Individual investors in E China play key role to boost rural economy

Li Yingzi (2nd R), manager of Ruide agricultural technology company who has invested more than 20 million yuan (3 million U.S. dollars) to build a modern agricultural demonstration base to plant pollution-free vegetables and organic pitayas, interacts with children at her orchard in Jiande City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 18, 2017. About 3,000 individual investors have invested a total of 12 billion yuan (1.8 billion U.S. dollars) in producing and processing agricultural products industry, rural e-commerce business and tourism industry in Jiande City in recent years. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)