In this combo aerial photo taken on September 8, 2018, the upper part shows a view of a revegetated area where former residents were relocated to another settlement; the lower part shows a newly built settlement for relocated villagers, both in Hongsipu District of Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China(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.