Anti-poverty work makes life-changing progress on high

By Palden Nyima in Lhasa, Tibet | China Daily Global | Updated: 2020-08-31 09:22
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A herdsman receives his salary from the village animal husbandry collective in Bangbug, Tibet autonomous region, in July. ZHAN YAN/XINHUA

Major milestone

Last year marked a major milestone in the region's poverty alleviation push, with its Party committees and governments at all levels marking progress in the key priority.

Pu Zhengxue, head of the Policy and Regulations Department of Tibet's Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation, said that the region's 628,000 impoverished people from its 74 counties and districts have since been lifted out of poverty.

"To date, the region's 150,000 impoverished people in 19 areas had completed all the necessary work for poverty alleviation," Pu said.

Dadron Lhazom, an e-commerce entrepreneur in the region's Namling county, one of the last 19 areas to rid its poverty label in 2019, said she has been receiving various forms of support from the government. Her business also helps needy residents of her county work toward a better life.

Established in 2018, Dadron's company sells Tibetan ethnic handicrafts and local specialties such as Tibetan carpets, cushions, blankets, honey, leather bags, and incense.

The entrepreneur has a production line based in her home village in the county's Dana township. The workshop has 12 local employees, including five from impoverished families, and two college graduates.

Her company sells products all over the country via the Taobao e-commerce platform. It also operates a business account on social media platform Douyin.

In 2019, Dadron's company reaped more than 420,000 yuan ($59,254) in accumulated income.

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