A 20-day Chinese cooking skills training course was held in Guyi Township in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. /CFP

Thirty-nine residents from registered impoverished households sharpened their Chinese cooking skills at the class. /CFP

The training program was designed to equip the locals in poverty with new skills that would help them enter the job market. /CFP