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May 6, 2021

Photo exhibition on China's poverty alleviation opens in Bulgaria

A photo exhibition entitled "Cases of Poverty Alleviation through Tourism in China" opened on Wednesday.
February 7, 2021

Guizhou lifts over 9M people out of poverty since 2012

Guizhou, which used to be a provincial-level region with the biggest population of poor people, has lifted more than 9 million people out of poverty since 2012.
December 26, 2020

Wickerwork products help poverty-alleviation

Recent years, combined with encouraging a revival of traditional handcraft skills, local authorities in Jiangsu province have made great efforts to promote and protect the provincial-level intangible cultural heritage – wickerwork.
December 30, 2020

China removes all remaining counties from poverty list

The last nine impoverished counties, all in southwest China's Guizhou Province, have eliminated absolute poverty, the provincial government announced on Monday.
December 25, 2020

Qiuzhuang's broom making industry helps locals increase income

In recent years, Qiuzhuang has strived to develop its broom making industry, as a way to help locals increase incomes.
December 21, 2020

China makes great achievements in poverty relief

China has made great achievements in poverty relief that has impressed the world, with almost 100 million people lifted out of poverty.
December 16, 2020

Counties develop industries to get rid of poverty

From poverty-relief workshop to industrial cooperatives, once-impoverished counties have strived to continuously develop industries based on local conditions, as fundamental measures to consolidate poverty-relief achievements and revitalize rural areas.
December 11, 2020

Tibet accomplishes historical feat of eradicating absolute poverty

By the end of 2019, Tibet had lifted 628,000 people out of poverty and delisted 74 county-level areas from the poverty list.
December 9, 2020

Cultural heritage helps ethnic groups in south China's county shake off poverty

Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, home to people of 13 ethnic groups, is one of the 20 most poverty-stricken counties in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with 28.53 percent of its people living under poverty line. As a major battlefield in the poverty alleviation campaign, the county has made full use of its rich ethnic and cultural heritage, developing a tourism industry featuring cultural inheritance and targeted poverty alleviation, helping about 30,000 local villagers shaking off poverty.
December 8, 2020

All 488,000 registered impoverished disabled people in Guizhou lifted out of poverty

All 488,000 registered impoverished disabled people in Guizhou had been lifted out of poverty, data from provincial disabled persons' federation showed recently.
December 7, 2020

China honors models of rural development

China has honored 3,274 villages and towns as models of rural development.
December 2, 2020

Batik workshop creates job opportunities

Wang Fangzhou, 40, started in August 2016 a workshop specialized in batik, a craft inherited through generations among the Miao ethnic group in Guizhou. Later on, he launched a batik experience gallery in Wanda township, a local tourist attraction. Thirteen residents relocated from poverty-stricken areas have found employment with decent salaries here.
November 26, 2020

Poverty relief album: China's Xinjiang bids farewell to absolute poverty

In a historic feat, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. The last 10 impoverished counties in Xinjiang have managed to end absolute poverty, the regional government announced on Nov. 14.
November 19, 2020

NW China's city develops husbandry industrial clusters to increase locals' income

In recent years, Wuwei city has gone to great lengths to develop husbandry industrial clusters, covering the area of forage grass cultivation, cattle breeding, meat and dairy products processing and so on, which optimizes resources allocation and increases the locals' income.
November 16, 2020

Live streaming event featuring poverty alleviation products inaugurated in Sichuan

A live streaming event featuring poverty alleviation products was inaugurated Saturday in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, and lasts until Nov. 16. About 17,000 orders worth two million yuan (US$302,800) were reached during the two-hour livestream on Saturday.
November 11, 2020

Portraits of progress in revitalized villages

As the rural revitalization strategy breathes new life into country areas, villagers in Guangdong province are taking pride in beautifying their surroundings.
November 9, 2020

Jujube trees cultivation increases local villagers' income in Xinjiang

A total of 890,000 mu (about 59,333 hectares) of red jujubes have entered harvest season in the prefecture. The jujube trees cultivation here has increased local villagers' income in recent years.
November 2, 2020

Agricultural enterprise helps alleviate poverty in Xinjiang

In April 2019, with the support from local authorities, Meibite Group, a leading enterprise for agricultural products, started business in Moyu, helping registered impoverished households to boost income.
November 6, 2020

Persimmon industry boosts people's income

With a planting area of more than 360,000 mu (24,000 hectares), the persimmon industry has boosted local people's income and helped 2,400 registered impoverished households to shake off poverty.
October 29, 2020

Chrysanthemum industry lifts locals out of poverty in Guizhou

Villagers pluck chrysanthemum flowers in Jinxi Village of Xima Township, Longli County of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 27, 2020. Thanks to the chrysanthemum industry, 166 poverty-stricken households in Jinxi Village were lifted out of poverty in 2019.
October 27, 2020

Sheep breeding increases villagers' income

Manas introduced Suffolk sheep in 1989. The county has accumulated experience on sheep breeding and improved the quality of its mutton products. In recent years, local people have promoted their high-quality mutton products in the market in Beijing and Shanghai via e-commerce platform to boost villagers' income.
October 28, 2020

Ancient village shakes off poverty

Longtan Village had been a provincial-level poverty-stricken village due to lack of arable land. Villagers went out for work one after another with many old buildings left in disrepair. In 2017, the county government launched a project to boost ancient villages through cultural and creative industries. The old houses, once forgotten, have been connected to public utilities, reinforced and decorated inside, with the ancient appearance of the village remained.
October 22, 2020

Village in Fujian shakes off poverty through cultural and creative industries

Longtan village had been a provincial-level poverty-stricken village due to lack of arable land. In 2017, the county government launched a project to boost ancient villages through cultural and creative industries.
October 21, 2020

China's poverty alleviation efforts in numbers
October 20, 2020

Tea tree mushroom industry base creates jobs for villagers in Jiangxi

An environment-friendly tea tree mushroom (agrocybe aegerita) industry base has been established in Qingxi Village of Ganzhou City, covering a series of fields in the production chain like fungi production, mushroom planting, further processing, fertilizer processing, etc.
October 20, 2020

Farewell to poverty

In recent years, life in Wuying has significantly improved under local poverty-relief efforts. There are now only four impoverished households in the village, down from 92 in 2016.
October 20, 2020

Railway helps shake off poverty in SW China

Compared with high-speed trains in many parts of China, the train 5633/5634 running through Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture seems outdated and slow. But for the local residents living in the remote mountainous areas, the train, which has served for over 30 years with constant ticket price, not only brings them to the outside destinations but also brings them hope of shaking off poverty.
October 20, 2020

Poverty relief in Xinjiang

Girls display local specialities during a live-streaming activity at a jade trading center in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020.
October 20, 2020

Sheep breeding business increases villagers' income in Xinjiang

Manas introduced Suffolk sheep in 1989. The county has accumulated experience on sheep breeding and improved the quality of its mutton products. In recent years, local people have promoted their high-quality mutton products in the market in Beijing and Shanghai via e-commerce platform to boost villagers' income.
September 18, 2020

Dongmen Township in S China increases investment in construction of transportation infrastructure

In recent years, local government has increased investment in the construction of transportation infrastructure to help local people shake off poverty.