Tangerine Industry in China's Guangxi Creates Job Opportunities for People in Poverty

Zhou Jianbin (R), a local villager who grows 1.6 hectares of tangerine trees and was lifted out of poverty in 2018, delivers harvested tangerines in Pingshan Township of Luzhai County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2019. In recent years, local authorities have been promoting tangerine industry. Currently, a total of 42 cooperatives have been established and plantation area has reached 4,000 hectares. Over 400 villagers in poverty got employed. [Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang]

Villagers pack harvested tangerines in Pingshan Township of Luzhai County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2019. In recent years, local authorities have been promoting tangerine industry. Currently, a total of 42 cooperatives have been established and plantation area has reached 4,000 hectares. Over 400 villagers in poverty got employed. [Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang]

Villagers harvest tangerines in Pingshan Township of Luzhai County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2019. In recent years, local authorities have been promoting tangerine industry. Currently, a total of 42 cooperatives have been established and plantation area has reached 4,000 hectares. Over 400 villagers in poverty got employed. [Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang]

Wei Shiqiong, a local villager who grows 1.2 hectares of tangerine trees and was lifted out of poverty in 2018, harvests tangerines in Pingshan Township of Luzhai County in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2019. In recent years, local authorities have been promoting tangerine industry. Currently, a total of 42 cooperatives have been established and plantation area has reached 4,000 hectares. Over 400 villagers in poverty got employed. [Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang]

(Source: Xinhua)