Yunnan adopts 'develop the hills' policy

YILIANG, Yunnan - Thanks to an innovative policy by the provincial government of Yunnan, residents of Daxueying village, Yiliang county, can have their farmland secured even as the country's fast industrial development takes up much of the land.

Liang Jiabao worried much about losing his land when a large industrial base was planned in the village last year.

The 64-year-old farmer was much relieved when the county government, instead of requisitioning farmland, turned to the nearby barren hills instead to build a local industrial park.