Broadband drive makes rural areas prosperous

Three telecom majors to empower villagers through e-commerce plan

An increasing number of Chinese villages are connected online and achieving prosperity through e-commerce, thanks to the government's guidance to the country's three major telecom carriers to extend broadband internet connectivity to rural areas.

Hongsibao in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region is one such rural area. It boasts as many as 15 e-commerce platforms on which 20 metric tons of wine, 12 tons of medlar and five tons of flaxseed oil have been sold so far.