Since being assessed as a national-level impoverished town in 2011, Sonid Right Banner in Xilin Gol League has strived to reduce local poverty through developing modern animal husbandry and livestock processing industries.

A total of 3,101 residents in 1,250 households have been registered as being officially impoverished, and the local government has promised to complete the task of lifting 1,022 residents out of poverty by the end of 2017. Meanwhile, the government has ambitions to totally erradicate poverty in Sonid Right Banner by 2019.

A worker processes cashmere at Guangyuan Wool Products Company in Sonid Right Banner on June 3. The wool company has 108 employees, among which 96 are local farmers and herdsmen from the banner. [Photo/Xinhua]