Snapshots of Poverty Battle

A farmer harvests African marigolds in a field in Jietou township, Tengchong on Aug 17. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

A visitor is drawn by a fresco on a wall in Palian village, Tengchong, Yunnan province, on Aug 17. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

Jade items are prepared for sale via livestreaming at a trade center in Ruili on Aug 19. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

Nang Fenzhi (right) of the Dai ethnic group sings a folk song to welcome visitors at Palian village on Aug 27. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

Workers process cocoons at a factory in Longchuan on Aug 21. Silk production has helped local people shake off poverty. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

Residents of Xintaoshuhe village work on the renovation of their house on Aug 18. The village is one of Tengchong's 198 poor villages. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY

Residents of Yinjing village draw water from two wells, one inside the Chinese border (left) and the other in Myanmar, on Aug 20. The village in Ruili is split by the China-Myanmar border. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY