Mobile internet changing Chinese farmers' harvest season
Updated: September 23, 2019 10:09Xinhua
Combo photo (L to R) shows Zhang Hui posing in a peanut field in Dongping town of Anhua county on Aug 22, 2019; Shi Qiushi, who is a primary school teacher, harvesting ginger in Longcheng town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Aug 28, 2019; and Yang Xiuqian posing on a mountain pasture in Shuangjiang town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Aug 28, 2019. During the harvest season, many rural internet talents are active in the fields to help farmers sell their produce by doing live broadcasts and endorsing rural specialty products on line. The mobile internet is changing Chinese farmers' harvest season from the traditional rush of farming to a new busy life of embracing the social network. [Photo/Xinhua]
Zhang Hui (R) purchases peanuts from a farmer in Dongping town of Anhua county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 22, 2019. With over 18,000 fans on the internet, Zhang Hui started his business by selling agricultural products through recording rural life videos. [Photo/Xinhua]
Yang Xiuqian (L) collects honey as his companion records a video of him in Shuangjiang town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 28, 2019. With over 800,000 fans on the internet, Yang Xiuqian is a rural internet talent who likes to record rural life videos to promote local specialties. [Photo/Xinhua]
Yang Xiuqian (R, front) records videos on a mountain pasture in Shuangjiang town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 28, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Shi Qiushi (R), a primary school teacher, harvests ginger in Longcheng town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 28, 2019. With over 2.2 million fans on the internet, Shi Qiushi helps local farmers to sell agricultural products through video and broadcast during her spare time. [Photo/Xinhua]
Shi Qiushi (C), a primary school teacher, records videos of harvesting ginger with farmer in Longcheng town of Tongdao Dong autonomous county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 28, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Zhang Hui (L) records videos of harvesting peanuts with his companion in a peanut field in Dongping town of Anhua county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Zhang Hui (L) edits videos with his companion in Anhua county, Central China's Hunan province, Aug 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
