A farmer in ethnic Qiang costume sells local products via livestream in Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Liaoning Province has deployed 330 million yuan (about 51.31 million U.S. dollars) to boost the development of e-commerce business in 20 counties since 2015, reported Liaoning Daily on Monday.
During the years, the provincial government has promoted rural e-commerce by advancing express delivery, improving rural e-commerce public service, and holding training sessions on rural e-commerce.
So far, the province has constructed 41 county-level e-commerce public service centers, 128 e-commerce storage and delivery centers, and over 12,000 village-level distribution centers. Besides, more than 150,000 jobs have been created thanks to the booming rural e-commerce.
Total online retail sales of agricultural products in Liaoning amounted to 14.9 billion yuan in 2020, up 54.1 percent year on year, 25.7 percentage points higher than the national average.
(Edited by Li Shimeng with Xinhua Silk Road, lishimeng@xinhua.org)
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