Xinhua: Shops for farmers

From Xinhua:

The principle of respecting local situations and choosing proper strategies must be stuck to in the push to improve farmers’ consumption, says an article in People’s Daily. An excerpt follows:

The topic of boosting rural consumption has been much talked about this year. A number of provinces imposed the specific aim of setting up chain retail stores or supermarkets in towns and villages. Such aims included achieving this in 70 per cent of all villages within three years.