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tweet -- > E-commerce has helped bump up the income of Chinese farmers, contributing to the country’s efforts on rural vitalization, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Thursday. In 2019, rural online retail sales neared 400 billion yuan (about 61.9 billion U.S. dollars), said ministry official Zeng Yande at a press conference. “Quite a few farmers in China have turned to short videos or live streaming to sell their homegrown produce, and they managed to get high prices,” Zeng said. Conditions for rural e-commerce development, including communication facilities and logistics, have witnessed continued improvements in recent years, with...
