Local govts boosting specialty sectors

China's local governments have put in place advanced technologies and stepped up efforts to promote specialty industries, in order to inject fresh impetus into the country's rural vitalization initiative.

At a factory of Yihao Industrial Co Ltd, workers are busy carving jade with the help of computer-controlled smart equipment.

Bai Zhen, head of the company, said Yihao Industrial is one of more than 20,000 jade jewelry manufacturers based in Zhenping county, in Central China's Henan province.