Dahua named national model county for rural e-commerce

Dahua Yao autonomous county in Hechi has recently made it to the national model city list for e-commerce growth in rural areas. The honor will bring the county further fiscal subsidy of 20 million yuan ($3.03 million).

Making e-commerce a new approach for the county's targeted poverty alleviation, Dahua has cultivated 43 logistics express companies, nine microenterprises in electronic commerce and 33 distribution centers for agricultural materials.

Meng Guiying, a farmer from a poor village in Qibainong town is one of the many beneficiaries of the growth. She no longer has to worry about the sales of her 90-mu (6 hectares) due to the convenient electronic business channels.

"I opened my phone and went on WeChat. In merely two deals and in no time I sold out 200 kilograms of grapes worth 1,600 yuan," Meng said to the Guangxi Daily reporter on Sept 15.