Locally-made products help alleviate poverty in Wudang

Wudang-produced tea is popular among consumers. [Photo/WeChat of Wudang]

Wudang district in Guiyang, the capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province, is encouraging people, businesses and organizations to purchase agricultural and sideline products from impoverished rural households to help them get out of poverty.

The plan requires supermarkets, schools, hospitals, military units, communities, government agencies, State-owned enterprises and public service institutions in the district to purchase products from impoverished households first.

From Aug 1 to the end of September, a total of eight school canteens, 22 government canteens, three hospitals, two State-owned enterprises, seven communities and 15 large supermarkets in the district purchased more than 330 metric tons of products from local poverty-stricken rural households. These products included vegetables, grains, oils, meat, eggs and fruits, and the purchase amount exceeded 401 million yuan ($60.09 million).

Wudang residents make crafts featuring cultural elements from local ethnic minority groups to increase their incomes. [Photo/WeChat of Wudang]

Meanwhile, Wudang has built 125 counters and 25 sale outlets in its densely populated communities to promote products from poverty-stricken households. Halls for exhibiting and selling local agricultural products have also been built on Wenquan Road, at Guiyang East Railway Station and Xinguangli.

To standardize the management of poverty alleviation products, Wudang encourages local enterprises and cooperatives to identify and label high-quality products that contribute to poverty mitigation. 

At present, 12 enterprises in the district have applied to be identified as poverty alleviation products in the consumer poverty alleviation system. 

As of Oct 20, 109 products in 10 categories have been successfully awarded the designation, and a total of 3,148 farmers will benefit from it.

Countryside sightseeing is driving the development of Wudang's rural areas. [Photo/WeChat of Wudang]