Celebrities bring star power to poverty fight

Actress Li Bingbing, who co-starred in the China-US sci-fi thriller The Meg with Jason Statham, went to Fuping town in central Hebei province. While American Dreams in China's lead actor Huang Xiaoming helped locals in Jiangcheng in southern Yunan province, The Great Wall actress Jing Tian visited Jia and Ningqiang towns in Shaanxi province.

Yao Chen, one of the most-followed stars on China's popular social platform Weibo, toured Zheng'an town in southwestern Guizhou province.

"I was surprised to find it seems that everyone in Zheng'an can play guitar," Yao recalled.