County ensures seniors live in comfort

Editor's note: Dongxiang county, in Northwest China's Gansu province, is one of the country's poorest counties. It is home to the Dongxiang people, an ethnic group in China. China Daily reporters spent one week with residents there and brought back stories.

DONGXIANG, Gansu - Although living in one of the poorest counties in China, senior citizens in Dongxiang, Gansu province, cannot be counted among the most unfortunate people in the country.

The county has a population of 284,000, of whom 182,000 live below the poverty line. And, of those, 3,460 are senior citizens who are living alone.