Poverty (贫穷) is a big problem in the world, but China has done a good job to deal with it and made the proud achievement. During fighting poverty, we’ve been moved by many heroes.

Helping Girls

● Zhang Guimei

● Many girls couldn’t go to school because they were very poor in Lijiang, Yunnan.

● Mrs. Zhang started a girl school for free and helped over 1,600 girls go to college.

Building a Road

● Mao Xianglin

● Some villagers in Wushan, Chongqing lived under the over 1,000-meter-high cliffs (悬崖). So it took them three days to walk to the nearest town in the past.

● Mr. Mao led villagers to build a road with their hands for 7 years. Now they spend just an hour driving to the nearest town. Villagers can sell fruit to other places conveniently.

Planting Mushrooms (蘑菇)

● Chen Zaiming

● Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (景东彝族自治县), Yunnan was famous for its wild mushrooms. But villagers didn’t know how to grow them.

● Mr. Chen taught villagers to plant mushrooms and helped them make over 6 million yuan in 2019.

Chinese Achievements

● 832 counties (县) and 128,000 villages are no longer in poverty in China.

● 98.99 million villagers have been lifted out of poverty in the past 8 years.

● China is responsible for reducing 70 percent of poverty since the late 1970s all over the world.

The Shenzhou (神舟)-14 manned spaceship carried (运输) three Chinese astronauts to Chinese Space Station. Zhang Li from Xinhua Junior High School collected their personal (个人的) information cards. Let’s have a look.

Here are three traditional Chinese stories. They are all interesting and educational.

	In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin had a fight with the State of Zhao. Some talented people were needed to ask for help from Chu. Then Mao Sui — the man who believed he was the right person for this task came and recommended himself. And he made the king of Chu send the army to help successfully. Zhao was safe from then on.
	One day, Shang Yang put a thin wooden pole near the south gate of the Qin capital. He promised to pay 10 gold pieces to anyone who could move it to the north gate. It was such a simple job that all people thought Shang was joking. Then he added 40 more gold pieces. A man moved it and he really got 50 gold pieces. After that, the people of Qin believed Shang was a man of his word. So they all followed Shang’s new law later.
	Wang Xizhi was one of the most famous calligraphers (书法家) during the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China. When he was very young, he practised his art every day and never stopped. Once, Wang Xizhi wrote on the wood for an engraver (雕刻师) to cut. Then the engraver found the ink had penetrated one centimetre into the wood. Now “Ru Mu San Fen” is often used to express sharp ideas or useful views. It is very popular among people.