Photo by Zhu Xianmin
Photo by Zhu Xianmin
Primary school students were watching a performance in Maduo County, Qinghai Province, in August 1986.
Photo by Zhang Zhaozeng
Photo by Zhang Zhaozeng
Children were watching a 3D animated film played by volunteers at Xingpen Primary School in Miaokou Town, Qi County, Henan Province in central China on February 2, 2018. Liu Houzhong, a retired employee of Henan Hebi Mining Group, founded the “Comma” Community for Free Film Show to show films regularly to children and the elderly left behind in poverty-stricken mountainous areas.
Photo by Zhang Tongsheng
Photo by Zhang Tongsheng
Villagers walked down mountain path to fetch water in Wuqi County, Shaanxi Province, in February 1997.
Photo by Zhou Enge
Photo by Zhou Enge
Students washed utensils with tap water at Waili Primary School, Fengshan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China on December 14, 2012. The government of Fengshan County secured safe drinking water for local rural households by building conduits to nearby mountain springs, establishing centralized water supply systems and installing water tanks for each household.
Photo by Xie Hailong
Photo by Xie Hailong
Students took a nap on their desks after lunch in Luotian County, Hubei Province, in April 1991.
Photo by Chen Lu
Photo by Chen Lu
Students in their dormitory at the Central Primary School of Tiesuo Township in Dayao County, Yunnan Province in southwest China, on October 16, 2018. The boarding school has 700 students and 90 percent of them live in the school dormitory. Assisted by social agencies, such facilities as classrooms and dormitories have been considerably improved.
Photo by Xie Hailong
Photo by Xie Hailong
Students took a group photo at Chafan Village Primary School in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province in East China in April 1991.
Photo by Xie Hailong
Photo by Xie Hailong
Students waved their hands in joy at Oasis Wanquan Primary School of Huanghuatan Township, Gulang County, Gansu Province in northwest China on June 27, 2019. After local households were relocated with a view to protect the local oasis ecosystem, the school was built to ensure primary education for the relocated children. The school has more than 1,000 students from 16 ethnic groups and is equipped with advanced multi-functional facilities.
Photo by Tt Ming
Photo by Tt Ming
A grandfather took his grandson on their way to the fair on Yimeng Mountain, Shandong Province in October 1991.
Photo by Peng Zhiqiang
Photo by Peng Zhiqiang
PENG Shuisheng (middle of back row), deputy head of Suichuan County, Jiangxi Province in east China, was promoting local specialty produce by live-streaming at Tongzhou Tea Farm in Tanghu Town on April 26, 2020.
Photo by QinLing
Photo by QinLing
Young people sang Karaoke in an open field in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province in February 1998.
Photo by Chai Junlin
Photo by Chai Junlin
A village film screening took place at Bixia Palace Cultural Square in Xun County, Henan Province in central China on June 18, 2017. This cultural project for poverty alleviation not only brought local people closer to traditional Chinese culture, but also facilitated their learning of agricultural knowledge.
Photo by Zhang Huibin
Photo by Zhang Huibin
A family threshed wheat in Lushan County, Henan Province in central China in 2002. In the past, all members of a household had to participate in this backbreaking labor.
Photo by Chang Bo
Photo by Chang Bo
The manual labor of threshing wheat during autumn harvests was replaced by motor vehicles in Xiaochangmao Village, Zizhou County, Shaanxi Province on October 14, 2014.
Photo by Wang Jian
Photo by Wang Jian
More than a hundred construction workers carried a nearly-one-kilometer electricity cable up a mountain for a power transmission project in Longtang Village, Zibo City of Shandong Province on October 6, 1983.
Photo by Huang Fuwang
Photo by Huang Fuwang
A bird’s view of the Xinyi photovoltaic power plant in Songxi County, Fujian Province on July 18, 2017. This centralized photovoltaic power station has the largest installed capacity in the province. After completion of the project, an ecological industrial chain integrating eco-agriculture, the planting of commercial crops and ecological tourism has taken shape.
Photos by Chen Jie
Photos by Chen Jie
Four-year-old Zhang Qin sat on the bed which she shared with her grandmother in Lunhe Village, Weining County, Guizhou Province in southwest China on December 14, 2017. At that time, the family lived in the remote mountains and were mired in poverty.
Photos by Chen Jie
Photos by Chen Jie
Zhang Qin and her family moved to the Central New Village of Lunhe Village on March 1, 2018. In the photo, Qin was in her new room with a new bed, and her younger sister also had that of her own.
Photos by Tian Jian
Photos by Tian Jian
Ynag Zhenghao and his family posed for a photo memoir in front of their old house in Pingcha Village, Sansui County on August 5, 2018.
Photos by Tian Jian
Photos by Tian Jian
Yang and his family posed for a photo in Rainbow Community, a residential quarter for relocation on June 15, 2019.
Photo by Huang Xiaobang
Huang Xiaobang
Wuying Miao Village, located deep down in Damiao Mountain, consists of 140 households with over 600 residents, among which 100 belong to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region while the remaining 40 belong to Guizhou Province. Due to its remoteness and lack of arable land on the mountain, poverty alleviation work has been arduous. On June 30, 2019, WEI Guihua (fourth from right), leader of this village, led local villagers to repair the river embankment.
Photo by Ju Yang
Ju Yang
The Shibadong Village in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province struggled for generations with isolation and poverty. Shi Jun (second from right), a local villager and his family posed for a photo. Except his 82-year-old grandmother, the seven members of his family had all used to work in outside regions. However, since the village experienced a tourism boom, they have returned to their hometown to start businesses in pursuit of a better life.
Photo by Xue Liangquan
Xue Liangquan
This picture taken in October 2018 shows an aerial view of Yangrong Village, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The local government has promoted cultural tourism and increased people’s incomes by advocating the sustainable use of natural environment. In April 2020, this village was selected as a demonstration site for rural revitalization in Sichuan Province.
Photo by Wang Shikun
Wang Shikun
This picture taken on November 22, 2018 shows a zigzag road in the Huanghe Stone Forest Scenic Area in Jingtai County, Gansu Province. There used to be only one narrow path where the road now passes. The local government provided funds for building highways on mountains in 2016. Now that the new road has been completed, travelers can come and enjoy the scenery of stone forest.
Photo by Long Tao
Long Tao
Teachers and children played games at the Primary School of Gaoma Village in Danian Township, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on September 6, 2016. These teachers, though newly graduated from their universities, set up a “Home for Left-behind Children” at the school with a variety of interest classes to enrich the children’s extracurricular life.
Photo by Li Xiang
Li Xiang
Students from once poverty-stricken households in Shouxian County, Anhui Province attended their graduation ceremony at Shouchun Middle School on Jun 11, 2019. Though it used to be designated as a national-level poverty-stricken county, Shouxian had shaken off poverty by April 2019. By wearing clothes emblazoned with the characters “Poverty Alleviation”, those youngsters celebrated such a milestone in their life.
Photo by Chen Mingzu
Chen Mingzu
The lady in this photo is HUANG Wenxiu, who volunteered for poverty alleviation work as the leader of Baini Village in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and lost her life in a mountain flood there. HUANG was awarded the honorary titles of “Role Model of the Times” and “National Model of Poverty Alleviation”.
Photo by Zhu Xuping
Zhu Xuping
Apiarists harvested honey in Quan’an Village of Liandu District, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province on November 16, 2016. The local authorities pioneered in exploring a new way of targeted poverty alleviation through raising bees so that ten hives can earn apiarists around 10,000 RMB yuan per year.
Photo by Adil Nadir
Adil Nadir
Workers baked naan (a kind of crusty pancake) at the Meiyu Naan Poverty Alleviation Base in Mugala Town, Yutian County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on July 17, 2020. To facilitate local poverty alleviation efforts, Tianjin Municipality raised funds and built this base in partnership with some state-owned enterprises in Xinjiang.
Photo by Yuan Jingzhi
Yuan Jingzhi
Villagers received a 3-kilogram drone delivery of daily necessities in Xifan Village of Duqu Street, Chang’an District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province on November 10, 2016. It was the first ever drone delivery made in northwest China.
Photo by Luo Jianrong
Luo Jianrong
Villagers worked at the Huangnidong Intelligent Rice Seedling Incubation Center in Laoqiao Town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province on April 12, 2020. Jishui County has promoted standardized management of seedling raising procedures, developed smart agriculture and contract farming, conducted trials of large-scale planting, and used agricultural technology to facilitate poverty alleviation.
Photo by Zheng Yaode
Zheng Yaode
This picture taken on May 4, 2019 shows the Xishawo Sandstorm Prevention Forest Belt in Heiquan Town, Gaotai County, Gansu Province. The sandstorm prevention and control projects carried out by the local government have eased desertification, achieved green development and boosted local economy.
Photo by Pan Yong
Pan Yong
Farmers fed nearly 10,000 meat ducks under the photovoltaic panels of a green power station in Dengshan Village, Shanglin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on August 19, 2019. The complementary development of the duck farm and the power station has improved the efficiency of land use, expanded income channels and helped poor households shake off poverty.
Photo by Li Ge
Li Ge
In close solidarity like seeds in a pomegranate, people of various ethnic groups sing and dance together in Haohan Township of Kashgar Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on September 20, 2020.
Photo by GOJO Chosphel
GOJO Chosphel
This is Lanan’s family photo after they moved to their new house in Shiquanhe Town, Ali Prefecture, Xizang Autonomous Region on September 6, 2018. The Kangle New Residence was the first key relocation project for poverty alleviation in Ali Prefecture. The residential quarter is made up of 714 new Tibetan-style houses with supporting infrastructure and public service facilities.
Photo by He Wei
He Wei
This picture taken on August 27, 2016 shows the new residences for Yi people in Yanfeng Town, Mabian County, Sichuan Province. As a key county in poverty alleviation and development plans at both national and regional level, Mabian County, with all its 43,000 residents and 95 impoverished villages, have been lifted out of poverty.
Photo by Li Jianxin
Li Jianxin
Tourists enjoyed themselves in the peony fields of Citangwan Village, Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province on April 13, 2018. In recent years, the local government has encouraged poor households to join cooperatives for drought-tolerant Chinese medicinal plants such as peonies and lilies in order to build up an industrial base for poverty alleviation that integrates medicinal plant raising and tourism. (Photo by Li Jianxin)
Photo by A’niu Shiri
A’niu Shiri
The local government of Luomo Yida Township of Meigu County in Sichuan Province provided training for members of poor households. A student received her certificate of graduation on September 19, 2019.
Photo by Li Jianan
Li Jianan
Ren Dangfeng, a villager in Guojiao Village, Lushi County, Henan Province, fed goats on March 27, 2019. In 2018, with the financial support granted in accordance with local poverty alleviation policies, he returned to his hometown and started a business of livestock farming, changing his identity of a migrant worker into an independent farmer.
Photo by Wang Shubin
Wang Shubin
Wang Xiaojun and his wife, from Xiaozhuang Village of Yuanyang County in Henan Province, took selfies on a boat by the Yellow River after herding their sheep on May 10, 2020. They shook off poverty by developing an animal husbandry business on the banks of the River.
Photo by Zhu Chongping
Zhu Chongping
Farmers raised Yangzhou geese on a large-scale farm on Gaoyou Lake in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province on October 3, 2014. Blessed with its favorable environment, Gaoyou Lake has not only provided increased income for local farmers but also become a scenic resort that attracts outside tourists.
Photo by Song Linji
Song Linji
Two rescued Tibetan antelopes followed their carer home, at an altitude of 4,200 meters at the Hezhilong Wildlife Conservation and Rescue Station in Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province on November 30, 2018. They were later released into the wild in the coming spring.
Photo by Jiang Daming
Jiang Daming
The Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held a show of mini pigs to promote tourism on March 28, 2017. In 2003, the region was registered as China’s national geographic origin of mini pigs, which catapulted the local development of this industry.
Photo by Huang Yue
Huang Yue
Children threw paper planes into the air in Qinghe County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on November 21, 2017. On that day, the charity project A Bit More Warmth, sponsored by HLA, a Chinese clothing brand, was launched in seven schools in the county, with customized thick jackets donated to the teachers and students there.
Photo by Liu Lei
Liu Lei
Elderly people rested in the newly built green-and-ecological sun shed at the Life Guarantee Center of Gongjue County, Xizang Autonomous Region on August 2, 2020. The local government has also accommodated orphans in the county, though of limited numbers, in this center for care.
Photo by Fei Maohua
Fei Maohua
Villagers dressed in beautiful costumes were ready to perform the traditional Guozhuang Dance in Dongxu Village, Menyuan County, Qinghai Province on August 6, 2020. People in Dongxu Village enjoy a beautiful environment as well as a prosperous life, thanks to a local distinctive tourism industry that has recently taken shape.
Photo by Li Xueliang
Li Xueliang
The 64-year-old Huang Houben, after shaking off poverty, smiled happily in front of his gilded house in Quanshui Village, Tacheng City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on September 20, 2020.
Photo by Lv Tingchuan
Lv Tingchuan
All villagers of Waishan Village, Jinan City, Shandong Province posed for a group photo on the bank of the Yellow River on February 5, 2019. In a relocation project for poverty alleviation along the Yellow River, the entire village was relocated to another area 10 kilometers away. In 2019, they spent the last Spring Festival in their hometown.
Photo by Lv Jia
Lv Jia
At an altitude of 3,200 meters, there once remained only three households in Mazu Village, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Zhang Fei, the hero in this photo, came all the way from Anhui Province with his wife and daughter, to carry out the national policy of poverty alleviation, and became the fourth household. In early 2019, a 10-second video clip they shot was viewed by tens of millions of people so that the village has become a tourist attraction thanks to the promotion of local scenery, delicacy and organic produce on the Internet. Thus the life of the villagers has been considerably improved.
Photo by Wang Peiquan
Wang Peiquan
Whether in Zhejiang Province or across China, green color and poetic romance have become the undertone of the on-going development. The picture shows the fairyland-like Oujiang River in Shipu Village, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province in the morning. The local authorities have focused on green development, making the Oujiang River Basin the most beautiful scenic area in the province.
