Children play outdoors at Manbansandui hamlet of Mannan Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
People of Lahu ethnic group shake off poverty after relocation and infrastructure improvements in SW China's Yunnan.
A hamlet named "Manbansandui", where 17 households of Lahu ethnic group used to reside, is located remotely in the mountains of southwest China's Yunnan.
The hamlet was once hit hard by poverty as most of the villagers there didn't receive much education. The ancestors of the Lahu ethnic group made a living by hunting. Therefore, people there couldn't get used to the modern way of life.
In consideration of the villagers' living habits and customs, the hamlet was relocated to a new area not far from its original site in 2009, to improve the villagers' living environment.
In addition to the infrastructure projects encompassing characteristic dwellings, water and electricity supply system, communication facilities, poverty-alleviation experts have been dispatched here to help locals produce and incorporate into the outside world since 2015.
As a result, the per capita disposable income of villager here reached 8,026 yuan (about 1,133 U.S. dollars) in 2019.
A woman of Lahu ethnic group picks tea leaves at Bulangshan Township in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
A villager (R) buys vegetables at Manbansandui hamlet of Mannan Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Children play outdoors at Manbansandui hamlet of Mannan Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
A villager dries clothes at Manbansandui hamlet of Mannan Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Combo photo shows the basketball playground in 2010 (top) and the same basketball playground on April 12, 2020 (taken by Hu Chao) at Manbansandui Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows the relocated dwellings under construction in 2010 (top) and the relocated dwellings on the same site on April 12, 2020 (taken by Hu Chao) at Manbansandui hamlet of Mannan Village in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows the dwellings before relocation (top) and the relocated dwellings on April 9, 2020 (taken by Hu Chao) at Manbansandui hamlet in Menghai County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua)
