East China's long march out of poverty

    Adam Hegarty(chinadaily.com.cn) | Updated: 2016-08-25 09:40

    East China's long march out of poverty

    Yang Lanying, 56, works at the farm on the outskirts of Jiecunxiang, Xingguo county, Jiangxi province. [Photo by Adam Hegarty/chinadaily.com.cn]

    Wanna a free Kindle? Take this Long March quiz.

    Nine months ago, 56-year-old farmer Yang Lanying's family was earning no more than 2,000 yuan a year - the equivalent of just $300.

    In her own words, she "just survived", selling produce from her tiny rice farm in Jiecunxiang, Xingguo county - in east China's Jiangxi province.

    Now, she earns that same amount every month. It's still not great, but it's a life-changing improvement.

    "I'm still the poorest in my village, but now I feel much better than before," she told China Daily. "I just need to work harder."

    In September, local government officials constructed a farming greenhouse on the outskirts of Yang's village, as part of President Xi Jinping's anti-poverty drive in the region. They began employing Yang, and others.

    Yang - a mother of two, who helps support her grandchildren - is now paid 60 yuan a day. It's not as much as the 80 yuan given to her male colleagues, but it's far more than that earned by the estimated 50,000 other Xingguo villagers who local officials have declared are living below the poverty line - earning less than 2,300 yuan a year.

    It's a symbolic number. Eighty years ago, 50,000 Red Army soldiers were killed near this region … ambushed during the early days of the Communist forces' Long March trek which eventually laid an important foundation for the Communist victory in the civil war. In many ways, a battle continues - against poverty.

    "My husband is sick and he can't do anything," Yang said. "The medical care was not very good, but now my husband can get support … we can see a doctor. "Before I had no money to buy anything. Now I can buy a television."

    Yang's story isn't an isolated one among the almost 40 million Chinese people living in the wide-reaching Jiangxi province. Two hours south, in Yudu county, locals still need to take out personal loans to live in government-funded, high-rise affordable housing villages.

    Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page

     

    BACK TO THE TOP
    Copyright 1995 - 2016 . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    日韩欧国产精品一区综合无码| 久久99中文字幕久久| 精品久久久久久久久久中文字幕| 人禽无码视频在线观看| 我的小后妈中文翻译| 中文字幕无码人妻AAA片| 国产办公室秘书无码精品99| 无码丰满熟妇juliaann与黑人| 亚洲免费无码在线| AV无码久久久久不卡网站下载| 亚洲动漫精品无码av天堂| 伊人久久无码精品中文字幕| 久クク成人精品中文字幕| 精品久久久久久无码中文字幕 | 久久中文字幕人妻熟av女| 久久午夜无码鲁丝片| 亚洲午夜国产精品无码| 亚洲乱码中文字幕手机在线| 国产中文欧美日韩在线| 在线综合亚洲中文精品| 午夜成人无码福利免费视频| 蜜桃臀无码内射一区二区三区| 亚洲VA中文字幕无码一二三区| 最近更新免费中文字幕大全| 佐佐木明希一区二区中文字幕| 国产成人精品无码一区二区三区| 最近的中文字幕大全免费8| 无码超乳爆乳中文字幕久久| 久久精品中文无码资源站| 中文字幕无码毛片免费看| 中文日韩亚洲欧美字幕| 亚洲一区无码中文字幕| 中文字幕丰满乱子伦无码专区| 中文字幕AV中文字无码亚| 中文字幕极速在线观看| 亚洲中文字幕不卡无码| 暖暖日本免费中文字幕| 玖玖资源站中文字幕在线| 免费无码H肉动漫在线观看麻豆| 亚洲精品无码av人在线观看 | 97无码免费人妻超级碰碰夜夜|