Xi applauds ethnic group's poverty fight

President encourages Derung people in Yunnan to further improve livelihoods

President Xi Jinping has called on an ethnic minority group living in the remote mountains of Southwest China to continue to work for a better life, and he congratulated them on their progress so far.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when answering a letter from the Derung ethnic group in Dulongjiang township, Gongshan county, Yunnan province, on Wednesday.