Poverty-stricken population decreases in SW China's city

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2017 shows performers dancing for tourists at a scenic spot in Menglian Dai, Lahu and Wa Autonomous County in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Pu'er, a city in southwest Yunnan, has been endeavoring to reduce its poverty-stricken population in recent years. In total 527,000 people have overcome poverty in the past five years. By August of 2017, the impoverished in Pu'er has been reduced to 358,000. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)