E-commerce helps local governments to tackle poverty issues

Local governments and e-commerce companies are working together to help people living in poverty-stricken areas to sell their products online and improve their quality of life.

Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu province has invested 120 million yuan ($17.3 million) to establish an e-commerce park in Tongren in Southwest China's Guizhou province.

By October, the park had attracted 22 e-commerce companies and had helped 145 farmers and their families to set up online stores. The stores reported 85.6 million yuan in sales in 2017, up 473 percent year-on-year.