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.
In April, the Yunnan provincial government said each of the three groups have left extreme poverty behind for the first time in history as the nation's poverty reduction effort enters a crucial stage.
China is set to bring its entire population out of extreme poverty by 2020 before the Communist Party of China, the country's ruling party, celebrates the centennial of its founding. The nation by then hopes to realize its goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in pursuit of the Chinese Dream.
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1. Li Wenshi (second from left) of the Derung ethnic group takes a stroll with her grandson in their village in Yunnan province. Photos by Jiang Wenyao and Lin Yiguang / Xinhua |
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2. Meng Zeyun of the Derung ethnic group runs on a suspension bridge in the Maku village, Yunnan province, on April 21. |
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3. Zhao Latui (right) of the De'ang ethnic group picks tea leaves in the city of Mangshi in Yunnan province. |
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4. A view of Dulongjiang township in Yunnan, where the Derung ethnic group live, is captured by a drone on April 18. |
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5. People from the De'ang ethnic group perform a water drum dance, a celebrated cultural heritage, in Mangshi, Yunnan province. |
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6. Students attend a computer class at a primary school in a Jino ethnic town in Jinghong, Yunnan province. |
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7. Primary school students pose for a photo in Jinghong, Yunnan province. |
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8. Li Wenshi shows a Derung blanket she made at her home in the town of Dulongjiang in Yunnan. |
(China Daily 05/02/2019 page7)
