Ethnic minority village takes on new look through poverty alleviation
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A woman of the Miao ethnic group makes batik at a poverty alleviation workshop in Huawu Village, Xinren Miao Township of Qianxi County, Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 3, 2021. Huawu Village of southwest China's Guizhou Province, deep in the Wumeng Mountain area, is brimming with a festive atmosphere as the Spring Festival approaches. With magnificent mountains, wide waters and picturesque scenery, the village is dubbed as the "Hundred-Mile Gallery". In recent years, thanks to the poverty alleviation policy, Huawu Village has achieved rapid development. Villagers moved to a newly-built village, with flat and clean roads leading directly to each house. In 2017, Huawu Village was lifted out of poverty. This ethnic minority village, with a poverty headcount ratio of 66.3 percent in the past, has worn a completely new look. The changes seen in Huawu Village is a vivid epitome of the course of poverty alleviation in China's ethnic minority areas. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
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