[Well-off China] E-commerce enters rural Anhui: villagers' employment at the doorstep of the poor

　　[Explanation] "Lushaozi, Poor Genzi, Guodizi", Baishenmiao Town, located in the northeast of Shucheng County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province, was once jokingly called because of traffic congestion and economic backwardness. At that time, although the local villagers bred more native pigs, they suffered from no market and difficulty in scale. In recent years, Baishenmiao Town has built highways and arranged transportation hubs. With the gradual formation of the rural logistics network, an e-commerce logistics service station also landed here.

　　[Explanation] Packing, packing, weighing... Recently, the reporter walked into the e-commerce logistics service station in Zhengxu Village, Baishenmiao Town, and several employees were skillfully handling the pork that had just arrived. According to reports, the pork was supplied by local farmers in Shucheng County and sent to the whole country after transit. Wei Xia is the head of a pig breeding company in the town. In 2017, with the support and introduction of the local government, the company established an e-commerce logistics service station in Zhengxu Village, Baishenmiao Town, established purchase and sales partnerships with poor farmers in the town, integrated the supply of goods, and used e-commerce sales to help The income of poor households increased.

　　[Concurrent] Wei Xia, head of Zhengxu Village e-commerce logistics service station

　　We feel that being an e-commerce company is a very good development opportunity, and we can sell local agricultural products to all parts of the country. We arrange it (e-commerce logistics service station) in Zhengxu Village. We can buy the pigs of poor households around us, and we will recycle it (purchase) at a market price and increase their income. Some technical training is usually provided to ensure the quality of pork and to ensure that farmers can raise it with confidence.

　　[Explanation] In the past few years, Wei Xia's breeding enterprise has established a purchase and sale partnership with 37 poor farmers in the town. Through cooperation, the annual income of each poor household can reach 20,000 yuan. In addition, the e-commerce logistics service station also attracted many poor villagers and solved their employment problems. Villager Huang Lingxiang was one of them. When the reporter saw her, she was carrying boxes of goods onto the car.

　　[Concurrent] Huang Lingxiang, an employee of Zhengxu Village E-commerce Logistics Service Station

　　I have been working here for three years, and I am a local villager. Our native pork is in the original ecology and is more popular with the masses. Every day we send out more than 1,000 (boxes). When we are busy, it is more than 2,000 (boxes) or even 3000 (boxes). Look like.

　　[Explanation] Huang Lingxiang said that there are currently 15 employees in the service station. They don’t have to leave their hometowns, and they can find employment at their doorstep and subsidize their families, which makes them very happy.

　　[Concurrent] Huang Lingxiang, an employee of Zhengxu Village E-commerce Logistics Service Station

　　I used to raise my children at home, and I didn’t have much income at home. Now if I work here, I have a stable income every month. With an average salary of 3500 yuan a month, my life is still much better than before. You must be in a good mood. You don’t have to leave your hometown at home, right? You can still earn money and take care of the children and the elderly. This has significantly changed (improved) your living conditions.

　　[Explanation] According to reports, in 2019, the online store with Baishenmiao Town's pork as its main product has annual sales of 13 million yuan, and the economic and social benefits of e-commerce in poverty alleviation are also increasing year by year. In the future, Wei Xia hopes to further expand the scale of the industry and encourage more villagers to participate.

　　[Concurrent] Wei Xia, head of Zhengxu Village e-commerce logistics service station

　　One of our employees bought a car this year (2020). I am also very happy to see that these fellow villagers around me are getting better and better. A very huge market can also be opened up from a small village. In the future, we will definitely expand our categories and extend our industrial chain to provide more job opportunities for more poor households.

　　Cheng Yu reports from Anhui Lu'an

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]