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NANCHANG, May 25-- For decades, fruits and vegetables in the village of Gunan used to be sold within its vicinity in Yichun City, in east China's Jiangxi Province. But in recent years, organic products from Gunan have climbed their way out of the village into chain supermarkets in the provincial capital Nanchang, and have become wildly popular. "We have set up 10 chain supermarkets in Nanchang and in Gaohu Township (which administers Gunan), and we provide more than 30 job positions in the markets," said village official Zhong Yinghua. "About one-third of our employees are from cities and townships." Since 2017, the village has been focusing on developing organic food, while expanding business to cities and townships by opening chain markets there and by e-commerce, which greatly increased sales. China's rural revitalization strategy is helping revamp the countryside. The strategy was first put forward during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2017 and has been repeatedly stressed by the Chinese leadership since then. The strategy aims at achieving the basic modernization of agriculture and rural areas by 2035, and the grand goal of a strong agricultural industry, beautiful countryside and well-off farmers by 2050. Under such circumstances, the rural areas in China are developing fast, with agriculture developing fast, rural tourism booming and migrant workers returning home from coastal areas for entrepreneurship. | 
