Buying for Hubei
CCTV news hosts and livestream (直播）stars seem to be in different worlds, but these two groups came together for a special live broadcast on April 6.
CCTV news host Zhu Guangquan and livestream star Li Jiaqi hosted a show on Taobao. What they did is to help sell products for some companies in Hubei. These companies have been terribly affected by COVID-19(新冠肺炎）.
From hot dry noodles to oranges, they showed people 16 kinds of products, all from cities in Hubei Province.
The show lasted about two hours. It attracted millions of people and about 660,000 orders were placed. The total amount was about 40,000,000 yuan, according to China Daily.
Hubei, known as the Land of Fish and Rice, suffered greatly. Its products, from lotus roots to oranges and mushrooms, could not make their way to the market.
With the situation getting better and better, Hubei is trying to find its footing again with the help of the nation. Crawfish(龙虾），one of the main products, is popular with people all over China. According to the statistics(统计数据）from Hubei Agricultural Development Center, by March 26,710 tons of crawfish were sold to more than 360 cities in China every day.
