Female farmer sells agricultural products via online shop in China's Heilongjiang

Li Chencan (2nd L) and workers prepare to check the fermentation of soybean sauce at a workshop in Xingbei Village of Wanfa Township in Bayan County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 29, 2019. Li Chencan, a farmer born in the 1980s in Xingbei Village, opened an online shop with the help of her family members in 2014 to sell agricultural products produced in northeast China. To expand the online market, Li not only learned the methods of operating and maintaining online shops on her own, but also hired local farmers to better manage the shop and inked agreements with impoverished households to increase the product categories. Supported by the local government, Li's online shop has generated more than one million yuan (about 140,603 U.S. dollars) last year. In addition to selling over 200 categories of edible products online, she also launched a food processing workshop covering an area of about 300 square meters. In the future, Li plans to build more food producing and processing facilities and develop featured products related to home cooking and healthy diets with local female e-commerce entrepreneurs. (Xinhua/Wang Song)