Rural Jiangsu residents increase incomes at industrial park

An employee of a company that manufactures products made out of plastic works at a factory in an industrial park that was established for poverty alleviation purposes in Zhongyang township. More than 1,200 people from the area are employed at the facility. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

In recent years, the government of Zhongyang township, Sucheng district, Suqian city, Jiangsu province has intensified efforts to eliminate poverty via industry, established industrial parks that help reduce poverty, and promoted the employment of unemployed rural residents so that they can become more prosperous and increase their incomes.