China's e-commerce logistics is rapidly expanding to the country's rural areas, bringing convenience to local residents while helping farmers explore consumer markets for agriculture products nationwide.
The rapid development of e-commerce logistic in rural areas has driven agricultural product consumption and boosted local residents' income.
In Hualin Village, southwest China's Sichuan Province, a newly established e-commerce express delivery station brings villagers convenient online shopping experience. "Nowadays, e-commerce logistics is so convenient, making it the same living in rural and urban areas. It is very convenient for us to buy things we need. We can buy it with just one click on our mobile phone, and it will be delivered to our homes very quickly," said Liu Zhuangkui, a villager. The e-commerce delivery station serves as a platform connecting Hualin Village to the market outside.
This year, the village has started to use passenger mini-buses to deliver parcels while transporting commuters, making it easier to accurately deliver packages to buyers in rural areas.
"With passenger mini-buses being used to deliver goods, villagers can receive express deliveries in a timely manner, and sell their agricultural products quickly. It not only brings villagers convenience, but also reduces labor and transportation costs," said Liu Wenming, the person in charge of the e-commerce delivery station in Hualin Village.
In Yougang Village, central China's Hunan Province, village officials and villagers work together every day to promote local specialties like radish strips and cured meat via live-streaming.
During this year's "Double 11" online shopping festival, Chongyang Village, located in east China's Zhejiang Province, saw up to 5,000 parcels sending out in a single day thanks to live-streaming, which makes their local agricultural products more popular.
Thriving e-commerce logistics transforms rural life in China
Iran on Monday publicly rejected a core U.S. demand to cease all uranium enrichment, while projecting a dual-track strategy of guarded diplomatic engagement and reinforced military preparedness.
The moves came as the indirect Iran-US talks in Oman's Muscat last week yielded no breakthrough and regional tensions continued to simmer.
On Monday, Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said that while Iran could consider diluting its 60-percent enriched uranium, it would only do so if all international sanctions were first lifted.
Eslami also dismissed past proposals to ship the material abroad for safekeeping.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi echoed this line on Monday, reaffirming Tehran's strategy of engaging in talks while refusing to concede on what Iran views as sovereign rights.
Pezeshkian and Araghchi have described the Muscat talks as a "good start" but warned that diplomacy must be based on "respect, not coercion."
In a televised speech on Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged Iranians to show unity and "disappoint the enemy" ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, amid rising tensions with the United States.
Meanwhile, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, is set to lead a delegation to visit mediator Oman on Tuesday.
Simultaneously, Iran has signaled a shift toward greater military opacity. Iran's state news agency IRNA said in a report on Sunday that the Defense Ministry has halted all public displays of new weaponry "for security reasons and to safeguard the principle of surprise," a move widely interpreted as preparing for potential conflict.
Positions from the United States and Israel have appeared equally firm. A report on Sunday by Israel's Channel 15 said the United States had privately messaged Iran, seeking Iran's "concessions" in the next round of talks, and expecting "serious and meaningful content."
On Monday, The Jerusalem Post, citing Israeli defense officials, reported that Israel has warned the U.S. it "will strike alone" if Iran crosses its "red lines" on ballistic missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb 11 in Washington, and will discuss the U.S.-Iran negotiations.
Netanyahu is expected to demand that the U.S. promote the transfer of Iran's enriched uranium out of the country and restrict Iran's ballistic missile capabilities.
Iran rejects zero enrichment, projects dual-track posture amid stalled talks with U.S.
