Local company innovates barley industry in Tibet autonomous region

"The barley we use in our company is all purchased from the local villagers, which helps the local villagers to find a market for their products, and it also helps the villagers to increase their income by selling the barley to the company," said the company's president, Tashi Rabgyal.

"We have also recruited 15 new local employees and we want to bring more excellent local employees to the company via the method of 'mentoring and apprenticeship'," he said.

According to the company, every year it pays an average dividend amount of 1.14 million yuan to 481 households from the barley deep processing project. Between 2021 and 2022, the company purchased a total of 2,310 metric tons of barley from the local residents at a price of 0.8 yuan per kilogram higher than the market price, driving an increase of 1.84 million yuan of income for the local residents.

In addition, the company has provided job opportunities for nearly 40 financially-disadvantaged households and college graduates with job difficulties.