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SPIC paves way for poverty alleviation in NW China’s Yanchuan

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Yanchuan, China, Feb 23, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), one of the biggest renewable energy companies in China, has well fulfilled its social responsibility as an enterprise and given a big leg up to poverty alleviation efforts in Yanchuan county, Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province.Since 2013, SPIC and the county government have built four modern agriculture demonstration parks and helped establish 974 greenhouses equipped with solar panels. (SPIC).VIDEO：https://youtu.be/r_D1SS9SG_kSince 2013, the SPIC and the county government have built four modern agriculture demonstration parks and helped establish 974 greenhouses equipped with solar panels. The company increased income for more than 500 householders, as each of the greenhouses brings in an average annual income of 40,000 yuan ($6,165).New functions were added to the greenhouses last year with the assistance of the SPIC, such as automatic monitoring, sensing, and controlling, which enables operators to control the smart equipment in the greenhouses on a mobile app.Apart from the efforts made to scale up Yanchuan's agricultural industry, the SPIC also introduced a clothing fact...

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Employers urged to help disadvantaged groups gain new skills

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After a stroke left him with speech difficulties and weakness in one hand, Mr Ang Kuan Heng struggled to find employment. That was until he landed a job with social enterprise Spic & Span, which yesterday received a visit from President Halimah Yacob. The head of state met employees of the cleaning firm, which creates job opportunities for people with disabilities and marginalised groups. She called on more social enterprises to harness technology to run businesses that do good. She also urged employers to spend time during the pandemic redesigning their work processes and jobs to prepare for future opportunities and help disadvantaged workers acquire new skills. In Mr Ang's case, he had physiotherapy for a year but continued to feel flustered when meeting people, making it hard to find work. Mr Ang joined Spic & Span as a project coordinator in October last year. He gained newfound confidence to try new things, even picking up computer skills despite the weakness in his right hand. "I was initially very worried about finding a job, but when I joined the company, I found people who accepted me just as I am and understood my condition," said the 57-year-old. During her visit to the ...