China Focus: Women entrepreneurs leading rural change


CHONGQING/TAIYUAN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- As the cool moonlight filtered through a plum orchard in the Jielong township of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, 44-year-old Tao Heng could be found setting up her phone in a nearby studio.

"Hello, darlings! I'm your 'plum sister,' and today I'm going to share with you the crown jewel of our orchard," she told the camera with a smile. No one would have known that the confident livestreamer had been frozen by nerves during her debut broadcast.

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