The Drung people, an ethnic minority group living in the remote mountains of southwest China's Yunnan Province, were not officially recognized until 1952. By 2018, their entire population had been lifted out of poverty, and they wrote a letter to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, to share their joy. In his reply on April 10, 2019, Xi Jinping congratulated the Drung people and encouraged them to work for an even brighter future. Having been isolated in the mountains for centuries, how did they achieve success in getting rid of poverty? What stories can best tell their journey towards modernization? Here's what Secretary of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee Wang Ning has to say.