A Busy Bee
Mar 31, 2022
4 minutes
By Lu Yan
Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon
Eight years ago, following college graduation, Cui Jiuxiu, born in Juxian County, Shandong Province in east China, set off for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the country’s northwest to pursue her dream—to become a public servant and help locals in underprivileged areas improve their lives.
Today, Cui is deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) of Opal Township Committee in Kashgar, Xinjiang. Over the years, she has witnessed local people climbing out of extreme poverty by setting up rural cooperatives, manufacturing workshops or even clothing design studios. They use advanced technology
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