Locals get rid of poverty by mulberry plantation program in Shaanxi
Xinhua
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Reelers work at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.
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People select silk clothes in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.
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Over 10,000 households in Shiquan joined the mulberry plantation program and planted nearly 4,867 hectares of mulberry trees. 2,118 impoverished households shook off poverty through the program.
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A worker checks moths in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.
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Women work at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.
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Liu Xiaolan and her husband feed silkworms in Xinxing Village of Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 18, 2018.
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Over 10,000 households in Shiquan joined the mulberry plantation program and planted nearly 4,867 hectares of mulberry trees. 2,118 impoverished households shook off poverty through the program.
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Workers pick silkworm cocoons at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018. (Photos: Xinhua)
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Lai Zhencai checks the room temperature at a silkworm breeding house in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 18, 2018.