LIVING STANDARDS RISE AS MODERN LIFESTYLES ADOPTED
By LI YINGXUE in Beijing and LI YINGQING in Kunming |
China Daily |
Updated: 2021-06-11 00:00
Tea and tourism are helping formerly impoverished people from ethnic groups flourish as times change
Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in the southwestern province of Yunnan was once a complex mixture of borders, ethnic groups, mountainous areas and poverty.
In 2014, the prefecture was home to 71,055 people, with about 10 out of every 100 residents mired in poverty.
Members of ethnic groups accounted for 93.3 percent of the impoverished population, with five distinct groups who were backward economically but had rich cultural resources, accounting for 37.5 percent of the total.
