Tea merchant in a wheelchair prospers and does not forget to give back to society

On April 11, at the tea factory in Yangcun, Huizhou District, Cao Yongli (right) processes tea leaves together with workers.

Cao Yongli, 44 years old this year, is a native of Yangcun, Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province. In 1992, an accident left him with high-level paraplegia, and he needs a wheelchair in daily life. In 2001, taking advantage of the local area being a main production region for "Huangshan Maofeng", Cao Yongli opened a tea factory. Using the money he had earned from running an audio and video store before, plus borrowed funds, he started a business of purchasing, processing and selling tea. Now, Cao Yongli's Huizhou District Fuxi Renjia Tea Industry Co., Ltd. has an annual output value of 12 million yuan, and its tea products are sold far overseas. Since founding the tea factory, Cao Yongli has put in hardships and efforts beyond what most people can imagine, and has also received much care and encouragement. At present, Cao Yongli's tea factory tries to raise the purchase price as much as possible for tea leaves delivered by disabled tea farmers, and has also hired 6 disabled people. At the same time, Cao Yongli has also long provided targeted financial support for 3 children from poor families with disabled members to attend school. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Duan