2020-12-11 02:31:15 GMT2020-12-11 10:31:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2018 shows grapes for winery use at a plantation in Hongsipu District of Wuzhong City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
YINCHUAN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Xihaigu, an arid land in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, was one of the country's most impoverished areas until recent years.
Now the whole area has bid farewell to extreme poverty, with all the nine counties and districts in the area delisted from the national poverty list.
Xihaigu's triumph over destitution, after reeling under poverty for centuries and carrying the tag of the most uninhabitable area on earth, offers a window into China's achievements in its war against poverty.