contributed to the economic recovery of his hometown.