Guizhou schools help preserve ethnic cultures

Hero lauds harmony

Du Fuguo (right), who lost his eyesight and both hands trying to protect his fellow soldiers from a landmine explosion last year, cheers for an orchestra made up of visually-impaired students at the Chongqing Special Education Center in Chongqing on Tuesday.

Anti-graft: Discipline at all levels gets new push

More inspections will scrutinize performance in poverty alleviation work, the continuity and stability of poverty relief policies and the work to come after anti-poverty goals have been achieved, the communique said.

Last year's net gains

Seven Dong women from Gaibao village in the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Guizhou province became online sensations after promoting their ethnic culture and agricultural products via livestreaming and short videos.

FAST radio telescope passes test, starts work

China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, passed national evaluation on Saturday and officially began operation.

Bridge tower as tall as 110-story skyscraper

A super-tall bridge inaugurated in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Monday will connect the province's industrialized north and mountainous, less developed south and halve travel time between the impoverished counties of Pingtang and Luodian.

Tourism efforts help Guizhou reap poverty eradication rewards

Guizhou is banking on its tourism industry to provide a cutting edge for poverty eradication, as the southwestern Chinese province strives to be a role model for China's anti-poverty efforts.