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The CPC Way: The barefoot doctor

03:32 Ever heard of a "barefoot doctor?" In China, Wang Guizhen is famously known as a "barefoot doctor," as she has devoted her life to serving far-flung villages and

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Green energy grows across rural countryside in Brazil

02:35 The use of solar energy is on the rise in Brazil and growth has increased in rural areas across the country. Learn more.Check outThe China Report, our new weekly newsletter.Subscr

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SCIO briefs media on China's rural vitalization achievements

China's State Council Information Office is holding a press conference on Monday focusing on the advancement of rural vitalization and acceleration of agricultural and

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China holds key conference on rural development

The central rural work conference was held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday, emphasizing the work related to agriculture, rural areas and rural people.

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China to ensure eliminating rural poverty in 2020

China will ensure the elimination of poverty among all rural residents living below the current poverty line and in all poor counties this year, according to a governm

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Gunman kills at least 18 in Nova Scotia

02:23 The death toll has risen to 18, in Canada's deadliest mass shooting.The gunman, disguised as a Royal Canadian Mountie, shot people and set their homes on fire in rural Nova Scoti

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Xi hails role of e-commerce in poverty alleviation, rural vitalization

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said on Monday e-commerce is an emerging business with great potential, which can prom

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Some residents try to flee the pandemic in New York

02:44 With New York City becoming the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., some city dwellers are looking to get out of town.Travel companies are seeing a surge in demand fo

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Train in Mexico provides medical aid to rural communities

02:51 Providing proper medical care for remote, rural, often poor, communities is a challenge all over the world. In Mexico, one initiative has grown quite popular.In hard to reach com

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Chinese women's status boosted by improved laws, policies, envoy told UN

Improvedlawsandpolicieshaveenhancedwomen'sstatusandwelfareinChina,especiallyintheruralareas,aChineseenvoytoldaUnitedNations(UN)meetingonwomenThursday."Ourmechan

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Migrant construction workers dedicated to making a better place

TheCITICTower,betterknownas“ChinaZun,”isBeijing’stallestbuilding.With108storiesstretching528metershigh,itisthemajesticcenterpieceoftheChinesecapital’sskyline.An

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Premier Li: China to extend rural land contracts by 30 years

In2018,theChinesegovernmentwillimplementthepolicyofextendingsecondroundrurallandcontractsbyanother30yearsupontheirexpiration,ChinesePremierLiKeqiangsaidonMonday

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E-commerce takes roots in rural China

AsoneofChina’sfastestgrowingsectors,themassivee-commercesectorisexpandingitsreachtoruralareas,transformingthelocaleconomyandtheruralwayoflife.Atthesametime,rura

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China to release national rural vitalization strategic program

Chinawillreleaseanationalruralvitalizationstrategicprogram(2018-2022)toimplementpoliciesunderthe"No1centraldocument"thisyear."Thefirstdraftoftheprogramhasbeenco

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China lifted 13 mln people out of poverty in 2017: Official data

Chinalifted12.89millionruralpeopleoutofpovertyin2017asitadvancestowardsitstargetoferadicatingpoverty,officialdatashowedThursday.Therewerestill30.46millionruralp

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China lifted 13 mln people out of poverty in 2017

Chinalifted12.89millionruralpeopleoutofpovertyin2017asitadvancestowardsitstargetoferadicatingpoverty,officialdatashowedThursday.Therewerestill30.46millionruralp

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Alibaba pledges 10 billion yuan to combat poverty in China

Alibaba'sExecutiveChairmanJackMaonFridayannounceda10billionyuan(1.5billionUSdollars)AlibabaPovertyReliefFundaspartofthecompany'songoingefforttopromotepositiveso