• 1Shuicheng's science-driven resource transformation model prompts rural development revolution

Shuicheng district locates in Guizhou province's Liupanshui city. It is a typically karst region and has historically suffered from high levels of poverty.

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• 2University assists Liuzhi special district with science and technology

Liuzhi special district of Guizhou province has taken practical approach to fighting poverty, with the help from the University of Science and Technology of China, bringing in the hope of prosperity for the district.

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• 3Science helps karst-based Maonan ethnic group out of poverty

The harsh, unwelcoming conditions in the administrative area have posed great challenges to its large population over the years. Many of its residents made meager livings growing crops like corn and sweet potatoes before poverty alleviation projects were implemented.

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• 4Four criteria in determining poverty population

China has been trying hard to reduce poverty and has set the goal of completely eradicating absolute poverty by 2020. One of the key issues in the battle against poverty is how to identify the poverty population. In southwest China’s Guizhou province, there is a place which has adopted a “four criteria” evaluation system to identify people who need help.

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• 5Doorstep jobs provide convenience for the poor

"At the beginning I could only do odd jobs, then I started to learn skills and could earn up to 800 yuan per month. The work here is not tiring,it's much easier than farming and I can take care of my family," said Gao Xiuying.

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• 6Post-90s college graduate returns home to sell specialties

Tuhao, a poor village in northwest China’s Gansu province, lacked agricultural diversity due to its poor access to information, its lack of transport facilities and the villagers' old-fashioned thinking.

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• 7Staying strong in adversity

Xu Lihua, a girl whose name means beautiful flower in Chinese, comes from a family withextreme difficulty in Hainan province. Hermother is blind, and when she was 14 years oldshe had to drop out of school becauseher father could nolongerafford her tuition due to a work-related injury.

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• 8A “tower” built in cliff village for better life

Yang Yang, a 22-year-old man helped his fellow villagers sell their honey on a live-streaming platform. This seems mundane enough, but only a short time ago it was unimaginable in such a“Cliff Village.”

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• 9Do business together for tourism boom in desert

“The poor households like mine are all shareholders of this scenic spot. Our incomes have increased a lot and I am now living a better life, I can afford better clothing, things that were unimaginable a few years ago,” said Chang Ying.

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• 10Kiwifruit paves the road to prosperity

Pujiang county’s success fully shows the charm of agricultural technology, and also paves the way forward for people who are still living under the poverty line.

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• 11Turning hardship into flowers

“I hope my experience in starting up businesses can be helpful to other people and encourage more disabled workers to enjoy their life by relying on their own hard work,banding together to get rid of poverty and striving for a more prosperous life,”Ye said.

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• 12A story of beekeeping

“I went through tough years in the beginning,but I am making money now.It’s not a business which can beaccomplishedbyapersonalone, it needs to be a whole industry chain where all can join.Only in this way can we do marketing in a more professional way. I am now trying my best to help people around me to earn a better living,” Said Li Hongqing.

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• 13The tricycles on the border

"We set up the Xingmin Cooperative in 2014. Helped by some successful business people, the cooperative imports Vietnamese goods across the border and sells them to Chinese customers.

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• 14Eradicating poverty through embroidery

​Lan Lin started learning the embroidery from the seniors when she was still a child. “If this craft of our ethnic group becomes lost in our hands, I will feel extremely guilty about it, I think we should keep this heritage alive and develop it,” said her.

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