Female embroiders in Zhangye earn money at home

It is an effective way to help poor women get flexible employment and get rid of poverty.

In recent years, Zhangye city has taken "Longyuan Skilled Hands" training as a powerful starting point for implementing women's precision poverty alleviation, established seven women hand-knitting associations, organized expert training teams for hand towels, and built eight city and county-level demonstration bases, trained 13,000 skilled hands, cultivated 21 hand-knitted enterprises (professional cooperatives), established 67 family workshops and 42 micro online shops, created more than 50 hand-knitted brands.

With annual sales of tens of millions of yuan, hand-knitting has become a new industry that absorbs surplus labor and women's entrepreneurship.