HARBIN (Xinhua): Gao Xiangqiu is locally known as the 'chili queen'.Her Haixing Village-based cooperative has planted over 666ha of chilies in the city of Hailun in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and has helped many local residents get rid of the poor old days of relying on a meager income from growing corn.
"We could only make several thousand yuan a year by growing maize but now I can earn over 20,000 yuan (about US$2,800) working at the cooperative," said Wang Zhizhong, a local resident.
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