Zhou Yun harvests tea leaves in Longquan, Lishui, Zhejiang province. [Photo/lsnews.com.cn]

While most university graduates typically go to large cities to seek better lives, a growing number of them are being increasingly attracted to rural areas to start their careers, while fulfilling their life values. In Longquan, a county-level city in Lishui, Zhejiang province, there's a group of such young people.

Born in the 1990s, Wu Ting opened a farm in her hometown of Anji village in Lanju town of Longquan after graduating from the university. She focuses on the business of lingzhi, or lucid ganoderma, and the spore powder of this kind of mushroom, which are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Wu uses online platforms to sell the products nationwide. In recent years, she has also made attempts to promote lingzhi via livestreaming and short videos.

"We are the new generation of farmers and as young people, we are responsible for the application of new development concepts and modes in the agriculture sector," said Wu.

Another young woman, Zhou Yun, is dedicated to the planting and sales of tea in Longquan. Unlike Wu, she chose to go back to her hometown after living a few years in big cities after graduation.

"I believe there's great potential in agriculture and rural areas," she said.

In recent years, Longquan has attached great importance to the matchmaking between graduate students and villages. The local government is focusing on streamlining processes related to capital, talent, and technologies going to rural areas to support these young people.

Currently, there are more than 50 young people devoted to the development of agriculture and rural areas in Longquan.