$238m in Hechi poverty alleviation products sold from Q1-3

As of September this year, a total of 335 companies in Hechi have become poverty alleviation product suppliers and 1,555 products have been identified as poverty alleviation products, with the sales of poverty alleviation products in the first three quarters of the year reaching more than 1.6 billion yuan ($238.38 million).

The city has taken three measures to promote poverty alleviation through consumption, achieving remarkable results.

Hechi has established agricultural product sales platforms to encourage people to participate in the consumption of poverty alleviation agricultural products. A number of activities, such as live streaming, exhibitions, and promotion meetings, have been carried out, while nearly 100 agricultural enterprises, rural e-commerce enterprises, social organizations, government institutions, and public institutions in Hechi have been mobilized to purchase agricultural products.

The city has also attached great importance on agricultural product quality. It has strengthened the construction of high-quality agricultural product supply bases, creating 18 supply bases for Shenzhen, one for Hong Kong, and three for export destinations. Hechi has also promoted the quality certification of characteristic agricultural products to help more products expand into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area market.

In addition, Hechi has guided leading enterprises to settle in poverty alleviation centers based on the Guangdong-Guangxi poverty alleviation cooperation mechanism. As of September this year, the sales of enterprises that received logistics subsidies in the city had reached 120 million yuan, of which the output value sold to Guangdong province was 51.42 million yuan, helping 1,076 impoverished people and 316 households.