"This is the most remote place I've ever been to," Jike Shiluo, a 14-year-old from the Yi ethnic minority, said as she arrived at her new apartment 75 kilometers away from her previous home on the cliff.

This is the first Children's Day she has spent with her friends in the new community, after leaving Atulie'er Village, also known as the "cliff village," in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The cliff village topped China's national-level poverty alleviation list, and was put under the spotlight after a report was released about it in 2016. Pictures show village children scaling a vine ladder on an 800-meter-high cliff on their way to school.

After the report was released, authorities replaced the vine ladder with a steel staircase, and networks were introduced to improve the lives of people living on the cliff.

In 2017, a plan to resettle 84 families from the village was put on the table, since local authorities found the village sat in a hazardous location. When a landslide crushed houses in 2016, residents had to live in temporary shelters for more than a year.

The new community, located in Zhaojue County, was completed in May. Jike Shiluo and her family moved into the new apartment, which was constructed in Yi ethnic minority style.

The 100-square-meter apartment is equipped with furniture subsidized by local and provincial governments. Schools, hospitals and other supporting facilities in the community have also been constructed, and will soon be ready for use. The poverty alleviation policy has benefited 22,000 people in this area.

The Beijing News returned to the village on Children's Day and talked to kids about their new life.

"I miss the village on the cliff. We still hang out there when we are off school," said Edi Yousan, who also said the new place is great since it is more convenient to attend school and it is equipped with a new basketball court.

Along with villagers from Atuli'er, 18,000 residents from other remote and isolated villages have also been relocated to the new community. This is Sichuan's largest relocation program for the poor so far.

The local government has also created jobs for the relocated residents, providing training sessions and encouraging them to start businesses.

The original site of the cliff village will be transformed into a scenic spot, with a resort featuring Yi ethnic culture. The project is expected to be completed by 2022, and it will bring new employment opportunities for relocated residents.