Before and after photos: 5 years of poverty alleviation efforts in Guangxi

Meng Rouyu, now a junior high school girl, waves in the fields on May 7, 2017 (R) and herself on July 16, 2012 in Nongyong village of Dahua county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Meng's family has moved into a three-story house and Meng now is interested in singing and dancing. Children living in poverty-stricken mountainous region in Guangxi have witnessed their lives turn brand new in the past seven years, with their basic needs for life and school satisfied thanks to poverty alleviation efforts of the local government there. [Photo/Xinhua]