Wang Rungui, chairman and general manager of Shanxi Yilin Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting Co based in the city of Yangquan, was one of the top 10 rural news figures in Shanxi province in 2021.

Wang founded the company, which is engaged in Chinese herbal medicine planting, Chinese herbal tea, liquor production and processing, and animal husbandry in his hometown in 2020.

He has been committed to promoting rural vitalization through industry. Under his management, the company has established more than 400 hectares of Chinese herbal medicine planting bases in 10 villages in Yangquan, helping more than 2,000 farmers work nearby and get an annual per capita income of more than 20,000 yuan ($2,962.11).