Tribes declared poverty-free

Nation's poverty reduction effort enters crucial stage, leaves no one behind

The tribes of De'ang, Derung and Jino, three ethnic groups, were declared last month to be out of poverty in southwest China's Yunnan province.

The Jino tribe was the most recent ethnic minority group to be recognized by the Chinese government, earning official recognition in 1979. The Derung tribe has the lowest population of all 56 ethnic groups in China, with just about 7,000 people claiming ethnicity at the 2010 census.