Reversal of fortunes
The annual yield of navel oranges is 150,000 tons compared to 10,000 tons of orange pomelo. The local government has issued special policies to support villagers in areas such as industrial development and promotional marketing.
Relying on the cultivation of special agricultural products, Huichang has achieved remarkable results in fighting poverty.
By the end of 2018, the population of people living in poverty in Huichang dropped to 3,274, compared with 62,485 at the end of 2014. The incidence of poverty slipped to 0.73 percent, and it was 14.02 percent at the end of 2014. All 88 poverty-stricken villages had their "poverty hats" removed.
Through the vigorous development of navel orange and orange pomelo plantations in recent years and other measures to combat poverty, the Jiangxi provincial government on April 28 formally approved Huichang county to withdraw from the ranks of poverty stricken counties.
