The village draws tourists from home and abroad. In 2019, nearly 100,000 tourists visited, generating about 1 million yuan ($141,000) in tourism revenue, reported Xinhua News Agency. Villagers have opened shops and inns, and sell products such as honey, green pepper and navel oranges to tourists. Liangshan Culture and Tourism Investment Group Co. Ltd. is planning to build a sightseeing cableway leading to the village, which is expected to boost tourism.

Villagers have also gained access to tap water and electricity. An early education center was set up in 2016, offering free enrollment for children aged between 3 and 5 years. A telecommunication tower built in 2017 brought Internet access. Now, the village has a clinic and residents can also consult doctors via the Internet and get medicine from a pharmacy down the mountain through a drone in minutes.

Due to its unique geographical condition, paving a road is too expensive and difficult. So the government built houses for villagers in places with better access.

Now, poor villagers in Atulie'er and neighboring villages have bid farewell to their mud-walled houses and moved into new buildings furnished with basic furniture in the vicinity of the Zhaojue County seat. On average, every person is entitled to 25 square meters of living space, and a household pays about 10,000 yuan ($1,410). Labo, his wife and two children got a 100-square-meter apartment. The head of Atulie'er, Pachayouge, said the elderly and children will live in their new homes, while young and middle-aged villagers will stay in the village to develop tourism.

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