Female embroiders in Zhangye earn money at home

Female embroider teaches skills through online courses. [Photo by Wu Xuefeng for chinadaily.com.cn]

It is an effective way to help poor women get flexible employment and get rid of poverty.

In recent years, Zhangye city has taken "Longyuan Skilled Hands" training as a powerful starting point for implementing women's precision poverty alleviation, established seven women hand-knitting associations, organized expert training teams for hand towels, and built eight city and county-level demonstration bases, trained 13,000 skilled hands, cultivated 21 hand-knitted enterprises (professional cooperatives), established 67 family workshops and 42 micro online shops, created more than 50 hand-knitted brands.

With annual sales of tens of millions of yuan, hand-knitting has become a new industry that absorbs surplus labor and women's entrepreneurship.