In order to raise a large sum of money for running a school, Zhang Hongmei began to apply for a loan from his father-in-law who works in China Agricultural Bank. But there was no reply for several months. He agreed to borrow money from relatives and friends and was politely refused. She knows very well that it's not that they don't have the ability to borrow money, but that they doubt the feasibility of running a school, and they don't believe that she has made achievements in rural vocational education. So she thought of running a school by curve, persuaded her husband to raise 60 thousand yuan with her savings from working outside, opened the first clothing dry cleaning center in Maba town, occupied the market with "honesty and convenience", and at the same time engaged in labor export and accumulated school funds; 1999, she sold the house and bought four classrooms and playgrounds at the town cultural station with a loan. The "Cultural Skills Training Center" has finally opened, and she is more confident with a good start. With the active support of the local government and competent departments, we will actively expand the scale of running schools. 200 1, Chudong Vocational and Technical School finally got the school license. In June 2002, 65438+ 10/8 was commended as "Top Ten Labor Export Brokers" by the county party committee and county government. In 2003, Zhang Hongmei was awarded "Jiangsu Poverty Alleviation Star" for her outstanding performance, and was hired as "Director of Jiangsu Poverty Alleviation Foundation". Huai 'an Daily, Xinhua Daily and People's Daily reported on the topics of "Floating all over the city to Mei", "Floating incense in Hong Meixiang" and "Migrant girls returning to their hometowns to run technical schools" respectively.
On June 1 2004, Chudong Vocational and Technical School was officially accepted by the expert group of the Municipal Education Bureau and upgraded to a vocational secondary school, which means that the level and quality of running a school have been improved. Approved by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Poverty Alleviation Office as the "Huai 'an Poverty Alleviation Office Training Base for Children's Skills to Get Rich", a poverty alleviation and entrepreneurship class was set up, so that children of poor households would not lose their learning skills or employment opportunities because of poverty, and poor students would be allowed to study first in the form of contracts, and tuition fees would be refunded after employment. This move has been strongly supported and affirmed by the leaders of economically weak villages. In 2004-2005, the poverty alleviation work of vocational education achieved good social benefits, which benefited students from one-time training and lifelong learning. The average monthly salary of graduates reaches 1.700 yuan, and the qualified rate, employment rate and employment stability rate all reach 1.000%. In 2006, poverty alleviation training classes and employment classes were held respectively to help poor households get rid of poverty as soon as possible. The poverty alleviation and entrepreneurship secondary school class set up an internship factory in the school to allow poor students to practice, earn living expenses and promote school-enterprise cooperation; The establishment of women's vocational and technical training courses was strongly supported by the Provincial Children's Fund, and was affirmed and praised by Vice President Gu Xiulian and Vice Premier Hui Liangyu at the 7th National Entrepreneurship Star Conference on May 28th, 2006.