Environmental control program carried out for poverty alleviation in China's Guangxi

Farmers carry harvested rice in Baise, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 11, 2009. Due to harsh stony desertification, people from dozens of counties and districts in Guangxi had long been poverty stricken. Recent years, a comprehensive environmental control program has been carried out to control stony desertification for poverty alleviation purposes. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)