Handmade brooms by Hebei villagers a hit in foreign markets

2018-06-20
Xinhua

A man makes a broom at a broom professional cooperative in Maozhuang town of Laoting county, North China’s Hebei province, June 19, 2018. Maozhuang town has a long history in handmade brooms. In recent years, the town has set up several professional cooperatives on broom to manage this specialty industry intensively. At present, brooms produced in the town have been sold to many foreign markets such as South Korea and Japan, with annual export earnings reaching over 20 million yuan ($3.09 million). [Photo/Xinhua]

A man makes a broom at a broom professional cooperative in Maozhuang town of Laoting county, North China’s Hebei province, June 19, 2018. Maozhuang town has a long history in handmade brooms. In recent years, the town has set up several professional cooperatives on broom to manage this specialty industry intensively. At present, brooms produced in the town have been sold to many foreign markets such as South Korea and Japan, with annual export earnings reaching over 20 million yuan ($3.09 million). [Photo/Xinhua]

Staff members manage brooms basked in the sun at a broom professional cooperative in Maozhuang town of Laoting county, North China’s Hebei province, June 19, 2018. Maozhuang town has a long history in handmade brooms. In recent years, the town has set up several professional cooperatives on broom to manage this specialty industry intensively. At present, brooms produced in the town have been sold to many foreign markets such as South Korea and Japan, with annual export earnings reaching over 20 million yuan ($3.09 million). [Photo/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on June 19, 2018 shows staff members basking handmade brooms at a broom professional cooperative in Maozhuang town of Laoting county, North China’s Hebei province. Maozhuang town has a long history in handmade brooms. In recent years, the town has set up several professional cooperatives on broom to manage this specialty industry intensively. At present, brooms produced in the town have been sold to many foreign markets such as South Korea and Japan, with annual export earnings reaching over 20 million yuan ($3.09 million). [Photo/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on June 19, 2018 shows staff members managing brooms basked in the sun at a broom professional cooperative in Maozhuang town of Laoting county, North China’s Hebei province. Maozhuang town has a long history in handmade brooms. In recent years, the town has set up several professional cooperatives on broom to manage this specialty industry intensively. At present, brooms produced in the town have been sold to many foreign markets such as South Korea and Japan, with annual export earnings reaching over 20 million yuan ($3.09 million). [Photo/Xinhua]