Guizhou targets villages for greater protection efforts

A guideline published by the Guizhou provincial government is prioritizing poverty-relief efforts for ethnic groups in a bid to eradicate the problem by 2020.

The government will redouble efforts to raise living standards through infrastructure development, resettlement projects and the development of industries, in line with the objectives outlined in China's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20).

On Thursday, Xu Fei, deputy director of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Ethnic and Religious Affairs, told a media briefing that the guideline has set a target of lifting all 77 minority villages out of poverty by the end of the decade.