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Projects: Less­Affluent Areas National People’S Congress, the Top This Work 2 | Monday, March 22, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY PAGE TWO Family shakes off past as village drinks to arrival of better days By LI LEI in Beijing times, but “no one would sell and SHI RUIPENG in Nanning things to an outsider”. Used to urban living, Wei had to Wei Zhenling used to make sleep under the same roof as annual trips to her ancestral home grunting pigs and lowing cattle. in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous However, what bothered her the region. However, for Wei, her elder most was the overwhelming brother, sister and their parents, stench. these were difficult journeys. Their destination, an isolated Water crisis ethnic Maonan community, lies In the village, water was the tucked away in the karst moun- most precious commodity, espe- tains of Huanjiang Maonan auto- cially during the dry, cold winters. nomous county. “My mother told us to treasure To ensure they arrived before every drop,” Wei said. nightfall, their parents woke the The water the family members children in the early hours at their used to wash their faces was saved apartment in the county seat for for hand-washing later before the family to catch the first train of being given to the livestock. the day to the area. In such rocky terrain, where The most torturous part of the there are few rivers, water is only trip then followed. found many meters underground. The last leg of the journey The older generation depended involved five hours of walking on rainfall collecting in a large uphill, burdened by gifts for puddle near the village as its friends and relatives they had not source of water. Wei said hygiene seen for a long time. standards were questionable, The meandering, rocky roads which could explain the higher almost robbed Wei of the curiosity mortality rate among newborns at she had about her cultural identity. the time. “I was sustained during those In addition, the puddle dried up trips by a sense of tradition and a in winter, when rainfall was subconscious feeling of homesick- scarce, forcing locals to travel to Clockwise from top left: Children play at a new settlement in Songlang village, Maonan autonomous county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous ness,” said Wei, a chief prosecutor another village to use a trickling region. LU BOAN / XINHUA Staff members from the village committee in Xiatang, Maonan, help a senior leave the area. TAN ZHAOGUAN / XINHUA from Guangxi. fountain. Farmers harvest tomatoes in a greenhouse in Tangwan village in the county. LU BOAN / XINHUA She is the only ethnic Maonan The difficulties obtaining water member of the Chinese People’s led to Wei’s grandfather — then the Political Consultative Conference village head — to launch blasting National Committee — the operations in the mountains to nation’s leading political advisory search for supplies underground. body that met in Beijing earlier Water was found, but her grand- this month at the same time as the father lost sight in one eye during Projects: Less-affluent areas National People’s Congress, the top this work. legislature. “When I descended the stone Last year, the country’s 107,000 steps into this darkened cave three Maonan people, the majority of dozen meters below ground, I whom live in Huanjiang and an feared it could collapse any time,” of nation benefit significantly autonomous township in neigh- Wei said. boring Guizhou province, escaped Irrigation was impossible, leav- absolute poverty, as the Commu- ing the villagers few options other From page 1 nist Party of China aimed to eradi- than to grow corn and soybeans, cate domestic poverty before which can better survive drought Last year, local authorities GUIZHOU celebrating its centenary this year. but can only meet basic needs. announced that the county no Guiyang Wei said isolation fueled the longer had any poor residents — a widespread impoverishment that Huanjiang Maonan Rural improvements result of the sweeping campaign autonomous county her people experienced for genera- Last year, authorities to eradicate rural poverty. announced that Huanjiang had GUANGXI tions. This achievement marked a During journeys to the ancestral escaped poverty, and each family milestone in the history of the Nanning home, Wei’s father, a member of now had access to tap water. Maonan people, one of a few doz- the Maonan ethnic group who In Wei’s ancestral village, which en ethnic groups with small popu- CHINA DAILY became a physics and math teach- is home to several thousand Mao- lations in China that until er after graduating from a local nan people, tap water was recently have led slash-and-burn teachers’ training college, told sto- obtained by pumping supplies lifestyles. ries of traveling the same route from a well drilled by the local “A flyover carrying the railway once a semester in his younger authorities. can be seen from my village,” Qin days to reach the only school in the Huang Bingfeng, head of the said. I hope the bullet train county seat. county and a member of the Mao- Thanks to the anti-poverty cam- service will bring “When he finally saw the county nan ethnic group, said that in a paign, paved roads now reach rural seat from a hilltop, my father said nearby community of 20,000 families. Better transportation more visitors to he cried out loud,” Wei said. Maonan residents, the authorities links, which have reduced costs, Huanjiang to admire She added that her heart sank built a ditch to divert water from a have prompted farmers to shift to when she learned that many Mao- river more than 12 kilometers cash crops such as tangerines, Qin its breathtaking nan people, after leaving the roll- away. added. scenery.” ing mountains for better lives, Paved roads have also been built With the pandemic under control seldom, if ever, returned. as part of a drive to bolster rural in China, heavy machinery resumed Tan Chunli, a railway worker in Isolation was largely to blame, infrastructure. operating at more than 200 con- Liuzhou, Guangxi and it also served to reinforce an Better connectivity and irriga- struction sites in Guangxi alone ear- ultra-conservative mindset, forc- tion have allowed locals to grow lier this month, as workers raced to ing locals to cling to a primitive rice, mulberries and pomelos. drill tunnels, build bridges and lay electronic manufacturing and way of life. Some residents have started work rail tracks. clean energy. “Money does not work here — in the transportation industry as a Regional authorities said they you need to barter for daily neces- result, while others have accepted plan to pump 850 million yuan National strategy sities,” Wei said. government incentives to raise cat- ($131 million) into the rail project Huanjiang is among the choices Her aunt, an ethnic Maonan, tle and pigs, which has proved in the first quarter of this year. for new transportation projects culled pigs and cattle for bartering commercially successful, Wei said. They hope the 500-kilometer bul- aimed at bringing vitality to the and also made sure she kept an The Maonan people are among let train line will be in use by 2023. nation’s less-affluent areas. adequate supply of rice and grain 28 smaller ethnic groups nation- The total cost of the project is esti- In 2019, central authorities to make liquor. wide pulled out of poverty by mated at 13.1 billion yuan. unveiled a blueprint for vitalizing Wei’s mother, an ethnic Han November. When the link is completed, it will China through better transporta- who can understand but does not “My grandparents have died, so take less than two hours to travel tion links from this year to the mid- speak the Maonan language, we seldom travel back home now. from Nanning to Guiyang, which dle of the century. depended on her father to barter If we do, it is for the Tomb-Sweep- will be a boon for local tourism, One stated goal is to make the for groceries in the village. Her ing Festival,” Wei said, adding, “We experts said. country’s major cities within three mother said she tried several now drive to our old house.” For locals, the railway has become hours travel time of one another a source of pride. Farmers have resettled in Keai village (above), Daan township, Mao- before 2035. Another is to create Tan Chunli, a railway worker from nan, after leaving their old location (top) in 2017. ZHOU HUA / XINHUA one-hour commuter zones for all the Maonan ethnic group in Liuzhou, cities during this period. Guangxi, said she takes photos of the The blueprint also promises fast-growing rail line every time she those in Libo, which welcomes that another highway be built favorable policies for railway net- returns home to Huanjiang. more than 20 million visitors a linking the county with Rong- works and airports that benefit “I hope the bullet train service year due to bridge-building and jiang, Guizhou, which is known rural tourism and agricultural pro- will bring more visitors to other infrastructure projects in for its revolutionary-themed sce- duction. Huanjiang to admire its breathtak- recent years. nic spots, which attract “red tour- Qin, the road quality inspector, ing scenery,” she said. However, only 2 million visitors ism”. The suggestion was greeted is working on a new road linking arrive in Huanjiang annually, he enthusiastically among delegates Huanjiang with nearby Luocheng Highway project said, adding, “The highway will from the transportation sector. Mulam autonomous county. Meanwhile, work on a new high- help divert some tourists to the The infrastructure projects Expected to open by the end of way is due to start this month.
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