China province with largest remaining poor population eliminates absolute poverty (10)

In this combo photo, the upper part taken on Nov. 25, 2016 shows a view of Tuoping Village in Fugong County, Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province; and the lower part taken on Nov. 3, 2020 shows an aerial view of the a relocation site of Tuoping Village. Southwest China's Yunnan Province, which had the country's largest remaining poor population at the end of last year, has eradicated absolute poverty, officials said on Saturday. The last nine counties in the province were delisted from the poverty-stricken county list, which meant all its 88 poverty-stricken counties have shaken off poverty, said Huang Yunbo, director of the provincial poverty alleviation office. It also marks that the 11 ethnic minority groups with relatively smaller populations in the province have bid farewell to poverty. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)