Located in Congjiang county in mountainous Guizhou province, Biasha's nearly 2,800 villagers have largely held on to their unique traditions.
Southwest China's Guizhou province achieved a total output value of 11.84 billion yuan ($1.67 billion) from its forestry industry in 2019.
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Southwest China's Guizhou province has issued various supporting policies to keep employment stable, including encouraging people to seek job opportunities outside the province.
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), Southwest China's Guizhou province has strived to educate disabled people, offer them jobs and help them increase their incomes.
Southwest China's Guizhou province held a video conference on working together on poverty alleviation with the Macao Special Administrative Region on June 23, according to local Guizhou officials.
Wei Shunshui's family has lived in a mountainous area in Guizhou for generations. The harsh geographical and climatic conditions mired the local residents in poverty.
In recent years, Guiyang – capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province – has provided poverty alleviation assistance to 13 impoverished counties in the province which has helped lift 510,000 people out of poverty.