Yan'an, iconic revolutionary base, bids adieu to poverty with government assistance

XI'AN - Yan'an, a former revolutionary base of the Communist Party of China, is no longer labeled "poor", as its final two impoverished counties have shaken off poverty, the Shaanxi provincial government announced on Tuesday.

Yan'an was home to the headquarters of the CPC and was the center of the Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948. It now has more than 350 sites related to the Chinese revolution.

President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to end poverty in old revolutionary base areas and to improve local people's standard of living. Xi said a well-off society is incomplete if people in old revolutionary base areas cannot shake off poverty.