韦贵康，广西合山市岭南镇石村人，和弟弟韦贵国一起经营着一家养兔专业合作社。
Wei Guikang was born in Shicun Village, Lingnan Town, Heshan City in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He runs a rabbit raising cooperative with his younger brother, Wei Guiguo.
图为韦贵康。Wei Guikang. /CGTN
创业多年，韦贵康对这间合作社倾注了很多心血，不仅因为它是兄弟二人的创业成果，对家乡而言，它还是本地许多贫困户脱贫致富的希望。
Wei Guikang has been devoting all of his efforts to the cooperative. The project is not only the result of the two brothers' entrepreneurship but also a chance for many local families to get rid of poverty.
合山：从光热城到贫困县
Heshan: From the city of light and heat to poverty-stricken
广西合山。Heshan is located in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. /CGTN
合山又俗称光热城，因为盛产煤矿，也曾有过一段繁荣时期。“ 最鼎盛的时候，房子都是瓦房，真的是万家灯火。” 韦贵康回忆道。然而， 经过多年开采，合山的矿产资源逐渐枯竭，变成了一个资源枯竭型城市，又成了贫困县
Heshan used to be referred to as the city of light and heat. Coal deposits had contributed to its prosperity. "In its heyday, tile-roofed houses were built everywhere. You could see myriad lights," Wei Guikang recalls. After years of mining, the raw minerals ended. The county-level of Heshan became a resource-exhausted city and, consequently, a poverty-stricken county.
发现商机 回乡创业
Business opportunities
2012年，韦贵康大学毕业，经过半年多的调研，他发现广西本地的肉兔供不应求，于是决心回乡创业，和弟弟一起养起了肉兔。兔场建成后，他负责销售，弟弟负责养殖，兄弟俩做起了自己的兔子生意。
Wei graduated from college in 2012. After about half a year of research, he found that local meat rabbits were in short supply in Guangxi. So he decided to go back and start his own business with his younger brother. They set up a warren and divided the work.
兔场养殖的兔子。Wei brothers rabbit farm./CGTN
兄弟俩一内一外，把兔场打理得井井有条。韦贵康负责销售，市场上兔肉的价格、销售渠道，都要他操心。弟弟韦贵国则负责养殖，每天早上六点就要开始兔场的日常工作。
Wei Guikang does the sales, focusing on rabbit meat prices and marketing channels. Wei Guiguo manages the breeding part of the business, meaning that by six every morning he is already up and around the warren.
“相对于养鸡养鸭，兔子难伺候一点，兔场的一万多只兔子，每天都要进行检查。”
"Compared with raising chickens and ducks, rabbits are more difficult. More than 10,000 rabbits need to be health checked every day," Wei Guikang said.
韦贵康经营的兔场。Wei brothers’ warren. /CGTN
几年下来，兄弟二人配合默契，勤劳肯干，兔场的经营初具规模，效益也不错。
After several years, their cooperation and hard-work started bearing fruits, and the warren began to take shape and show profit.
带动当地贫困户 共同脱贫致富
Working together to get rid of poverty
2016年，合山市政府找到兄弟俩，希望他们能够跟贫困户合作，从而带动贫困户脱贫。
In 2016, Heshan municipal government came to the brothers, hoping that they can work with poverty-stricken households to lift them out of poverty.
养兔专业合作社。The rabbit cooperative. /CGTN
可问题是，一开始，很多贫困户并不了解合作社，也担心缺少资金和技术，并不敢贸然加入。
However, few of those households knew about the cooperative. Due to lack of funds and technology, they were reluctant to join in.
“其它村的贫困户，对我们合作社是不了解的，如何取得贫困户的信任，让他选择加入到我们合作社，这是一个比较难的过程。”
"Poverty-stricken households in other villages were not familiar with our cooperative. Win their trust and having them join the cooperative was rather difficult," said Wei Guikang.
在沟通过程中，韦贵康也向大家解释了合作社的经营模式。通过加盟合作社、给予技术指导、兔子养成回收的方式，让大家相信，这个养兔合作社，是可以帮助贫困户们解决实际困难的。
Wei Guikang explained the business model and how they both parts could work together. After joining the cooperative, members receive technical guidance on how to breed rabbits. He intends to show that this rabbit cooperative can truly help the poor households overcome their difficulties.
韦贵康与入社贫困户。Wei visits a poor household. /CGTN
第一，资金问题。前期，合作社会把兔子返还给加盟的贫困户养殖，种兔是免费发放的。
The first problem was money, so the cooperative gives registered families rabbits to breed, free of charge.
第二，技术问题。通过技术指导，合作社负责培训养殖技术，免费教会怎么养兔子。
Second, technique. The cooperative provides free technical guidance on how to raise rabbits.
第三， 销路问题。兔子养成以后，由合作社全部回收。
The third question was sales. Who would buy the rabbits? The cooperative buys all the mature rabbits that the poor households raise.
此外，无论兔子市场价高低，合作社都自负盈亏，完全解决了贫困户的后顾之忧。
What's more, the cooperative sustains its own profits and losses regardless of the market price, eliminating the worries of the poor households.
合作社带领大家共同致富。Cooperative meeting with a poor resident. /CGTN
兄弟俩也会不定期地去走访贫困户。通过养兔，兄弟二人不仅改变了自己的命运，而且在政府的帮助下，带领大家一起增收，共同实现了脱贫致富。
The two brothers visit poverty-stricken households from time to time. Through raising rabbits, they changed their fate and they also helped poor households increase their income and leave extreme poverty behind with the help of the
