Former revolutionary base casts off poverty

GUIYANG -- A former revolutionary base of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has officially cast off poverty.

On Tuesday, authorities announced to have lifted the county of Zheng'an in Southwest China's Guizhou province out of poverty. The county is under the jurisdiction of the city of Zunyi, where the CPC conducted its early revolutionary activities.

The announcement means that more than eight million people in the entire city of Zunyi have officially bid farewell to poverty.

Zunyi was at the forefront of China's battle against poverty. The city had eight counties in poverty previously.