Locals get rid of poverty by mulberry plantation program in Shaanxi

Lai Zhencai checks the room temperature at a silkworm breeding house in 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. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)