Qilihe district is located in Lanzhou city, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province. It has successfully withdrawn from the country's poverty list since it launched a campaign for poverty eradication in 2015.
During the past few years, a rising number of local young people have left their hometown to find work in far-off cities because of the coordinated development between urban and rural areas. Meanwhile, rural schools have witnessed a persistent decrease in students. Children left behind by their parents at home are lonely and their teachers lack enthusiasm in work.
The Lanzhou No 29 Middle School in Qilihe faced such difficult conditions until the local Party committee and government decided to transform it into a nine-year boarding school at the end of 2020. The school became a new campus for over 200 students and 33 teachers from seven elementary schools.
The new campus immediately grabbed the attention of students, parents and teachers, who had lived and worked in remote areas in the past, on the first day of their new semester. It boasts bright and spacious classrooms, tidy and clean offices, comfortable dormitories and well-arranged daily necessities. Also, there are staff responsible for taking care of students in daily life. A number of school buses run regularly between the school and the homes of its students, improving overall services for the latter.
In addition, the reorganization of education resources has been conducted in 26 elementary and secondary schools, as well as independent teaching posts across the entire district. About 400 students have been moved to nearby schools in accordance with the will of their parents, and 135 teachers have been dispatched to relevant schools. Over 2 million yuan ($312,612.35) has been invested to improve facilities and give a facelift to campuses of involved schools.
All boarding schools in the district have been equipped with professional teachers to provide gratitude-oriented companion and psychological counseling services to target students, especially lower-age ones who are inclined to suffer from anxiety and other mental problems induced by boarding, in a drive to help them better adjust to their new life and receive the education of love, as well as intensive care amid academic studies.
The reorganization of education resources in rural areas of Qilihe has already shown positive effects. Formerly vacant campuses have been transformed into practice bases, where rural students can receive education on revolutionary history and traditions, and national defense. Many urban students have been encouraged to study at rural schools. The efforts to reorganize local rural education resources have profoundly promoted the coordinated development of education in urban and rural areas and laid a solid foundation for rural revitalization in the district.
七里河区位于兰州市中南部，自2015年打响脱贫攻坚战以来，通过数年的努力奋斗顺利退出贫困县序列。
近几年，随着城镇一体化速度加快，农村年轻人大量进城务工，农村学校生源持续减少。学生孤独，教师缺乏工作激情。
当地的兰州市第二十九中学就面临着这一难题。2020年年底，按照区委区政府部署，这所独立初中被扩建为九年一贯制寄宿学校，成为了7所小学的200多名学生，33名教师的新校园。
新学期开学第一天，长期生活、工作在大山深处的学生、家长和老师们，就被焕然一新的新校园深深的吸引。这里有宽敞明媚的教室、整洁明亮的办公室，温馨舒适的学生宿舍，整齐划一的生活用品，同时还特别配置了专职的生活老师，无微不至的照顾孩子们的日常起居，上下学有多路专用校车接送到村，全方位提高了对学生的保障服务水平。
此外，全区26所农村中小学和教学点都进行了教育资源整合，按家长诉求和就学意愿就近分流学生397名，调配师资135名。投入专项资金200多万元，改善整合学校硬件设施，美化校园环境。
七里河区各寄宿学校特别针对低龄段寄宿学生因过早离开家庭容易产生焦虑等心理健康问题，特地配备专业的生活和心理老师，加强学生的感激陪护和心理疏导，让孩子们能够尽快适应新的校园生活，在接受良好教育的同时，也能感受到爱的教育和心里的温情呵护。
七里河区农村教育资源整合的优势逐渐显现。因整合而闲置的校产被重新建设为孩子们接受红色教育、劳动教育、国防教育等的实践基地，不仅满足了当地学生的需求，同时还吸引了城区学生到农村接受教育，有力推进了城乡教育一体化发展，为助推乡村振兴奠定了良好的基础。
