Contestants take part in a Nadam Camel Festival in Alshaa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Jan. 8, 2018. The banner has introduced a series of policies to encourage camel breeding and related business to boost the rural economy.2020-09-24 16:43
A villager makes folk music instruments in Tuwankewukushake Village in Shufu County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on Oct. 14, 2019. Over 500 villagers of 273 families have become prosperous by making musical instruments that are sold in Xinjiang as well as Central Asia and Europe.2020-09-24 16:43
Workers paint on lacquerware of the Yi ethnic group at a workshop in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on May 10, 2020. The Yi lacquerware industry has helped lift many locals out of poverty.2020-09-24 16:43
Wang Yihua, a designer from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, shows his new releases at the China Fashion Week in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2019. Xinjiang’s clothing sector has improved its design and production techniques with the support of China’s textile and garment industry.2020-09-24 16:43
Tibetan youths learn painting Thangka, a style of Tibetan art that involves painting on embroidery, at a Thangka institute in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on Nov. 3, 2018. The institute offers skills training to help the youth rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 16:43
Women participate in an embroidery skill competition in Sisters' Meal Festival, a local matchmaking event, in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, on Apr. 29, 2018.2020-09-24 16:43
Women of the Miao ethnic group talk about embroidery skills at a village in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, on Mar. 18, 2015. An increasing number of young people in the county have been attracted to the traditional craft and their incomes have also increased.2020-09-24 16:43
Women of the Qiang ethnic group embroider in a workshop in Ningqiang County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, on Jul.29, 2019. Designated national intangible cultural heritage, Qiang embroidery has become an important industry in the county and employs more than 1,200 local women.2020-09-24 16:42
Li Yongtao, first Party secretary in charge of poverty alleviation, sings a song he wrote for locals working at a handicraft factory in Baojiahe Village, Longxian County, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, on Nov. 14, 2017.2020-09-24 16:42
Bai Jingying (left) offers embroidery training to local women in Horqin Right Wing Middle Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Apr. 14, 2019. The banner, once an extreme poor area, ended poverty in 2019 by developing the embroidery industry and animal husbandry.2020-09-24 16:42
Women of the Yi ethnic group learn embroidery skills in poverty-stricken Fawu Village, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, on Mar. 17, 2017. The local government offers training to help them rise out of poverty.2020-09-24 16:42
People wear festive costumes to celebrate a village getting out of poverty in Nagchu City, Tibet Autonomous Region, on Dec. 31, 2018. The village, at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters, consists of 1,490 people and has shaken off poverty through animal husbandry.2020-09-24 16:42
Calligraphy enthusiasts write spring couplets to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year in Xiajiang village, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Feb. 13, 2018. Xiajiang became prosperous after being a poverty-stricken village in 2017, with per capita disposable income above the province’s average.2020-09-24 16:42
