E-Commerce Helps Villagers Increase Incomes in China's Shanxi

Wang Yapeng(R) talks with villagers in Nanpo Village of Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Yang Chenguang]

 

Wang Yapeng, 22, returned to his hometown Nanpo Village to start his business after graduation from Taiyuan Normal University this summer. With personal experience of E-commerce he gained at university and technical supports offered by local authorities, Wang took over a planting cooperative in Nanpo Village after discussing with his family. Nanpo Village is a typical agricultural village with a long history of planting millets and codonopsis pilosula, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine. However, due to inconvenient transportation, sales have always been a big problem. "E-commerce is a good way to promote high-quality agricultural products in my hometown, and now the market for livestreaming is getting better and better," Wang Yapeng said. With a growing recognition from around, the Anda planting cooperative has provided over 120 job opportunities for local villagers including some 90 poverty-stricken households. "Through our efforts, I hope more and more fellow villagers could make a better living without working far away from home," Wang Yapeng said. 

Wang Yapeng works on a computer at Anda Planting Cooperative in Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Yang Chenguang]

Wang Yapeng displays farm products at Anda Planting Cooperative in Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Yang Chenguang]

Wang Yapeng(C) talks with villagers in Nanpo Village of Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Yang Chenguang]

Wang Yapeng(L) and his mother Xu Miaoling present black corns to be sold during a live video stream at Anda Planting Cooperative in Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, August 20, 2020. [Xinhua/Yang Chenguang]