I promote traditional handicrafts in a new way

Life used to be tough for my family and me. I spent years working as a driver, but only earned 1,000 yuan ($154) a year, which was not enough to feed my family.

I was desperate, but things changed when the government awarded me a living allowance in 2015. In the same year, my wife and I were recruited as rangers to guard the streams and woods around our village as a result of preferential employment policies to help impoverished families. The work brings us a stable income of 6,000 yuan a year.

In 2016, the local government moved my family to a new 200-square-meter house, and I received a one-time relocation payment of 130,000 yuan.