Luo Qian, a 33-year-old woman of the Bouyei ethnic group who now runs an “agritainment” business in Pingzhai Village, has never regretted her decision to resign from her city job and return to her home-town to start a business. The village is located in Machang Town in the Guian New Area, a 1,795-square-km economic zone located near Guiyang, the capital city of southwest China’s Guizhou Province.
“After graduation, I worked at a Guiyang-based company living on an annual salary of 50,000 yuan ($7,962). Three years ago, I decided to become self-employed and set up a rural homestay, which now earns 100,000 to 200,000 yuan ($15,923 to 31,847) every year,” said Luo. She has noticed that since the roads and houses in the village were repaired and refurbished, not only people…