Recently, in Shiitake demonstration base of Zuojiawan Village, Hengqu County, Shanxi Province of China, mushroom growers have been engaged with the picking work of the first batch of Shiitake.

According to know, under the help of poverty-removal working crew, Zuojiawan Village started to strive for mushroom project in spring. With 500,000 CNY of investment, Shiitake demonstration base that absorbs 23 Shiitake greenhouses was built, besides, a specialized mushroom cooperative was established, till now, it has leaded 12 local poor households to engage with mushroom cultivation, over 80 poor villagers get jobs in the cooperative and generate considerable incomes. 
For recent days, 120,000 Shiitake sticks are ushering fruiting period, which indicates satisfactory revenues for village collective economy and poor households.