Rural Microcredit Offered to Farmers in Wangdu, China's Hebei

A farmer prunes the branches for tomato in a greenhouse built with small personal loans at Nangangzi Village of Gudian Town in Wangdu County, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 12, 2013. Up to 2012, the Wangdu Rural Credit Cooperative has offered 3,891 loans of 310 million RMB yuan (US$49.44 million) to farmers, helping enable them to increase incomes, raise agricultural production and improve rural development. [Xinhua]