N China farmers get help from govt officials

Farmer Zhou Dingli in Tumd Right Banner, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on June 25, 2013. After learning that Zhou wanted to raise sheep but was short on money, local officials helped him get a bank loan of 180,000 yuan and build a pen. In 2012, Zhou raised 800 sheep, which helped him net 90,000 yuan in income. Zhou plans to raise 18,000 sheep in 2013.[Photo/Xinhua]