Suning sets out plans to fight poverty in Gansu

Initiative includes building e-commerce service center network in the province

Suning Commerce Group Co, China's largest electronics retailer, is investing 10 billion yuan ($1.53 billion) in poverty relief in northwestern China's Gansu province over the next five years.

The country's famed Silk Road trading route runs through Gansu, and since the launch of the government's Belt and Road Initiative, the province has benefited from various economic efforts, particularly those targeting the e-commerce and logistics sectors.