Reporter's log: Livestreaming, e-commerce play crucial role in Gansu's poverty alleviation drive

A craftsman works on a traditional brick carving at a workshop in Gansu's Linxia city. [Photo by Matthew Bossons for chinadaily.com]

While I'm unsure what Berners-Lee envisioned for his creation, I like to imagine that he wanted it to change people's lives for the better, which is precisely what is happening in Li county.

As for the future? Well, if Zhang's success can be replicated elsewhere in China, then there's reason to be hopeful that the future of poverty alleviation is indeed much bigger than the past.

The author is writer with China Daily.