FUZHOU, March 26 (Xinhua) — Yu Guangqing, former Party chief of a village in east China’s Fujian Province, is proud of himself for helping turn local snacks into a household name across the country.
Back in the early 1990s, inspired by some villagers who made big profits by peddling local cuisine in big cities, Yu, from Yubang Village, Shaxian District in the city of Sanming, tried to talk the whole village into following in their footsteps.
Now, over 90 percent of the village’s laboring population is in the snack business in cities across the country, satisfying customers with Shaxian delicacies including peanut butter noodles, wontons filled with juicy meat, fried rice noodles and meat soup.
During an inspection tour in Fujian…