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Members of a patrol under the West Lake scenic area administrative department patrol the famed lake in Hangzhou City, East China's Zhejiang Province, May 1, 2018. Started two years ago, the patrol has provided service for 18,500 tourists and also stopped unruly behavior 14,100 times at the tourist attraction. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)

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A West Lake patrol team member adjusts her hat as she works in Hangzhou City, East China's Zhejiang Province, May 1, 2018.

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Zhang Yiping shows her batik product via mobile live streaming platform in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, May 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

Zhang Yiping, 25, is an entrepreneur who is fascinated by batik, a traditional Chinese cloth dyeing technique, and is determined to spread batik culture abroad with her products.

Zhang learnt batik techniques from her mother in her hometown at Yangwu town, Danzhai county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, which is also dubbed as hometown of batik.

After working in other places for some time, she decided to return to her hometown and start her own business by establishing a batik handicraft cooperative in 2014.

Two years later, Zhang started her own company with a business model combining company, cooperative and craftsmen to develop a series of batik products such as clothes and home decorations with the support of local cultural department.

After years' of development, Zhang opened specialty stores for batik products and handcrafts manufacturing base near her hometown. She also uses e-commerce and online livestreaming platforms to sell her products.

Zhang has helped over 100 women in her hometown to get rid of poverty.

"I have a dream of establishing my own batik brand to spread the ancient and simple batik culture of Miao ethnic group abroad," Zhang said.

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Zhang Yiping checks the color of her dyeing product in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, May 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Zhang Yiping (L) and her mother dry batik products in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, May 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Zhang Yiping (M) discusses batik dyeing techniques with her colleague in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, May 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Zhang Yiping (R) discusses style of clothes with her colleague in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, May 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Cars wait in line at a gas station in Shanghai, on April 26, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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A woman,waiting treatment, sits next to a artifical tree inside the Fudan University Cancer Center Hospital in Shanghai, January 22, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

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A boy wipes coal dust away from the face of his father, a coal miner in Jiexiu, North China’s Shanxi province. [Photo/VCG]

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An exhibition featuring replicas of the renowned Mogao Grottoes is underway at the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China. In the next 10 months, visitors will be able to have a close look at three life-size replicas of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, as well as more than 100 cultural relics along the ancient Silk Road. [Photo/VCG]

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Scores of local villagers in Anhua county carry two baskets of dark tea with one shoulder pole while walking up the stairs in Beijing on April 28, 2018.(Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn)

The opening ceremony of the 17th Chinese Garden Tea Culture Festival and Anhua Dark Tea Culture Week was held at Beijing's Badachu Park on April 28, as part of the Anhua government's efforts to develop the tea industry into a powerhouse for economic growth.

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A representative from Hunan Shuntianran Tea Industry shows customers how to prepare and drink dark tea in Beijing on April 28, 2018. (Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn)

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Two villagers from Anhua county show customers the process of making dark tea in Beijing on April 28, 2018. (Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn)

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A ceremony is held to bestow permanent residency permits to seven foreigners, including Nobel laureate Bernard L. Feringa, in Shanghai, May 2, 2018. Shanghai authorities issued green cards to seven foreigners on Wednesday as the city further moves to attract foreign talent by simplifying the permanent residency application process. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

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China Post unveiled a new collection of stamps on April 22 inspired by the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, along with a series of merchandise including first day of issue envelopes. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)

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Train attendant Guo Li works at a railway station in Chongqing. Guo of the post-90 generation leads four other colleagues working on a train connecting Chongqing and Chengdu in Sichuan Province. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Min)

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Train attendants apply make-up before beginning their shift at a railway station in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Min)

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Train attendants work on a train at a railway station in Chongqing. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Min)

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Train attendant Guo Li poses with passengers at a railway station in Chongqing. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Min)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is briefed about the latest development of Peking University (PKU) at PKU in Beijing, capital of China, May 2, 2018. Xi made an inspection tour of PKU on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Pyongyang, the DPRK, May 3, 2018. (Photo/Xinhua)

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China launched a new communication satellite "APSTAR-6C" on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Center, May 4, 2018. (Photo provided to China News Service)
The satellite was sent into orbit by the Long March-3B carrier rocket. This was the 273rd mission of the Long March rocket series. Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

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Students paint a "library" on steps at Lanzhou University in Gansu Province, May 3, 2018.(Photo by Pei Qiang/For China Daily)
Students turned stairway into "library" with 3D design at Lanzhou University in Gansu province on Thursday. It took the students from the university's art academy more than a week to transform the stairs.

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A guest seals up a pottery urn containing Anhua dark tea leaves during a traditional tea preservation ceremony at Xiangjie Temple in Badachu Park in Beijing, capital of China, May 3, 2018. The tea preservation ceremony has been a part of the Chinese tea culture. At such ceremonies, tea leaves are put into pottery urns before they are sealed in for preservation. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)

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A girl demonstrates the art of tea-making during a traditional tea preservation ceremony at Xiangjie Temple in Badachu Park in Beijing, capital of China, May 3, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)

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Two children in classical Chinese costumes put Anhua dark tea leaves into pottery urns during a traditional tea preservation ceremony at Xiangjie Temple in Badachu Park in Beijing, capital of China, May 3, 2018. The tea preservation ceremony has been a part of the Chinese tea culture. At such ceremonies, tea leaves are put into pottery urns before they are sealed in for preservation. (Xinhua/Li Jundong)

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Yin Yin (L), the director of the stomatology department at the Air Force General Hospital, shares clinical experiences at the People's Hospital in Wenchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 2, 2018. More than 600 medical workers from nearly 200 institutes participated in five days of charity activities in more than ten hospitals in Wenchuan County to mark the 10thanniversary of the deadly Wenchuan Earthquake on May 2, 2008. (Photo: China News Service/Ren Haixia)

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Patients are assessed via remote diagnosis at a hospital in Wenchuan County, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 2, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Ren Haixia)

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