Move toward machinery helps cultivate village's rapid growth

Party chief introduces technology and e-commerce to update practices, boost incomes

If anyone has a problem in Machang, a village in the northeastern city of Changchun in Jilin province, they all know immediately what to do: Go see Li Hualiang.

The 39-year-old, who has been the village's Party chief since 2013, is the person residents say they trust most to help lift them out of poverty and achieve prosperity.