Poverty to prosperity: a mountainous area in N China’s Hebei embarks on new development path

Aerial photo taken on July 26, 2022, shows photovoltaic facilities and relocated buildings in a village, lying deep in the Taihang Mountains, in Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. Constrained by its natural environment and poor resources, Fuping remained trapped in poverty for a long period. The county has pushed hard to develop six industries to enrich people: modern edible mushroom farming, high efficiency forest fruit cultivation, TCM herb production, animal farming, cottage industries, and eco-tourism. In early 2020, Fuping shook off poverty. In 2021, the per capita disposable income of rural residents in the county reached 12,342 yuan, 3.7 times that of 2012. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Photo taken on July 28,2022 shows Malanhua Children’s Choir singing at Fuping County’s Bayi primary school who performed at the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony. (People’s Daily Online / Yuan Meng)

Aerial photo taken on July 27, 2022, shows a relocated community in Malan Village, Chengnanzhuang Town, Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial photo taken on July 25,2022 shows the scenery of Taihang Mountain in Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial photo taken on July 27, 2022, shows photovoltaic facilities in a mountainous area in Chengnanzhuang Town, Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial photo taken on July 26, 2022 shows a school bus of the Bayi primary school shuttling through the mountain road in Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial photo taken on July 25, 2022 shows the scenery of a mountainous areain Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial phototaken on July 26, 2022 shows students playing on the playground at the Bayi primary school in Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Aerial photo taken on July 27, 2022, shows greenhouses for mushroom cultivation (left) and relocated buildings (middle) in Malan Village, Fuping County, north China’s Hebei Province. (People’s Daily Online / Liu Ning)

Editor: Zheng Bai