Combo photo shows villager Yan Fugao and his wife Wang Daxiang posing for a group photo in front of their old house at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020 (up) and within their new house at Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County of Yunnan, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
More and more impoverished people have benefited from poverty alleviation policies by local authorities, welcoming a brand-new life.
BEIJING, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Nestling deep in mountains of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Luoqiu Village is home to only dozens of households scattering in mountain valley. Villager Yan Fugao and his wife Wang Daxiang have lived here for more than 20 years.
Villager Yan Fugao (2nd R) and his wife Wang Daxiang load their staff on a truck before leaving to Maojiawan resettlement area at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Harsh mountainous environment here has severely restricted local people's economic activities and caused some of them poor. Yan Fugao's family is among them, and was identified in 2014 as a poverty-stricken household under China's standard of poverty evaluation. In 2017, local authorities made the decision to relocate impoverished people in Luoqiu Village to Maojiawan resettlement area, which is built for the poor in the province's Ludian County.
In this aerial photo, the truck carrying villager Wang Daxiang and her husband Yan Fugao's staff drives on a winding road towards Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang and her husband Yan Fugao pack before leaving their old house to Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Yan Fugao and his wife Wang Daxiang leave their old house for Maojiawan resettlement area, at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Yan Fugao locks his old house before leaving for Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people, at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Yan Fugao and his wife Wang Daxiang are on their way to the bus stop to the town at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
On March 15, Yan Fugao and his wife set off by bus organized by local government with other 101 households, heading to their new house in Maojiawan, about 190 km away from where they live. After five hours of travelling, they arrived at the resettlement area where they will start a brand new life.
In this aerial photo, relocation vehicles drive on a winding road towards Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Relocation vehicles drive on a winding road towards Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Aerial photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows the Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang (2nd L) and her husband Yan Fugao (1st L) register after arriving at Maojiawan resettlement area in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang (2nd L) and her husband Yan Fugao (1st L) receive necessaries from local government staff after arriving at Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang buys necessaries for her new house at Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Yan Fugao and his wife Wang Daxiang arrive at their new house at Maojiawan resettlement area in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang (L) and her husband Yan Fugao select bed for their new house at Maojiawan resettlement area in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang and her husband Yan Fugao make bed in their new house at Maojiawan resettlement area in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Villager Wang Daxiang prepares to make meal at her new house at Maojiawan resettlement area in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Combo photo shows villager Wang Daxiang (up) taking down the door number plaque from her old house as a keepsake at Luoqiu Village in Daxing Town of Yongshan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 14, 2020 and her husband Yan Fugao putting a plaque honoring armyman's family upon the door of the new house at Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County of Yunnan, March 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)■
