Poverty-alleviation measures, including building roads and renovating schools, are improving the lives of the Miao people

Villagers carry timber to the construction site of a new road on July 30. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

Hidden deep in the mountains that straddle the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Guizhou province, Wuying village is home to 143 families－about 700 people－all members of the Miao ethnic group.

Most of them, 102 families, fall under the jurisdiction of Guangxi's Rongshui Miao autonomous county, while the rest are residents of Guizhou's Congjiang county.

The remoteness and administrative complexity meant the village was poor, but thanks to poverty-alleviation efforts by the two counties, the number of impoverished families has fallen from 92 in 2016 to four.

To meet the goal of eliminating poverty in the village by the end of the year, a road is being built, the school is undergoing renovation and training courses on agricultural techniques have been held regularly

Women walk to fields near Wuying village, located in mountains that straddle the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Guizhou province, on July 26. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

Villager Huang Anhe and his wife make handicrafts at the entrance of their house on July 26. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

An expert from Liuzhou in Guangxi teaches villagers sorghum planting techniques on July 4. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

A digger works at the construction site of the new road on July 29. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

Wei Chunlan, a teacher from Gandong Township Central School in Rongsui county, waves goodbye to her students at the Wuying school on July 1. Teachers from Gandong have regularly been assigned to work at Wuying. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

Graduate students from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, teach Mandarin to villagers on July 28. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)

Two girls water a sapling on June 20. (HUANG XIAOBANG / XINHUA)