High-tech sells high-altitude hens
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Want a free-range hen from a farm 3,000 meters above sea level? You can check them out on a livestream from Lintan County in northwest China鈥檚 Gansu Province, which once had an audience of 843,000.
The county, which is on the national list of priority poverty relief, had 320,000 likes on Toutiao, one of the most popular news feed mobile apps in China, and a boost in sales of its chicken products.
In Tongren, Guizhou Province, Wan Jianying, who was relocated from a poverty-stricken area, found a job near his new home within a week with just a few clicks.
Mobile livestreaming, big data and artificial intelligence 鈥 smart technologies are making China鈥檚 poverty alleviation program more targeted, helping more people earn more and rise to a better life.
China aims to eradicate poverty by 2020, the target year to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
The year of 2019 is an important year for winning the tough battle against poverty by 2020 and China has set a target to reduce the rural poor population by more than 10 million this year.
The first thing technologies like AI can do is to find the people who need help the most, Wu Xiaoru, executive president of China鈥檚 leading AI company iFlytek, said.
Guizhou Province launched its Poverty Alleviation Cloud in late 2015, integrating data related to poverty alleviation from 25 government departments.
From massive data, the AI algorithm achieved a more precise quantified detection of poverty-stricken households based on multiple indices, such as education levels, medical records and household work records.
Precisely targeting struggling families, AI and data analysis enable the customization of poverty alleviation, matching people with the most suitable jobs and projects, said Wu.
iFlytek is headquartered in Hefei, Anhui Province, and launched a targeted poverty alleviation platform.
Wu said the platform can provide registration, matches and evaluation of poverty-stricken families and poverty reduction programs.
In Gansu Province, 10 counties on the national poverty list promoted their produce via livestreaming on Toutiao. Based on data analysis and AI, the content was aimed at promising customers.
Sales in these counties increased eightfold.
Technologies are empowering people working on the frontline of poverty alleviation to solve long-term problems.
The central government has addressed illness-related poverty in recent years but the shortage of medical staff at primary-level clinics remains a major hurdle, so AI-assisted diagnosis is becoming an important tool.
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