RETURNING FARMERS

As more favorable policies were issued and rural infrastructure improves, rural revitalization is also bringing back migrant workers that used to work in more developed areas for better paychecks.

"More state-owned and private enterprises are coming to the countryside, which has brought good investment and improved industrial chains including production, logistics and sales in rural areas," said Xu Wenqin, an agriculture official in Jiangxi's Fuzhou City. "The situation has made locals more willing to stay than going out."

In addition, 4G network and faster logistics have replaced old infrastructure, allowing many farmers to do e-commerce business.

In the remote Shuangxi Village of Wanzai County, for instance, 220 out of more than 3,200 local residents have engaged in e-commerce business, which helps sell agricultural products worth 20 million yuan to the outside world annually.

According to a survey among 3,378 migrant workers conducted in early 2019, more than 60 percent of respondents said they believe improving public resources such as health, education and infrastructure are making them willing to stay in the countryside or return from the coastal areas.

The percentage of those who chose to stay in the villages is up 10 percent year on year.

In the impoverished Gufang Village, more than 400 migrant workers have returned to start businesses of their own since 2016.

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