Road on cliff leads villagers to better lives

Mao Xianglin, Party secretary of Xiazhuang village in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality, has spent over two decades leading villagers to build a road linking the mountainous region to the outside world and shake off poverty.

June 23, 2021

Grassroots Party officials share poverty-relief experience

At a press conference organized by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), five CPC officials talked about how they managed to help impoverished residents out of poverty through developing industries, building infrastructure and setting up rural cooperatives.

May 29, 2021

Mountain road leads to better life

Village head Mao Xianglin, who had been in his position for two years, summoned nearly all Xiazhuang's 400 villagers for a meeting in 1997 and suggested building a road snaking along the mountains.

February 23, 2021

Everything coming up roses for farmers struggling in Sichuan

Village head Chen Wanghui helps locals in Maoshui village in Sichuan province to get rid of poverty by planting roses.

July 5, 2018