Yan Qianqian takes a rest in her office in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2024. After working at an airport for 5 years, Yan Qianqian decided to quit the job and start her own business in her hometown in 2021.
Yan Qianqian, now 29, and her father Yan Jiantiao founded an agriculture company focusing on producing pickled bamboo shoots, which is an important ingredient for the popular Luosifen rice noodles.
For years, she has been working with experts from local universities to improve the traditional making methods of the pickled bamboo shoots with modern technologies, trying to gain more favor from the young generation. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Yan Qianqian (C) and her father Yan Jiantiao (L) observe the ferment situation of pickled bamboo shoots with Dr. Yu Wanguo from College of Biological and Chemical Engineering under Guangxi University of Science and Technology, in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 24, 2024.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Yan Qianqian displays a bottle of pickled bamboo shoots produced by her company in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 23, 2024.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Yan Qianqian carries bamboo shoots at a planting base in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 23, 2024.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 24, 2024 shows an exterior view of a pickled bamboo shoots processing plant founded by Yan Qianqian in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. After working at an airport for 5 years, Yan Qianqian decided to quit the job and start her own business in her hometown in 2021.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
