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Contact us: Phone:(+86)871- 64166895/64191465 Email:[email protected] Address:337 Xinwen Road, Kunming, Yunnan,PRC Follow Amazing Yunnan on Facebook YUNNANYUNNAN DAILYDAILY PRESS GROUP TheThe Nation TFriday,uesday Aug.9, December , 2019 15, No.85 2015 english.yunnangateway.comenglish.yunnan.cn Green development has become CULTURE a social consensus in China nowadays Editor’s note: This year marks the 70th anniver- sary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Over the past 70 years, China has made great achievements in protecting its eco envi- ronment. And in today’s China, the concept of green development has widely been accepted and Thai art troupe performed in Chuxiong the quality of the environ- ment is steadily improving. On July 24, The silk road Yunnan clothing, art troupes from Cambodia, This issue, let’s take a look costume • colorful Yunnan 2019 eth- Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet- at how Chinese people nic costume cultural festival achieve- nam, brought dance programs full of implement the concept of ments exhibition and Southeast Asian rich Southeast Asian customs to the “Lucid waters and lush countries’ fine arts gala were held in audience. In the picture, Thai actors mountains are invaluable Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, perform folk dances at Chuxiong Civ- assets” and what results Yunnan Province. ic Square in Yunnan Province. they have achieved. The event while displaying fine (Xinhua News) POVERTY ALLEVIATION The sky is bluer Water is clearer Mountains are greener Animals are back Life of Wa people getting better Editor’s Note: In Yunnan, nine ethnic groups—the Derung, De’ang, Jino, Nu, Bulang, Jingpo, Lisu, Lahu and Wa—have directly moved from primitive or slave societies into modern societies. In the battle against poverty, Yunnan focuses on the areas inhabited by these ethnic groups and other minorities. The province has taken creative, targeted measures and formulated special poverty alleviation plans in recent years. This issue, we start to publish stories on how these ethnic groups have shaken off poverty. Ximeng, a county of Pu'er in “In 2012, about 40 percent of the South-western China's Yunnan prov- villagers in Ximeng lived in thatched Story Story Story Story ince, is located on the China-Myan- cottages,” said Yang Yu. In 2015, Xi- After a rain, the air in Beijing was Erhai Lake, located in Dali Bai The 46-year-old Wu Chaoshun- In Xishuangbanna Dai Autono- mar border. Its county seat, which meng began to renovate dilapidated very fresh in early summer. Gao Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan smiled as he looked at mangoes mous Prefecture of Yunnan province, is inhabited by Wa people, features cottages and implement a project of Xiang, a local citizen said, “In the Province, is the second largest plateau hanging from branches. Just a few more than 1 million mu(666 million 2 many Wa-styled buildings. poverty alleviation through reloca- past, we hid from rain, otherwise we fresh water lake in Yunnan. Because years ago, where the mango trees m ) of natural reserves have been However, visitors to this small city tion, moving 15,000 households into would be covered with sand spots. of people’s production and living and are located were mountains in black, added in recent years to protect tropi- are even more impressed by a slogan strong and beautiful houses. Now it is much cleaner.” From 2013 tourism development along the coast, while Wu Chaoshun was a famous cal rain forests and provide sufficient that reads "Wa tribes in Ximeng—— Besides help to move the house, to 2018, thanks to the replacment of the lake once faced a serious environ- coal boss in Huaping County, Lijiang space for wild animals such as ele- childhood of human beings". the local government also helps coal with natural gas and electricity, mental threat. City, Yunnan Province. phants. In Pu 'er, the local government “When New China was founded, organizing training to skill the Wa the number of days when Beijing’s air Strict measures were taken to clean For a long time, the local ecolog- has planned a food source base of 2 the Wa people were still in the late people. quality was up to standard rose from up the pollution by demolishing a ical environment has been damaged nearly 4,000 mu (2.68 million m )in primitive society, just like the childhood Shuila, 52, has learned to use the 175 to 227. Beijing’s change is the re- large number of illegal buildings, and by its industrial structure relying on the areas planted sugar cane, banana of human beings,” said Yang Yu, party smart phone of late. "I watch videos sult of a massive blue sky protection once shutting down thousands of ho- coal mines. In recent years, Huaping and corn which elephants like to eat, secretary of Ximeng. Today, the Wa of raising cattle and bees," he said. campaign in China.For many urban tels and inns along the lake, requiring County closed mines to grow man- to reduce the frequency of elephants people have shaken off poverty. They He participated in a training course Chinese, the days when air pollution sewage treatment facilities to meet goes. The county's mango planting entering human living areas. It is have moved from the childhood of hu- organized by the county not long is too bad to leave their homes are standards before reopening. area is more than 300,000 mu(about showed that over the past 20 years, dwindling. Wang Shuxing, who lives in 20,000 hectares), with an annual out- the range of wild elephants in Yun- man beings to a modern civilization. ago. The participants not only did Xizhou Town, is a native Bai from put value of more than 1 billion yuan nan has expanded from 14 towns of Yandong, 44, is a farmer of Banzhe field studies but also set up a WeChat Data: village in Ximeng's Mengka town. In group to share the planting and breed- Since the Action Plan on Preven- Erhai Lake. Wang said, “I am a (US$14.29 million). 3 counties in the past to 26 towns in beach coordinator for Renliyi Vil- Data: 8 counties. Now, there are about 300 the past, he always dreamt of living ing skills.Shuila had attended the tion and Control of Air Pollution in in a bright house that could provide training course reluctantly. "I know 2013, the effectiveness of air pollu- lage, responsible for cleaning Erhai From 2012, China has completed Asian elephants living in the primeval Lake within 1.8 kilometers. I in- forests in Xishuangbanna, Pu 'er and a shelter from wind and rain. Thanks you now raise 30 beehives, but you tion control has initially shown. In afforestation of 508 million mu(3387 to a project of poverty alleviation will be able to keep 200 or 300 bee- 2018, of 338 cities at or above the spect Erhai Lake two or three times billion m2), with a forest area of 3.12 Lincang for a long time. a day.” Wang added that failure to 2 Data: through relocation,Yan’s dream came hives after the training," the official prefecture-level, 121 met air quality billion mu (2.08 trillion m ) and a for- true in 2015. Now, the three gen- said. standards, accounting for 35.8%. The complete the task of salvage should est coverage rate of 21.66%, becom- At present, China has 2,750 nature be reported to the government de- erations of his family live in a new "Your cattle are ready for sale in number of days with heavy pollution ing a country with the largest growth reserves of all kinds at all levels, in- two-story house of more than 200 more than three years, but the Yunling reduced to 2.2%. partments in time. in forest resources in the world during cluding 474 national nature reserves. In Xizhou, there are many others square meters. cattle grow faster, produce better beef, the same period. China's desertifica- The area of land and natural protec- "When I was young, all the villag- and bring in more money," the official The number of days with good like Wang who are willing to do their tion area has changed from an annual tion areas has reached more than 1.7 best for Erhai. ers lived in thatched cottages," Yan- added. air quality in Beijing expansion of more than 10,000 square million square kilometers. In rural kilometers at the end of the 20th cen- areas, many environmental problems dong recalled. Such cottages could Finally, Shuila was finally Data: hardly shelter them from wind and convinced and went to the training, 227 days tury to an annual decline of more than that have plagued people have been China's wetland area is 804 million 2,400 square kilometers. In recent fundamentally reversed. In 1993, only rain. Worse still, the grass would rot which proved to be good and he be- mu(5.36 billion m2), ranking the first years, Yunnan has put forward three 7.5% of rural residents had access to away in four to five years and had to lieves that life will get better. 175 days in Asia and the fourth in the world. In brands of green energy, green food sanitary and toilet facilities, but now be replaced. Xinhua 2018, the water quality of Erhai Lake and healthy living destination, with it is close to 85%. More and more ur- has finally returned to an excellent strong momentum of green devel- ban and rural residents have benefited level, reaching grade II for 7 consecu- opment and gradual optimization of from green development.