Chicken raising industry lifts S China's villagers out of poverty (6)

Lan Zhiping calls villagers to repair road in Nongxiong Village, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 15, 2016. Nongxiong Village, located in mountainous areas of Guangxi, has 123 families living under poverty standard among its nearly 2000 villagers. Lan Zhiping, 28 years old, has found out a way to lift villagers out of poverty through chicken raising industry. This year, he established a poultry raising cooperative with four other villagers, in which more than 2,300 chickens are raised. A hatching base which can hatches 8,000 to 10,000 baby chicks in one month is under construction. The chicken raising industry has also received support from the local government of Dahua County, who plans to raise 2 million chicken in 2016 as to shake off poverty. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)