Rural China Vlog: Vlogger couple share rural life in SW China's Sichuan

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Vlogger couple share their rural life in SW China's Sichuan with 3 million followers online.

China is trying to blunt the impact of COVID-19, vowing to realize the target of eradicating absolute poverty at the end of 2020.

CHENGDU, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Xiaolong and his wife Xu Yan, who used to work in different cities, now live in the countryside in southwest China's Sichuan Province and run a live streaming account with more than 3 million followers. Their videos about rural life are popular among the audience.

(Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

Zhou Xiaolong and his wife Xu Yan take a walk in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

After Zhou and Xu made their decision to develop a career as vloggers and came back to Baihua Town of Yibin City in Sichuan, the hardworking couple opened up their wasteland day by day through raising poultry, fishing and managing vegetable plots.

Their fulfilling daily life was not only life itself but also a source for inspiring them as vloggers. "I shoot how I live every day as life gets better in many ways. The essence of conveying happiness to my audience is to live a happy life myself," Xu said.

Zhou Xiaolong shoots a video for his wife Xu Yan in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

Zhou Xiaolong and Xu Yan cook a meal in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

Xu Yan cooks a meal in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

Zhou Xiaolong feeds poultry water in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin

Their baby is about to be born in June. Xu plans to record the growth of the baby by video. Besides, Zhou has planned to set up a specialty processing plant to purchase agricultural products from villagers for further processing and sell them via short video platform, as a way to help villagers increase their income.

Xu Yan displays the clothes for her unborn baby in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

Xu Yan wipes the sweat for her husband Zhou Xiaolong in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)

China has targeted eradicating absolute poverty in 2020. The country is actively addressing the challenges brought by the epidemic on poverty alleviation and vowing to realize the poverty-alleviation target at the end of 2020.

Zhou Xiaolong (front) pours mountain spring water into a barrel in Baihua Town, Yibin City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)