The Road to Alleviating Poverty
By staff reporter MA LI
【摘 要】IN southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the local ethnic minority Nu people live 52 km from the downtown region of the Fugong County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture. However, it takes more than three hours to drive there from their village named Laomudeng due to inconvenient road transportation. 【期刊名称】《今日中国:英文版》 【年(卷),期】2019(068)007 【总页数】3
【关键词】IN southwest China’s Yunnan Province; ethnic minority; road transportation
“The highway will become the road of hope for local people to get rid of poverty and become rich.”
I N southwest China's Yunnan Province, the local ethnic minority Nu people live 52 km from the downtown region of the Fugong County,Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture.However, it takes more than three hours to drive there from their village named Laomudeng due to inconvenient road transportation.
“After the opening of the Meili Highway at the end of 2019, the poor traffic situation in Nujiang will be changed.And the Nu people's travel time will be shortened to just 40 minutes,” said Zheng Yi, director of