Homespun Cloth Weaving Lifts Villagers out of Poverty in NW China's Shaanxi

Ma Yanqin (L) communicates with a worker in the garments workshop of her homespun cloth cooperative on April 25. [Xinhua/Tao Ming]

Ma Yanqin, who lives in Heyang County, Weinan City, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, returned to the countryside in 2014, and she set up a homespun cloth production center in the village.

Three years later, Ma organized more than 60 local women, including 50 from impoverished households, to set up a homespun cloth cooperative to develop the traditional homespun cloth industry and help the villagers get rid of poverty and increase income right at the doorstep.

Ma Yanqin introduces the technique of weaving homespun cloth to the customers on April 25. [Xinhua/Tao Ming]

Ma Yanqin (L) promotes the homespun cloth products in the store via livestreaming on April 25. [Xinhua/Tao Ming]

Wang Lingwa, a woman from an impoverished household in Xizhonglei Community, Heichi Town, Heyang County, Shaanxi Province, weaves homespun cloth on an old-style loom on April 25. [Xinhua/Tao Ming]

A villager weaves homespun cloth on an old-style loom in Xizhonglei Community, Heichi Town, Heyang County, Shaanxi Province, on April 25. [Xinhua/Tao Ming]

(Source: Xinhua/Translated and edited by Women of China)