Home / China / National News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Internet Surfing Aids Farmers
Adjust font size:

Surfing the Internet at dusk has become a daily routine for Luo Mingjun, a 52-year-old farmer in southwest China's Sichuan Province, though he is still clumsy with the mouse.

He is part of the vanguard of rural residents with access to the Internet. Arming farmers with science and technology is considered essential to the nation's campaign to build a new socialist countryside.

Thanks to the Internet, farmer Luo got a good bargain selling oranges through the Internet in November.

The number of farmers on the Internet, like Luo, is growing, though still tiny.

In relatively rich villages along the coast, farmers have been seeking agricultural technologies and market information via the Internet. But computers and the Internet are still novelties for most of China's 900 million farmers.

The central government plans to step up construction of a rural information network. It plans to provide telephone access for every village and Internet access for every town over the next five years.

Luo Mingjun, the owner of an orange orchard of two hectares, got a Pentium III computer as a prize from the Pengshan County government to encourage growing oranges.

Last year, while surfing the Internet, Luo spotted strong national market demand for oranges. He spread the word and farmers then consolidated their position, successfully raising the wholesale price from US$0.07 cents per kilogram to 15 cents.

"We made a good deal thanks to information on the Internet," Luo said.

He said some grateful villagers were considering buying computers.

"We offer farmers computers in the hope that they can enjoy and benefit from information technology. They act as bellwethers and others will follow suit," said Li Wanwen, director of the bureau of science and technology in Pengshan.

The county has set up a Website, www.pengshan.net, to market produce and its oranges have become popular.

However, Li said some remote villages don't even have access to telephones. In Kaixian County of Chongqing Municipality, farmers receive short messages on agricultural technology and information on their mobile phones from the local government.

However, among the 111 million netizens in China, only a tiny percentage are farmers.

In Pengshan County, 9,200 computers are connected to the Internet, but only 156 belong to farmers.

(Eastday.com March 17, 2006)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Related Stories
Building New Countryside Helps China to Cope with Challenges
Financial Support for Building a New Countryside
Expounding the 'Socialist Countryside'
 
SiteMap | About Us | RSS | Newsletter | Feedback
SEARCH THIS SITE
Copyright ? China.org.cn. All Rights Reserved ????E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-88828000 京ICP證 040089號
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美一级www| 精品久久亚洲中文无码| 国产精品亚洲аv无码播放| 免费看欧美一级特黄a大片 | 99热这里只有精品99| 日韩精品第一页| 亚洲女成人图区| 激情伊人五月天久久综合| 免费看特级毛片| 精品女同一区二区三区免费站| 国产精品不卡高清在线观看| 99精品国产综合久久久久五月天| 日韩A∨精品日韩在线观看| 免费A级毛片无码无遮挡| 老子午夜精品我不卡影院| 国产精品免费_区二区三区观看| 丁香花免费高清视频完整版 | 成人久久精品一区二区三区| 久久av老司机精品网站导航| 日韩午夜电影网| 乱人伦视频中文字幕| 男人j桶进女人p无遮挡动态图二三 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区四区| 亲密爱人之无限诱惑| 韩国理伦大片三女教师| 在线免费观看国产| 主人丝袜脚下的绿帽王八奴| 日韩免费视频一区二区| 亚洲h在线观看| 特黄特色大片免费播放| 免费午夜扒丝袜www在线看| 精品国产一区二区三区久久| 啊灬啊灬啊快日出水了| 色妞www精品视频免费看| 国产精品一卡二卡三卡| 10天的爱人下载| 女女女女BBBBBB毛片在线| 一本久道久久综合中文字幕| 日韩在线观看完整版电影| 亚洲AV香蕉一区区二区三区| 波多野结衣的av一区二区三区|