The National Huaji Hand-weaving Professional Cooperative is the first farmers' professional cooperative in Lhoka. It saves the endangered Huaji hand-weaving skill, which is a rare intangible cultural heritage, creates the famous brand of "Zetie", and transfer the potential of national handicraft industry into an effective way to lead the local people to get rid of poverty.

 

This cooperative was founded in May 2008 and it mainly operates in the field of five-colored scarfs, art bags, and white masks which are made by Zetie.

 

The party committee and government of Lhoka City vigorously develops national handicraft industry, and carries on the beneficial exploration and pilot projects. Especially in recent years, in order to promote employment and lead the masses to get rich, Lhoka City adopts the business model of "company + base + farmer". At present, national handicraft industry has become a stable and safe subsidiary business for local farmers and herdsmen to increase incomes.

 

The prosperous development of Lhoka's national handicraft industry is owed to favorable policies, leaders' attention, government's support, important enterprises' leading role, and brand new development concept.