Before and after photos: 5 years of poverty alleviation efforts in Guangxi

Jessica Luo China Plus Published: 2017-06-04 10:34:29
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China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Meng Rouyu, now a junior high school girl, waves in the fields on May 7, 2017 (R) and herself on July 16, 2012 in Nongyong Village of Dahua County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Meng's family has moved into a three-story house and Meng now is interested in singing and dancing. Children living in poverty-stricken mountainous region in Guangxi have witnessed their lives turn brand new in the past seven years, with their basic needs for life and school satisfied thanks to poverty alleviation efforts of the local government there. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Meng Rouyu, now a junior high school girl, waves in the fields on May 7, 2017 (R) and herself on July 16, 2012 in Nongyong Village of Dahua County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Meng's family has moved into a three-story house and Meng now is interested in singing and dancing. Children living in poverty-stricken mountainous region in Guangxi have witnessed their lives turn brand new in the past seven years, with their basic needs for life and school satisfied thanks to poverty alleviation efforts of the local government there. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. A combined photo shows Lan Guofeng, 13, riding on a road to play basketball at school on May 7, 2017 (L) and children climbing on mountain after school on July 4, 2012 in Nongyong Village of Dahua County. Smooth rural highways and nutritious subsidized school lunches are two big improvements in the last 5 years. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Photo shows Meng Fusong, a school boy, wearing a sports shoe on May 21, 2017 (L) and Meng's bare foot on Sept 5, 2012 in Nonglei Village. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. A combined photo shows Qin Fu, 12, playing a game on May 18, 2017 (L) and himself on May 3, 2012 at Nongliang Primary School in Dahua Township of Dahua County. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. A combined photo shows Lan Xiaoshuai playing with his bicycle on Jan. 25, 2017 (L) and himself on July 16, 2012 in Nongyong Village. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Photo shows children walking on a cement road for school on Jan. 11, 2017 (L) and children climbing down a wooden ladder for school on Sept. 3, 2012 in Nongyong Village of Dahua County. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. A combined photo shows Meng Weiyi, 10, trying a camera on May 17, 2017 (L) and himself herding sheep on July 16, 2012 in Nongyong Village. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Wei Xiaomei, 14, using an electric lamp on May 13, 2017 (L) and Wei's brother Wei Fuxi using an oil lamp at home on May 14, 2010 in Haokun Village of Lingyun County. According to official statistics, the total number of people living under China's poverty line in Guangxi dropped to 3.41 million in 2016 from 10.12 million in 2010. [Photo: Xinhua]

China has pledged to raise everyone in the country above the poverty line by 2020. Photos show the difference in the lives of these children over the last 5 years. Photo shows children playing table tennis on Dec. 10, 2015 (L) and on Dec. 27, 2012 at Nonglei Primary School in Bansheng Township of Dahua County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. [Photo: Xinhua]

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