Sichuan Sisters Sell Local Agricultural Products on E-Commerce Platform
Aerial photo shows a pomegranate plantation in Zhangguan Town of Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
HUILI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — He Shuang, 24, resigned from an airline in 2017 and started to sell pomegranates in her hometown in Huili County. One year later, her sister He Qian came back home to help after graduation.
In 2019, the sisters had sold four million kilograms of pomegranates from August to November through e-commerce platform.
With a planting area of 400,000 mu (about 26,666 hectares), pomegranate in Huili County accounts for about a quarter of the country's total, with an annual output of 700,000 tons.
He Shuang shows pomegranates purchased from farmers in Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang (R) and her sister He Qian show pomegranates in Zhangguan Town of Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang and her sister He Qian load a truck with packaged pomegranates with workers in Zhangguan Town of Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang checks pomegranates purchased from a farmer in Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang (R) and her sister He Qian pick pomegranates in Zhangguan Town of Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang (L) and her sister He Qian sell pomegranates via live streaming in Zhangguan Town of Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang (R) and her sister He Qian check orders in Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 18, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
He Shuang (R front) checks pomegranates for sorting in Huili County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]
(Source: Xinhua)
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