Resettlement raises living standards

Impoverished residents of bleak backwaters in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county have been relocated to Tati Kuli, a government-supported settlement that offers better conditions for farming and higher standards of education and healthcare.

The settlement in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, covers 980 square kilometers and is home to 1,418 people.

In the rural areas, people's lives were frequently disrupted by natural disasters, while the barren land, low levels of education and poor medical facilities made it difficult for them to escape poverty, according to the local government.