In 2015, Li Yansheng quit his job and return to Guangxi to do something for his hometown. After returning to home, as the general manager at the Jizhou Citrus Planting Base in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Li helped the county's poor households increase their incomes by growing mandarins.

There are more people like Li Yansheng in Luocheng County who returned to their hometowns to start businesses. With the joint efforts of the government and the society, Luocheng County was lifted out of poverty in 2020.

About 'Revival in the Mountains'

Ecological migration is an important measure for targeted poverty alleviation in China. This series selects key ecological migration and relocation projects in Qinghai, Gansu and Fujian provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to take you through China's poverty alleviation work.

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 1: Bamboo and prosperity

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 2: Loyalty of a forest ranger

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 3: Creating greenery

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 4: Becoming a ranger

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 5: Helping one another

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 6: Living with gibbons

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 7: Magical fruit

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 8: Home guardians

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 9: A Green dream

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 10: People and fruit

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 11: Valley of hornets

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 12: Macadamias are ripe

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