Locals get rid of poverty by mulberry plantation program in Shaanxi

Workers pick silkworm cocoons at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018. (Photos: Xinhua)

Lai Zhencai checks the room temperature at a silkworm breeding house in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 18, 2018.

Reelers work at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.

People select silk clothes in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.

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.

A worker checks moths in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.

Women work at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018.

Liu Xiaolan and her husband feed silkworms in Xinxing Village of Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 18, 2018.

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.