Villagers grow flowers in Shanchong Village, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, on Oct. 25, 2019. The village pools land from different families and has formed a cooperative to develop horticulture and tourism, which create jobs for villagers and help them rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 15:10
Workers man production lines at a silk reeling workshop in a company in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Feb. 28, 2020. The company has offered jobs to rural residents who cannot travel to other places to work because of the COVID-19 pandemic.2020-09-24 15:05
Bailikezi Abulimiti works at a toy factory in a village in Aksu, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on May 26, 2020. She earns at least 1,500 yuan ($212) a month and hopes to rise out of poverty soon.2020-09-24 15:04
Villagers work at a textile factory in an industrial park in Yutian County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Jun. 11, 2019. The park employs over 3,200 rural laborers and offers them free child-care services and lunch.2020-09-24 15:04
Migrants at work in a workshop at a resettlement community in Tianzhen County, Datong, Shanxi Province, on May 18, 2020. The community has accommodated nearly 10,000 people relocating from poverty-stricken areas and built factories to create jobs for them.2020-09-24 14:14
Xiong Yanzhen works at a socks factory in the Qinglongquan Community in Shiyan, Hubei Province, on Feb. 18, 2019. The community is a resettlement for poverty-stricken families in remote areas, and the local government introduced investors to make Qinglongquan a major socks producer in China to provide jobs.2020-09-24 14:14
Workers sew bedsheets and covers at a workshop in the Dieshiqiao home textile park in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, on Mar. 24, 2019. Dieshiqiao’s home textile industry has created more than 200,000 jobs and has a total annual production value of about 50 billion yuan ($7.12 billion).2020-09-24 14:14
A worker holds semi-finished bowls that have just been processed at a pottery and porcelain factory in Huairen, Shanxi Province, on Oct. 15, 2017. Huairen has made use of kaolin, a variety of clay used to make top-tier porcelain, to develop the ceramic industry and increase locals’ income.2020-09-24 14:13
Chen Zeshen (right) fries tea leaves at a workshop in Dawan Village in Lu’an, Anhui Province, on Apr. 11, 2018. The village has pooled farmers’ tea holdings to form a large company and pays them wages and dividends.2020-09-24 14:13
China Mobile employees lay optical cables in a village to provide better information services for herdsmen in Ulaanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Apr. 4, 2019.2020-09-24 14:12
Workers take a break during the construction of a high-speed railway linking Datong, Shanxi Province, and Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, on Sept. 18, 2013. China’s high-speed rail network has spurred economic development and provided employment to migrant workers.2020-09-24 14:11
A worker opens the lid to take out fired pottery from a stove in Maoyi township in Lengshuijiang, Hunan Province, on Oct. 10, 2016. The traditional handicraft has provided jobs to locals and helped them rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 14:10
Li Xiaokang (right) livestreams an auction of bonsai in Gaojiayan village in Yichang, Hubei Province, on Jun. 19, 2020. He sold 58 bonsais in six hours, earning 32,166 yuan ($4,552). The village has risen out of poverty through the bonsai industry.2020-09-24 14:10
Workers make a bronze drum at a factory in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in poverty-stricken Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 13, 2012. Huangjiang has a long history of casting bronze drums, and the revival of the technique has helped locals alleviate poverty.2020-09-24 14:09
Farmers make noodles in Shangyang Village in Longyan, Fujian Province, on Nov. 20, 2018. The village wants to build a brand for its hand-made noodles craft, which dates back more than 200 years, and to industrialize noodle-making to help lift locals out of poverty.2020-09-24 14:08
Huang Zhefa makes local rice noodles in the Puhu Community in Yueqing, Zhejiang Province, on Jul. 9, 2017. The community promotes agriculture, industry and commerce to improve locals’ income.2020-09-24 14:06
People weave bamboo products for export in a village that produces bamboo in Maoming, Guangdong Province. Weaving helps locals increase income as they can do it at the convenience of their home.2020-09-24 14:05
People of the Miao ethnic group trade at a fair in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, on Oct. 8, 2016. Miao people sell their produce and buy goods on market day, which helps them increase their income.2020-09-24 14:04
A farmer cooperative offers free straw weaving training to villagers, mostly women and people with physical disabilities, in Qiaonan Town, Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on Nov. 10, 2018. The cooperative, founded by straw weaving master Chen Chunmiao, offers regular training to help locals increase income.2020-09-24 13:05
Knitting technician Li Jinzhi (second from right, back row) trains women weaving skills in Laoling Village in Baishan, Jilin Province, on Mar. 21, 2018.2020-09-24 13:05
Residents release hatchery-raised fingerling fish into Qiandao Lake in Chun’an County, Zhejiang Province, on May 3, 2020. Chun’an is a less developed county in the province, and the government has invested to improve water quality in the lake and increase fishermen’s income.2020-09-24 13:05
Fishermen work late in a port in Xuwen County, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, on Nov. 23, 2019. Poverty alleviation officials help them maintain fishing vessels and improve fishing gear to increase efficiency and rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 13:04
Fishermen return after picking up sea produce in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, on Jul. 11, 2017. The local government promotes aquaculture to lift people out of poverty.2020-09-24 13:04
Workers collect oysters from beach rocks in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Jun. 24, 2020. They came from other parts of the country to seek jobs in the city to make money.2020-09-24 13:00
A farmer raises crabs in a paddy field in Changjiang Town, East China’s Jiangsu Province, on Nov. 20, 2019. The village’s eco-agricultural model avoids pesticides and harvests rice and crabs on the same land.2020-09-24 13:00
A farmer weaves fishing nets in Huangshagang Town in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, on Dec. 4, 2019. The town is Jiangsu’s largest aquatic products trading center and has made great efforts to lift locals out of poverty.2020-09-24 13:00
Fishermen return after digging for razor clams in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, on Sept. 15, 2017. Locals raise razor clams in the coastal intertidal mudflats to increase income.2020-09-24 13:00
Women carry loads of seafood newly unloaded from fishing boats in Hui’an County, Quanzhou, East China’s Fujian Province, on Mar. 26, 2014.2020-09-24 13:00
Villagers catch fish in a reservoir in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, on Dec. 26, 2018. The village has developed the aquaculture industry to help locals rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 13:00
Fishermen sort freshly harvested shellfish to be sent to restaurants on a beach in Tujiao village, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, on Aug. 19, 2017. Breeding professionals in the village lease coastal intertidal mudflats for shellfish breeding to lift locals out of poverty.2020-09-24 13:00
