Pic story: Lambs help to bring an end to poverty

A worker herds sheep at Xinyuan Animal Husbandry Co. Ltd, in Zaoqiang County of north China’s Hebei Province. In recent years, Zaoqiang County has adopted an innovative model of targeted poverty alleviation. It encourages poor households to entrust their lambs to leading animal husbandry companies, which can manage them efficiently and take advantage of economies of scale. The company distributes revenue to the households monthly and the poor can also earn a salary by working for the company. [Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo]