Guangxi Farmers lifted out of poverty donate 10,000 kg of vegetables to epicenter Wuhan

“We want to donate 10,000 kilograms of vegetables to Wuhan,” said Lu Jishun, a used-to-be
impoverished farmer from Guanyang county in Guilin, China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region on a call to a village cadre.
“Thanks to the Party and government, I’m now lifted out of poverty and have a decent income,”
said Lu, asking the cadre to figure out a way to transport his donation to Wuhan, the epic center of
the novel coronavirus breakout.
The novel coronavirus pneumonia has become a national concern these days in China. “The
epidemic may cause short supply of vegetables in Wuhan and other places. We now have a sound
sales performance, and have decided to donate 10,000 kilograms of vegetables to Wuhan after
discussion,” said Lu from Xuyuan village, where a total of 12 hectares of vegetables have been
planted.
Therefore, he contacted Zheng Hong, the first secretary of the village in charge of poverty
alleviation, hoping the government to offer a channel to ship the vegetables to the destination.
Under the coordination of the publicity department of Guanyang county and the government of
Guanyang township, the channel was soon selected. Later, the post office of the county designated
a batch of vehicles to send the vegetables to Wuhan on Feb. 7.
To donate the vegetables, around 40 people, including village cadres, members of the poverty
alleviation working team, as well as young volunteers picked, washed and loaded the vegetables at
the vegetable planting base of the village on Feb. 5.
“The used-to-be impoverished farmers donate their vegetables, and we should also make our
contribution,” said a member of the village’s poverty alleviation working team.
“The Party and country helped us impoverished households, and we must be grateful and repay
the favor,” Lu said, introducing that this batch of vegetables were especially saved for the people
and medical workers in Wuhan. “We denied two dealers who wanted to purchase in late January,”
Lu said
It is learnt that since the breakout of the epidemic, Guanyang county has organized its village and
community cadres to publicize prevention tips and guide the public to pay attention to epidemic
control. Besides, it has also encouraged enterprises and individuals to donate epidemic prevention
and control materials to contribute their strength to the battle against the virus.
Apart from the 10,000 kilograms of vegetables donated by Lu, two cooperatives from Guanyang
county’s Xishan township and Shuiche township have also donated 10,000 kilograms of bok choy
and 10,000 kilograms of radishes to Wuhan, respectively.