Pic story: seven female poverty alleviation officials in China's Guangxi

Poverty alleviation official Du Qunfang, 53, pays a visit to villagers by bike in Gudu Village, Xiangfen Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2019. In Xiangfen Township, seven female officials have played active roles at the forefront of local poverty alleviation campaigns in the past years and were called "seven golden flowers" by the local people. They use motorcycles, electric bikes and bicycles as means of transportation to visit villagers in the countryside and carry out poverty relief work. About 2,400 villagers from 621 households in Xiangfen Township got out of poverty from 2016 to 2018. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)