China Focus: South China's Guangxi shakes off absolute poverty

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-21 02:15:19|Editor: huaxia

In this combo photo, the upper part taken on May 8, 2019 shows students living at the new dormitory of Nongyong primary school, and the lower part taken on Dec. 26, 2012 shows the students lying on shared beds before sleep at the Nongyong primary school, in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, home to the country's largest ethnic minority population, has lifted all its 54 poverty-stricken counties out of poverty. The last eight impoverished counties in the region, including six ethnic minority autonomous counties, have eliminated absolute poverty, the regional government announced on Friday. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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