Since undertaking the national aid-Xinjiang public inspection task in 2011, the Hunan Provincial Fiber Quality Monitoring Center has continuously dispatched technical backbone personnel to Xinjiang for cotton notarial inspection work for 15 consecutive years. Over this period, more than 800 inspectors have been sent, cumulatively completing public inspection of over 2.5 million tons of Xinjiang cotton, making significant contributions to safeguarding cotton farmers' interests and serving the high-quality development of the national cotton industry.
Every year during the new cotton season, the fiber inspectors from Hunan bid farewell to their homeland and travel across the Tianshan Mountains, throwing themselves into the "battlefield" of cotton notarial inspection. "Every bale of cotton relates to the income of cotton farmers and the livelihood of their families; there is no room for the slightest carelessness," said Hao Xiaojun, a technical backbone of the provincial fiber inspection center who has participated in the aid-Xinjiang inspections for many years. His experience epitomizes that of Hunan's fiber inspectors – braving the bitter cold at dawn to enter cotton warehouses and meticulously checking data late into the night under lamplight; tightening protective suits to continue working in sandstorms, with working from dawn to dusk becoming the norm.
"We always prioritize political construction," introduced the head of the provincial fiber inspection center. Upon arriving in Xinjiang each year, a temporary Party branch is established immediately, ensuring the Party flag flies high on the front lines. Over the past 15 years, 225 Party members and cadres have charged ahead,坚守岗位 (holding their posts) amidst extreme cold, pandemic lockdowns, and other multiple challenges, with working on holidays like National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year's Day becoming commonplace.
Their footprints have covered major cotton-producing areas in Xinjiang such as Bortala, Aksu, Korla, and Hami, measuring responsibility with their steps and interpreting dedication through their actions. Cotton public inspection is not only physically and technically demanding work but also a heavy responsibility. The Hunan fiber inspection team strictly implements technical specifications like the "Work Regulations for Notarial Inspection of Supervised Cotton."
At locations such as the Haixiang Company warehouse in western Bortala and the Yinxing Logistics freight yard in Korla, they work with clear division of labor, meticulously handling processes like weighing, moisture measurement, scanning, sampling, and impurity analysis. To ensure data accuracy, the Hunan team has built a rigorous quality control system through methods like cross-verification and multi-level checks, guaranteeing that every report is scientific, impartial, precise, and reliable.
Over the past 15 years, the cotton public inspection data issued by Hunan's fiber inspection has not only become the core basis for transaction settlements and quality traceability of Xinjiang cotton but has also supported the hopes for prosperity for thousands of border region cotton farmers. Today, the "Hunan Fiber Inspection Corps" has become a renowned, reliable, and successful professional force on the aid-Xinjiang front. They use their expertise to guard the quality lifeline of the "white gold" and also use their perseverance to write a warm chapter of Hunan-Xinjiang collaboration in the new era.