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Renovation program raises living standards in rural areas

[2017-05-19 07:23]

Jinhuo Buwei used to dread rainstorms because the water leaked into her house and even washed the soil off the interior cob walls, made from a rough mix of water, mud and straw.

Quake-proof constructions provide safer housing for villagers

[2017-05-19 07:23]

Located on the Alpide seismic belt, which runs from the Himalayas to the Mediterranean Sea, Yunnan is an earthquake-prone province in southwestern China.

Modern technology solves an old problem

[2017-05-19 07:23]

The makeshift toilets once used by residents of Jindan, a village in Xiangyun county, Yunnan province, were unbearably dirty and fetid, especially during summer when they were plagued by flies and mosquitoes, posing a health risk.

Tourism puts poor village on path to prosperity

[2017-05-19 07:23]

Editor's note: In the run-up to the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress, China Daily sent six reporters to villages nationwide to live for a month and take a look at how people are working to ensure that China's poverty eradication plan succeeds.

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[2017-05-19 07:23]

Shanxi

Micro schools aim to make a major impact

[2017-05-18 07:32]

When Zhang Xiaodai was an A-grade student at a junior high school in Chengdu, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, she found her studies dull. She wondered why her PE teacher was often sick but her math teacher was not, which meant almost every PE class was replaced by math.