one such town is dongfeng in a northern province.ntil several years ago it was a poor farming community where the only other employment came from a plastic processing plant. but today the local economy is based around making and selling furniture. it's a change that's been a huge success. up around 5,000 residents, some 70% are involved in web retail. between them they run over 2,000 online stores. each day the town dispatches all kinds of furniture the length and breadth of china. the town enjoys annual sales of almost $160 million. in this episode of "asia insight" we explore a town devoted to online shopping. dongfeng is one of china's top e-shopping villages. and this town's rebirth is primarily down to the work of one man. 33-year-old sun han. sun runs a company that designs and makes home furniture which is sold exclusively through the firm's own online shop. each morning when he arrivals at the office, he checks the previous day's sales. >> around 80,000 yuan yesterday. that's down 10,000. but we do have 800 orders. >> sun's c