China's rural poverty fight through the eyes of an Uzbek teacher

HEFEI－After teaching for more than two years in a college in Hefei in East China, Shahboz Babaev, an Uzbek lecturer in economics, decided to travel deep into the mountains to see how the country's targeted poverty alleviation efforts work in rural areas.

Babaev, 28, has a keen interest in China's poverty relief program since he started teaching economics and management at Anhui Finance and Trade Vocational College. This fall, he visited the Dabie Mountains, one of the poorest areas in central China, where he met with local people and heard about their stories of struggle and success.

On his second day of the trip, Babaev arrived in Huoshan county in Anhui province.