Daning County is located in the southern Lyuliang Mountains in north China's Shanxi Province. There isn't enough rainfall to paint the mountains green, and the fragile ecology has restricted the county's development. In 2018, a "purchased afforestation" plan was carried out there. The government purchases the trees that are contracted by the afforestation cooperatives. When the trees are well-planted, the cooperatives will receive money from the government.

In the county, 37 afforestation cooperatives have been set up for poverty alleviation, while poor households account for no less than 60 percent of the members. By 2020, there had been 5,440 hectares of purchased afforestation in the county.

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 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

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 13: Citruses are ready

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 14: Awakening forest

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 15: Aromatic camellia

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