Villagers Cast off Poverty in Gansu

　2020-09-24

Villager Zhang Xiaohua (L) and her husband Xue Jinzhang pick corns in Wuyuan Village of Xinji Township, Zhenyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2020. Zhang's family was registered as an impoverished household in 2013. In 2019, she began raising rabbits and goats with support from the local government, which offered her bonuses and dividends, while her husband Xue Jinzhang got a job not far away from home. Zhang couple and a few others in the village shook off poverty in September 2020. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Villager Zhang Xiaohua (R) talks to a local official about her future plans in Wuyuan Village of Xinji Township, Zhenyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2020. Zhang's family was registered as an impoverished household in 2013. In 2019, she began raising rabbits and goats with support from the local government, which offered her bonuses and dividends, while her husband Xue Jinzhang got a job not far away from home. Zhang couple and a few others in the village shook off poverty in September 2020. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Villager Zhang Xiaohua (R) and her husband Xue Jinzhang display a certificate acknowledging that they are no longer an impoverished household in Wuyuan Village of Xinji Township, Zhenyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2020. Zhang's family was registered as an impoverished household in 2013. In 2019, she began raising rabbits and goats with support from the local government, which offered her bonuses and dividends, while her husband Xue Jinzhang got a job not far away from home. Zhang couple and a few others in the village shook off poverty in September 2020. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Villager Zhang Xiaohua and her husband Xue Jinzhang walk through a farm field in Wuyuan Village of Xinji Township, Zhenyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2020. Zhang's family was registered as an impoverished household in 2013. In 2019, she began raising rabbits and goats with support from the local government, which offered her bonuses and dividends, while her husband Xue Jinzhang got a job not far away from home. Zhang couple and a few others in the village shook off poverty in September 2020. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Villager Zhang Xiaohua feeds rabbits in Wuyuan Village of Xinji Township, Zhenyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 21, 2020. Zhang's family was registered as an impoverished household in 2013. In 2019, she began raising rabbits and goats with support from the local government, which offered her bonuses and dividends, while her husband Xue Jinzhang got a job not far away from home. Zhang couple and a few others in the village shook off poverty in September 2020. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

(Source: Xinhua)

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