The IT Caravan trains more than 1,320 farmers throughout the year

Since 2007, the "IT Caravan" has been bringing services to the countryside in Pinggu. Recently, a reporter learned from the Pinggu District Information Center of Beijing that this work has continued and advanced steadily; in 2009 alone, it carried out 45 training sessions, benefiting more than 1,320 farmers.

The "IT Caravan" is a special vehicle sent by the Pinggu District Information Center to rural areas to spread knowledge about information technology. It combines "science and technology, information, and applied training" in one, and its services cover basic computer knowledge education, free repairs and consultations, mobile tax services, and more, popularizing computer knowledge, internet technology, and communications technology among farmers, thereby achieving invigoration of agriculture through science and technology, benefiting farmers through information, and supporting farmers through industry, truly bringing farmers tangible benefits.

Since the beginning of this year, the "IT Caravan" has carried out 45 training sessions for groups such as leaders of cooperative organizations and farmers, benefiting 61 administrative villages and more than 1,320 farmers in townships and towns including Jinhaihu, Mafang, and Zhenluoying, with the number of trainees increasing by nearly 500 compared with the same period last year.