Painter inks images of victory over poverty

NANNING－As China bids farewell to absolute poverty, many traditional ink paintings focusing on the theme of poverty alleviation are illustrating the changes in southern villages.

Shang Xinzhou, a painter with the Guangxi Arts University in Nanning, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, has been creating traditional ink paintings depicting poverty-stricken areas for over five years.

"Thanks to my experience in Duomai village, I can make the paintings more vivid," said the 36-year-old painter, who spent two and a half years as head of Duomai's poverty alleviation team in Baise city, Guangxi.