"Reducing poverty through the promotion of culture changes poverty mentality," said Yuksek, a Tajik actor with the Xinjiang Art Theater Opera Troupe, during a press conference on Sunday. The political advisor stressed the power of culture in poverty alleviation through his personal experience when answering the media's questions at the second Members' Corridor held during the third annual session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).