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Prepping for Spring Festival
A visitor samples agricultural products from Dechang County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture during a shopping fair to greet Spring Festival in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province in southwest China, on January 8.
Farewell to Poverty
A total of 645,000 people were estimated to cast off poverty in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, in 2019.
About 976 poverty-stricken villages and 12 impoverished counties in Xinjiang shook off poverty last year, according to the government work report delivered at the annual regional legislative session on January 6.
In 2019, nearly 37.6 billion yuan ($5.41 billion) was allocated to improve the drinking water and housing security in the region, benefitting 346,000 poor people without access to safe
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