Yang Changqin, middle, teaches trainees techniques of bamboo weaving at the training center in Chishui, Southwest China's Guizhou province, in May 2020. [Photo by Wang Hong/provided to chinadaily.
It’s already a heavy task for Xu Ziqiang to work as the director of the emergency department of the Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, central China’s Hunan province, but the man, who’s also a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has undertaken an additional position during the COVID-19 epidemic – the head of the hospital’s expert team for COVID-19 response.
Miao embroidery, a traditional stitchwork skill of China’s Miao ethnic group, is now creating over half a million jobs in southwest China’s Guizhou province. “Arduous poverty alleviation efforts have been made in my hometown in recent years.
During a panel discussion with political advisors on Saturday, President Xi Jinping shared a story that drew a burst of laugher, when talking about lifting China’s final remaining poor families out of poverty. President Xi Jinping visits national political advisors from the economic sector attending a joint panel discussion at the third session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, capital of China, May 23, 2020.