Lisu people

China Matters documents a video on poverty alleviation of ethnic groups in Yunnan Province

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The focus on getting rid of poverty in China's southern Yunnan Province in 2020 has meant making sure everyone in the region is living above the poverty line.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The focus on getting rid of poverty in China's southern Yunnan Province in 2020 has meant making sure everyone in the region is living above the poverty line.
  • And people like Fan Lifang and Li Shuliang have literally gone from surviving to actually making a living with the help of the government.
  • Fan Lifang is a 28-year-old native of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan and mother to three young children under the age of seven.
  • She now has a business making and selling Lisu ethnic group outfits with the government's support.

China Matters documents a video on poverty alleviation of ethnic groups in Yunnan Province

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The focus on getting rid of poverty in China's southern Yunnan Province in 2020 has meant making sure everyone in the region is living above the poverty line.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The focus on getting rid of poverty in China's southern Yunnan Province in 2020 has meant making sure everyone in the region is living above the poverty line.
  • And people like Fan Lifang and Li Shuliang have literally gone from surviving to actually making a living with the help of the government.
  • Fan Lifang is a 28-year-old native of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan and mother to three young children under the age of seven.
  • She now has a business making and selling Lisu ethnic group outfits with the government's support.