Improving lives of 51 million 'possible'

Guangxi's new Party chief calls for more active opening-up policy

After leaving his post as the central government's representative in Hong Kong, Peng Qinghua was given a challenging job - leading 51 million people in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to prosperity by 2020.

The task is particularly difficult because nearly one-fifth of the region's population now live in poverty.