Road construction in the countryside and improved internet access helped Niu Qinghua, a woman in a rural region of Shandong province, transform from being a housewife to an "e-commerce queen" in two years, with online sales hitting 6 million yuan (U.S. $956,300) last year.
Niu, 35, became a saleswoman in Qingdao and Weihai after she graduated from junior high school in 2000. When she got pregnant, she went back to her hometown 锛