China province with largest remaining poor population eliminates absolute poverty
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In this combo photo, the upper part shows the former residential area for villagers of Lahu ethnic group in a hamlet of Bulangshan Township in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province (undated file photo); and the lower part taken on April 9, 2020 shows a newer view of the hamlet. 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]
