A Chinese e-commerce platform that only sells products from 832 counties that have been recently lifted out of poverty saw its total sales hit nearly 50 billion yuan (about 6.8 billion U.S. dollars) by the end of 2024, according to its operator, the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives.
The platform, fupin832.com, was launched on Jan 1, 2020 to sell officially recognized poverty relief products from the once-impoverished counties.
The platform, which is mainly used for government procurement, has introduced supportive measures such as creating preferred brands and building sales service systems to help stabilize the sales of quality products in the areas that have been lifted out of poverty and drive industrial development there.
"The sales on the platform enable us to nurture and strengthen our own industrial chain," said Wang Jianjun, manager in charge of the selection of products for the platform.
More than 30,000 suppliers from the 832 counties have joined the platform with over 350,000 famous, high-quality local specialties on sale, attracting 680,000 registered purchasing partners. Over 1.8 million individuals also shop on the platform.
Sales on Chinese poverty-relief e-commerce platform hit 50 bln yuan
The Palestinian death toll in Gaza Strip has risen to 50,423, with 114,638 injured, after nearly 18 months of Israeli military operations, Gaza health authorities said Wednesday.
Local medical sources noted that since the Israeli army resumed its operations on March 18, the number of fatalities has reached 1,066, while 2,597 have been injured.
In the past 24 hours alone, hospitals in Gaza received 24 fatalities and 55 injured. Many bodies remain trapped beneath the rubble, with ambulances and civil defense personnel struggling to reach them.
According to a report by the Times of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday that it had carried out strikes on over 50 sites belonging to Hamas and other militant groups, ahead of a major ground push into the southern Gaza Strip. During the day, dozens more strikes were carried out across Gaza.
In addition, the IDF issued a statement on Wednesday night that it had intercepted two rockets launched from northern Gaza. Air raid sirens were activated in areas near the Gaza Strip, and local media said that there are no reports of injuries or damage in the attack. The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to Palestinian media reports on Wednesday, the Israeli air force targeted a medical facility operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The head of Gaza-based health authorities reported on the same day that 19 people were killed in the attack.
The Israeli military stated on Wednesday that it had struck a Hamas command center in Jabalia.
On Wednesday night, Al Jazeera quoted relevant sources as saying that Hamas officials had received Israel's response to the ceasefire proposal, which had been put forward by mediators and accepted by Hamas. Based on this response, they concluded that Israel had rejected the proposal.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 50,423
