Fishing industry brings fortune to island residents

In recent years, Weihe, a village on an island in Weishan Lake, has become a well-to-do settlement, where the average annual per capita income is 30,000 yuan ($4,230).

In the 1980s and '90s, most of the residents lived on just 1,000 yuan per annum.

Sun Maodong, Party secretary of Weihe, attributed people's improved lives to the lake and the fishing industry that is a major employer.