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A visitor is drawn by a fresco on a wall in Palian village, Tengchong, Yunnan province, on Aug 17. PHOTOS BY ZHANG WEI / CHINA DAILY Snapshots of poverty battle

From tourism to silk production, Yunnan province has devised different ways to help impoverished people

By LI YINGQING in Kunming have helped many of the residents tourist hot spot, with 200 restau­ [email protected] shake off poverty by developing rants opening to cater to visitors. tourism, agriculture and the jade Tourism has created jobs for nearly Tengchong and Longling in Bao­ industry. 2,000 local people, with 500 them shan city, and Ruili and Longchuan Palian village in Tengchong was from poor families. in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo once only known for being run­ In Ruili, the prosperous jade autonomous prefecture are home to down, however, it has become industry has created jobs for more many ethnic groups in the moun­ popular with visitors due to the than 60,000 people. tains of Yunnan province. With the development of tourist attrac­ The Longchuan county govern­ exception of Longling, they sit on tions. ment has helped 1,956 poor fami­ China’s border. Residents of Tengchong’s Jietou lies develop silk production and Because of their remoteness and a township have cultivated hun­ the rearing of silk worms. lack of flat farmland, all the areas dreds of hectares of African mari­ So far, 5,000 families have culti­ Residents of Yinjing village draw water from two wells, one inside are a major challenge for Yunnan’s golds. vated 3,400 hectares of mulberry the Chinese border (left) and the other in Myanmar, on Aug 20. The poverty eradication campaign. When the flowers are in full trees in the county to meet the village in Ruili is split by the China­Myanmar border. Over the years, local governments bloom in late summer, it becomes a demands of the industry.

Residents of Xintaoshuhe village work on the renovation of their house on Aug 18. The village is one of Tengchong’s 198 Jade items are prepared for sale via livestreaming at a trade poor villages. center in Ruili on Aug 19.

Nang Fenzhi (right) of the Dai ethnic group sings a folk song to A farmer harvests African marigolds in a field in Jietou township, Teng­ Workers process cocoons at a factory in Longchuan on Aug 21. welcome visitors at Palian village on Aug 27. chong on Aug 17. Silk production has helped local people shake off poverty.