Delegate overcomes setbacks in remote Guizhou

For the past 16 years, Yu Liufen has helped residents in Yanbo, a village in Guizhou province, eradicate poverty and develop the local economy.

Her hard work received a lot of attention and she was elected a delegate to the National Congress of the Communist Party of China for the third time in 15 years.

In 2001, Yu served as Party secretary of Yanbo. At that time, the village was mired in extreme poverty. It had no road connecting it with the outside world, and there was no electricity or running water. According to Yu, one-third of the residents lived below the national poverty line, with annual per capita income of no more than 800 yuan ($123).