A farmer picks gorgon fruits at an ecological park in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 6, 2019.2020-09-24 12:44
Farmers trade at the Dashahe fruit market, Fengxian County, East China’s Jiangsu Province, in the early morning of Oct. 2, 2015. Dashahe orchards are the largest fruit production base in the province and one of the top 10 apple producers in China.2020-09-24 12:44
Villagers sell morel mushrooms in Luding County in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Apr. 17, 2019. The village’s mushrooms are sold to other parts of the country and Europe, and have helped villagers get out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:40
Farmers harvest grapes in Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, on Oct. 12, 2019. The grapes are sold across the country.2020-09-24 12:40
Farmers pick apples in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, on Aug. 8, 2019. Fengxiang produced 270,000 tons of apples in 14,667 hectares of land in 2019, which generated over 1.4 billion yuan ($198 million) and helped locals rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:40
Peaches are ripe in Jimian Village of Ningde, Fujian Province, on Jul. 1, 2018. The village has developed rural tourism based on local resources to help villagers escape poverty.2020-09-24 12:40
Farmers pick oranges in Chaxi Village, Huaihua, Hunan Province, on Nov. 4, 2019. Huaihua has promoted the planting of quality citrus fruits and had bump harvests, which increases farmers’ earnings and helps them rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:40
Electricity workers help villagers carry navel oranges onto the cableway in Qinghaoyu Village, Yichang, Hubei Province, on Dec. 11, 2016. Blocked by a 300-meter-wide canyon, villagers had to carry 900 tons of navel oranges on their backs to the outside every year, but cableway transportation is three times faster and 90 percent cheaper than manual transportation2020-09-24 12:40
Farmers ship freshly-picked vegetables to the Jiaozui Dock for trading in Tengxian County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Feb. 7, 2016. The county has provided technology to encourage farmers to build vegetable plantations and increase their income.2020-09-24 12:39
Farmers display honeydew melons at a festival in Minqin County in Wuwei, Gansu Province, on Jul. 28, 2018. The county grows about more than 100 varieties of melons in 6,700 hectares with an annual output of more than 200,000 tons, helping local farmers rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:35
Farmers pack tangerines for export to Canada in Jieshou township of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Nov. 16, 2019. Jieshou’s 1,067 hectares of tangerines also attract many visitors.2020-09-24 12:34
Farmers work in a greenhouse in Waizi Village in Fusong County, Jilin Province, on Dec. 26, 2019. The village supplies over 30 percent of vegetables in Fusong’s market, generating a good income for farmers.2020-09-24 12:34
Villagers weed by hand in a greenhouse that grows dragon fruit in an ecological agricultural park in Yangyuan County, Hebei Province, on Dec. 17, 2019. The greenhouse has increased the annual income of each mu (0.07 hectares) of farmland from less than 500 yuan ($70.71) to 60,000 yuan, helping over 1,500 people rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:30
Combine harvesters at work in a village in Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Aug. 4, 2019. The city has invested 478 million yuan ($68.14 million) to support agricultural industrialization and provided finance of 18.54 million yuan to farmers to buy agricultural machinery.2020-09-24 12:30
Herdsmen drive a tractor to sow vegetable seeds and cover them with plastic film in Yongfeng Village, Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, on Jun. 28, 2019. Tianzhu, which was only able to cultivate highland barley and forage, has promoted organic vegetable cultivation that generates an average output value of about 7,000 yuan ($997) for each mu (0.07 hectare) to improve locals’ income.2020-09-24 12:30
Poverty alleviation officials help Yang Zhanhua recycle corn straw at a village in Yushu, Jilin Province, on Nov. 29, 2018. Since Yang and his wife cannot work due to illness, the officials help them sell corn straw to a new-energy company to increase their income.2020-09-24 12:30
A poverty-stricken household thresh grains on a sunny day in a village in Baicheng, Jilin Province, on Oct. 20, 2013. The hard-working family has risen out of poverty by adopting scientific farming.2020-09-24 12:30
Tibetans winnow barley in a village in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Sept. 14, 2013. The farmers have been given poverty alleviation aid to reap a good harvest.2020-09-24 12:30
Villagers harvest potatoes in Caiqi Village of Minqin County, Gansu Province, on Sept. 2, 2019. Minqin, which is located between two major deserts, has managed to increase locals’ income by growing around 120 hectares of potatoes that on average generates about 5,000 yuan ($713) for each mu (0.07 hectares).2020-09-24 12:29
Officials help a poverty-stricken family harvest rapeseed in a village of Yuping Dong Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, on May 8, 2018.2020-09-24 12:29
A farmer is on his way to plough farmland with a tractor in Deshengpu Village, Datong City, Shanxi Province, on Apr. 24, 2016. The machine has helped the farmer earn a modest earning by cultivating farmland.2020-09-24 12:29
A farmer shows freshly-picked desert broomrape from the Qingtu Lake planting base in Minqin County, Gansu Province, on Apr. 16, 2020. The plantation grows more than 330 hectares of the crop and earns more than 3 million yuan ( $427,700) a year.2020-09-24 12:29
Tsering Tsamgyi (left) weeds for cedars at a nursery, part of a poverty alleviation project in Xuecun Village, Lhokha City, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Dec. 11, 2017. The government has built the nursery covering an area of about 67 hectares in the village to provide more than 200 jobs for poverty-stricken locals and others in need.2020-09-24 12:25
Villagers reseed white spines and remove weeds in Zhanggu Village, Kangding City in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Mar. 19, 2019. The village attracts tourists and has become a major producer of mushrooms, fruits, medicinal herbs and other agricultural products.2020-09-24 12:25
Farmers demonstrate traditional agricultural planting for photographers visiting Tukouzi Village in Tieling, Liaoning Province, on May 23, 2016. The village has 100-year-old pear orchards which have become popular tourist destinations.2020-09-24 12:25
Farmers plant vegetables after harvesting rice in the autumn in Moshi Village, East China’s Fujian Province, on Dec. 2, 2017. Local villagers cultivate intensively and meticulously to live a better life.2020-09-24 12:25
Lin Ming and his family cover the wheat they have grown with plastic film in Shuiquanwan Village, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, on Nov. 10, 2013. With the poverty alleviation task force’s help, Lin has improved crop cultivation and increased his income, which enabled him to provide college education for two children and build a new house.2020-09-24 12:25
Farmers harvest purple sweet potatoes in Caotan Town, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, on Mar. 29, 2020. Caotan has developed the purple sweet potato industry to help villagers rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 12:24
Workers send rice seedlings to paddy fields at a planting base in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, on Jun. 9, 2019. The farm grows over 600 hectares of rice, providing jobs to locals and helping them increase their income.2020-09-24 12:24
Villagers work in the fields in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province on Jul. 16, 2016. They have increased output by improving crop cultivation techniques with the help of poverty alleviation officials.2020-09-24 12:24
