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My Home,Your Hotel 　　Lingnan Village in Tonglu County， east China’s Zhejiang Province， has become almost empty as young people have moved away to work in large cities in past decades. With bed and breakfast （BB） accommodations in China flourishing in recent years， however， village returnees and newcomers alike are taking advantage of this promising business. 　　Zhu Zhenhua， from Zhejiang’s capital city Hangzhou， moved to the village with his wife in 2008. They rented a courtyard property and spent about 300，000 yuan （$46，154） on its renovation. As tourists came to the village and asked whether they could pay to stay in the house， Zhu turned it into a BB business. 　　“Now we don’t want to go back to central Hangzhou，” Zhu said. “Living here is an ideal choice for us retired people， with fresh air and a peaceful life. We have a big house， and we can plant our own vegetables.” 　　“Many villagers have come to realize the value of their rural houses，” said Shentu Xiaoshan， a villager from Shen’ao Village in Tonglu County. 　　Now BB accommodations are common in the village， and some houses have even been renovated into cafés. “The once-empty village has become lively now，” Shentu said. 　　On May 31， the first China International BB Development Forum was held in Tonglu. It is the first time China has held an international forum on BB and it attracted more than 500 BB experts and business owners from around the world， sharing their experiences and opinions on the industry. 　　Tonglu was among the first counties in China to develop the rural economy based on BB accommodation. Local government figures show that by the end of 2015， the county had a total of 8，119 beds in BB establishments. In 2015 alone， the county received 2.67 million tourists， generating 170 million yuan （$27.4 million） for the county’s local economy. 　　“The environment of the villages therefore has improved very much，” Shentu said. “We have set up an advanced sewage disposal system， and the villagers