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Du established a“poverty-alleviating economic Coop-erative”in a poverty-Strick-en village．drawing on theexperiences of Nobel Prizewinner Muhammad Yunus“rural bank”model.

room spores worth RMB 8,000，whichhe has agreed to sell back to the coop-erative once harvested for RMB 0.8 perkilo．Although the price is much lowerthan the market price，Song is satisfied．“What we do is quite labor saving．Wejust apply water and a shovel，and thecooperative takes care of the rest．”