Couple benefits from return to the countryside as new venture takes root

Li Xiushuang, 39, and her husband are among those who have returned to rural areas to use new technology to develop agricultural businesses.

In 2010, Li returned to her hometown of Laocheng, Wucheng county in Dezhou city, Shandong province, after graduating from Dezhou University in 2005, where she studied agronomy — the science of soil management and crop production.

She and her husband now grow crops such as lettuce, celery and tomatoes in three greenhouses that use hydroponic technology.