Guangxi border port enriched by trade co-ops

As Xiang Guangquan unloads imported seafood from a boat at the Dongxing border trade area in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, he is finally seeing hope in his life.

Just a year ago, Xiang could hardly made ends meet in Hezhou village of Dongxing, which shares a land border with the Vietnamese city of Mong Cai.

"I don't have any skills to make money except for farming. Things got worse when my daughter attended middle school and it was difficult to pay the tuition," said Xiang, who was then living under the national poverty line.