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Combo photo shows Liu Zhijun, first secretary to Jingyubao Village, checking the growing condition of crops in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County and Li Cuiye, first secretary to Nantong Village, checking the growing condition of crops in Nantong Village of Xingxian County in north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua)
Being Together, Working Apart: A couple work in different counties fighting for the same goal of helping locals shake off poverty in north China's Shanxi.
TAIYUAN, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Liu Zhijun and Li Cuiye are a couple who work at the agricultural machinery administration and the government affairs service center respectively in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi Province.
In July 2015, Liu and Li volunteered to serve as the first secretaries to Lyuliang's Jingyubao Village in Lanxian County and Nantong Village in Xingxian County respectively. Though it only takes two-hour-drive from Jingyubao to Nantong, their busy work on poverty alleviation have kept the couple from seeing each other very often.
Liu Zhijun (R), first secretary to Jingyubao Village, talks with a resident who has got out of poverty in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Li Cuiye, first secretary to Nantong Village, is on the way to her office with her daughter in Nantong Village of Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, May 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Liangliang)
Li Cuiye (R), first secretary to Nantong Village, talks with a resident who has got out of poverty in Nantong Village of Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Liu Zhijun (L), first secretary to Jingyubao Village, talks with a mushroom grower in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Combo photo shows Liu Zhijun (L), first secretary to Jingyubao Village, helping a member of poverty alleviation work group climb a hillside in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County and Li Cuiye, first secretary to Nantong Village, climbing a hillside under the help of a member of poverty alleviation work group in Nantong Village of Xingxian County in north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua)
Jingyubao and Nantong were both severely impoverished villages. Local villagers used to work outside as migrant workers due to the barren land and lack of resources there.
Liu and village cadres of Jingyubao have put efforts into the infrastructure construction and guided local villagers to plant crops with relatively high economic value. Agricultural machinery has also been introduced to improve efficiency, as a way to improve locals' incomes.
Local authorities of Nantong Village, where Li Cuiye works, have taken many measures, including employment transfer, relocation of impoverished residents and ecological poverty alleviation, to help poverty-stricken people shake off poverty.
Jingyubao and Nantong have shaken off poverty in the year of 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Aerial photo taken on June 4, 2020 shows a renovated residential community in Nantong Village of Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Aerial photo taken on June 11, 2020 shows the Jingyubao Village in Lanxian County, north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Combo photo shows Liu Zhijun (L), first secretary to Jingyubao Village, talking with a household who has got out of poverty in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County and Li Cuiye (R), first secretary to Nantong Village, talking with a household who has got out poverty with her daughter in Nantong Village of Xingxian County in north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua)
Li Cuiye (R), first secretary to Nantong Village, talks with a villager who has got out of poverty in Nantong Village of Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
"We can't meet our daughter Duoduo often because of our busy work. We both feel sorry for her. But she gradually realizes the difficulties we faced and often cheers us up. It's easy for us to understand each other as we serve the same position," the couple said.
Liu Zhijun (R) and Li Cuiye play with their daughter by the Yellow River in Xingxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, June 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Cao Yang)
Combo photo shows Li Cuiye (L), first secretary to Nantong Village, walking on a ridge in Nantong Village of Xingxian County and Liu Zhijun, first secretary to Jingyubao Village, walking on a field in Jingyubao Village of Lanxian County in north China's Shanxi Province.(Xinhua)
