"Despite the long distance, I was very excited that I could visit Jackie Chan and Jet Li's hometown," Luc said

In his speech at the conference, Lyu Xinhua, president of the council, said that the Chinese Council for the Promotion of the South-South Cooperation is willing to provide a platform for the Congolese and Chinese enterprises to exchange information and form partnershipFrom road building to subsidies, the central government has spent large amounts of money on poverty relief in places like Liangshan

The Congress will review the Party's work over the past five years, discuss and set the future direction for the Party and the nation, as well as elect a new central leadershipChina has lifted hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty over the past few decades, but doing the same for groups like the Yi poses a different set of challengesAs all eyes are on the upcoming Congress, let's take a look at what international media said about the developments and achievements of China

Similarly, the annual per capita income in impoverished rural areas has grown to 10A photo taken on June 14, 2017 shows a poverty alleviation relocation site in Leibo county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province

-- Reuters: "China's ethnic Yi struggle against poverty" (Aug 10, 2017)China lifted 13

China has set 2020 as the target year to complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society," which requires the eradication of povertyDuring the 35-day training course, they learned from Li Mingxu, the fifth generation successor of the Jinzhou Lion Dance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage that has been passed from generation to generation for more than a century

Ten students from Nigeria and Zambia learned how to perform Chinese lion dance at the Jinpu New Area in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning provinceThese changes may look pleasant, but not quite so to Derek Hyra, an associate professor at the American University School of Public Affairs and an expert on neighborhood change

Chen Weihua/China DailyHaving lived in Washington DC for almost five years, I have seen the city growing, with new construction and renovation projects happening in many streets and neighborhoodsHyra described how the "dark ghetto" has been turned into a "gilded ghetto"