Rural financing empowers farmers in Luxian in China's Sichuan

STORY: Rural financing empowers farmers in Luxian in China's Sichuan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 2, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new farming model combining rice fields and prawns 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO DALUN, Director of the Luxian County Aquaculture Cooperative 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN ZHONGRONG, Farmer from Xinshan Village, Luxian County STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO DALUN, Director of the Luxian County Aquaculture Cooperative "We have promoted a model that focuses on rice cultivation while increasing income through prawn farming. Over the past few years, the cooperative has attracted more than 30,000 members. The members can enjoy unsecured loans of up to 300,000 yuan through the agricultural bank's "agricultural e-loan" program, which helps farmers further expand their breeding bases. So far more than 280 households of our cooperative have obtained loans from the agricultural bank, with a total amount