国内英语资讯:Discover China: Green shoots of prosperity as asparagus takes root in rural China
<p><span word="YINCHUAN">YINCHUAN</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 28-- <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remote">remote</span> <span word="Xiamaguan">Xiamaguan</span> <span word="Township">Township</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Ningxia">Ningxia</span> <span word="Hui">Hui</span> <span word="Autonomous">Autonomous</span> <span word="Region">Region</span>, <span word="swathes">swathes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="asparagus">asparagus</span> <span word="sway">sway</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="endless">endless</span> <span word="loess">loess</span> <span word="field">field</span>.</p><p><span word="Farmer">Farmer</span> <span word="Dong">Dong</span> <span word="Yi">Yi</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="asparagus">asparagus</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2017 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="encouraged">encouraged</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cultivate">cultivate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="asparagus">asparagus</span> <span word="before">before</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="everybody">everybody</span> <span word="doubted">doubted</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="harsh">harsh</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="here">here</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Dong">Dong</span>, 56. "<span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="anyway">anyway</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="money">money</span>."</p><p><span word="Xiamaguan">Xiamaguan</span> <span word="Township">Township</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="located">located</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountains">mountains</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dire">dire</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="water">water</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="township">township</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="Ningxia">Ningxia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="poorest">poorest</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="struggling">struggling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="meet">meet</span>.</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prosperity">prosperity</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="pockets">pockets</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="lag">lag</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="underdeveloped">underdeveloped</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="poses">poses</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wipe">wipe</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="absolute">absolute</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2020.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2017, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="had">had</span> 98.99 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2,300 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> (329 <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="annual">annual</span> <span word="income">income</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2018, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="by">by</span> 82.4 <span word="million">million</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 16.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span>. <span word="Ningxia">Ningxia</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="populations">populations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="asparagus">asparagus</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Xiamaguan">Xiamaguan</span> <span word="Township">Township</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 100 <span word="families">families</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="lifted">lifted</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="root">root</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="figures">figures</span>. <span word="Currently">Currently</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 130 <span word="hectares">hectares</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="asparagus">asparagus</span> <span word="thrive">thrive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>.</p>
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