According to statistics, from 1957 to 1966, under the leadership of General Wang Zhen, with the joint efforts of the demobilized officers and men of the People's Liberation Army and the employees in the reclamation area, the farm economy in the Great Northern Wilderness has developed greatly, and the cultivated land area has increased from 4.57 million mu in 1956 to1370,000 mu. On a thousand miles of black land. A large number of state farms have been established, forming a huge farm group. Most of these farms are mechanized farms, which mainly produce grains and soybeans. It has become an important commodity grain production base in China. The desolate northern wilderness has become a rich northern barn.
The color wide-screen film "The Wasteland Man" produced by Beijing Film Studio truly recorded the heroic spirit and selfless dedication of the Wasteland Man in that era, which caused great shock throughout the country.
Raohe Farm has received 49 young people from Jiamusi since 1964. From 1968 to 1975, there were 3774 educated youths from Shanghai (Songjiang, Heather, Huangpu), Beijing (Changxindian, Chongwen), Tianjin (Hanbei) and Harbin (Daoli, Chongwen). According to the records of Raohe Farm (page 187), during the period from 1976 to 1980, most of the educated youth returned to the city. By the end of 1985, urban educated youth had returned to the city ***3 169 people. By the end of 2008, there were 77 educated youths in farms and cities.