Zi Wei, a hearing-impaired livestreaming host, uses sign language to promote product sales online in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
The ongoing Double 11 Shopping Festival is not only a shopping craze for customers, but has also created new job opportunities way beyond imagination.
In Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, a group of hearing impaired people stepped into livestreaming this year for Monday's Nov 11 spending spree on Tmall, a major e-commerce platform in China.
Shen Zhike, who started his livestreaming business in Hangzhou, hopes to provide better opportunities for people who are hard of hearing, like his younger sister. With the combination of commerce and internet, an increasing number of hearing-impaired people are willing to express themselves, becoming more confident and optimistic, and are on the way to change their living conditions.
Livestreaming hosts who are hard of hearing pose for photos in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Shen Zhike (right) works with his younger sister, Shen Sai, during a livestreaming broadcast in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Dou Dou uses her phone to livestream as she communicates with sign language in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Zhang Ying (center), a student at the Zhejiang Vocational College of Special Education, teaches sign language to livestreaming assistants, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Zi Wei, Dou Dou and Sai Sai use sign language to communicate with the audience during their livestreaming broadcasts in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Zi Wei, Dou Dou and Sai Sai pose for photos while shopping in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Dou Dou and Zi Wei play with their pets after work in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 6, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
