Taobao links remote areas with cities

E-commerce site brings high-quality agricultural products to urban dwellers

Mention Taobao and people naturally think of buying clothes, cosmetics and consumer electronics via the e-commerce site. But it is fast becoming a gateway to a wealth of produce from the country's farmlands that was previously unattainable to urban dwellers.

With oranges from Hubei province, honey from Sichuan province and Heilongjiang province's Wuchang rice, known for its natural fragrance, Taobao is now home to hundreds of thousands of agricultural products that can be delivered to people's doorsteps in days after placing an order.