Working in China's poorest village 

This really touched me. I grew up in a stark poor mountain area in Sichuan. My parents sent me to the local county primary school, a boarding school. I was very naughty and refused to study, just like the eldest son. Then the Wenchuan earthquake devastated my hometown. PLA saved my family from debris. The government rebuilt our small town and all kids were admitted to schools without tuition. 12 years after the earthquake, I become a Ph.D. candidate studying seismology. I am the first university student from my village. Each time I look back my life, I know I benefit a lot from the high-speed development of China, and I can proudly say I love my country.

As someone who grew up in Taiwan and live in America I'll say this: I don't care if you're a Communist or a Nationalist, a Republican or a Democrat, if this is what you do, then you have my support.

The poverty problem is complicated around the world. In China, poverty caused by remote barren land, harsh geographical environment, and the isolation of minorities with the outside world. So most of the minorities lived in that surroundings and most of the poverty happened among minorities in China. China sends tremendous officials from rich areas to the remote poverty-stricken areas to help millions of people out of poverty each year. There has been no country in the world that can match this scale throughout history.

In 2004, I did 1 year in China on poverty alleviation work in Guizhou province as a volunteer. Like you, we visited many villages and had to walk through mud up to my ankle deep to get to the villages. Through that group, we built 20 plus primary schools, fixed houses and put orphans through school. Then in 2012, I visited the province again. And I was so amazed at what China government has done. They built roads to the villages to help them bring out their produce to sell. They built houses for the poor. No nation I have known could do so much for the poor. God bless China. And God bless them with good responsible caring leaders.

Lead by example. I bow down in awe to China's poverty alleviation system and commissioners. This has so much potential for positive change around the world if we are able to learn from each other. I see mutual respect and a true perspective for a brighter future and the evolvement of mankind. Thank you - we are all in this together. Love, peace and justice.

This truly is eye-opening. I used to think that people would naturally rid themselves of poverty once the economy improves; I didn't realise how much work goes into ensuring that progress reaches ever corner of the nation.

China is not afraid to admit and show its poverty unlike some other countries. Face up the problem and solve it.

我非常欣赏这些人。 他们无休止的工作，对村庄的奉献精神令人瞩目。 他们显然是很有同情心的人。 中国加油。

Westerners should take a trip to China , don't listen to corrupt media about china. Salute to Chinese efforts.

China's mantra for poverty alleviation through free quality education, free quality housing, free quality health care, free meals in school, new employment/business opportunities, subsidies-monetary aid where needed, dedicated well trained selfless poverty alleviation officers, continuous monitoring, winning the confidence of the poor villagers is really inspiring. Love from India🇮🇳❤❤❤

My support & respect for President Xi and China increase 10 folds after watching this mini-documentary. Love from England

They say you should visit China to understand China. I say you should learn about the actions of China to understand China.

You can criticize China, condemn CCP, but be fair to these Chinese people who dedicate their time and effort dealing with poverty. That's definitely not an easy job at all. If this is a propaganda from China, I would like to see more, compare to those propaganda that created so much hatred among human.

Beautiful documentary.. thank you. China is doing a good job for its huge population. It's not easy, but they are doing a good job. Lot's of love to the people of China from Finland

Please continue this series, it’s fantastic and full of meaning. great journalism

Salute to the hard-working team for the work they do to elevate poverty in China. So much patience and understanding of the hardship the villages face. This is China.

Great documentary. Western media has lots of voice over China's poverty alleviation, but this film showed that they really worked hard and did tons of things. Keep going, and will stay tuned on this story.

This brings back my memories, I talking about 40yrs ago when I was in China, our village was similar and was very poor then, but today all changed for the better. I'm very very pleased to see the government helping the poor, I'm very proud of the ccp government what they do for the people and not for their own pockets/interest.

Every country has a size of population in poverty not to mention about country like China with 1.4 billion people. However, we need to see what a country is doing to reduce the number. I have faith on China 🇨🇳

Those people weren't Hans. But CCP government care about their development. What about aborigines in Australia. And other part of the world?

Yes these people working as Poverty Alleviation Commissioners are Real Heroes. China is looking after its people. A society is judged on how its cares for its most vulnerable. Chinese culture is focused on being practical, feeding and education its people for a better future. Where as in the West, the focus is Heroes are imaginary in forms of activities of perusing fame. Such sacrifice and the patience to help out local tribe that speaks another language is pure dedication. These Commissioners deserve the countries full respect.

謝謝製作這影片。中國的扶貧計畫與西方國家的社會福利政策不一樣。希望在不久的未來能看到中國人有遠見，踏實的扶貧計畫在世界各地貧窮的鄉鎮實施。向中國所有參與扶貧的工作人員敬禮!! 中國加油。團結!

president xi was in the same spot as those heroes when he was young. some of those current heroes will move on to take on bigger and bigger tasks, all in the name of serving the peoples. this is meritocracy system of china, in contrast to popularity contest democracy system of the west.

This is how people around the world can help poor instead of shouting out democracy or freedom or human right in internet.

patriotism at its best, uplifting living condition of the poorest of the poor,and promoting literacy among your citizen,giving them hope for a bright future,wow,i admire your commitment and dedication to your work.good luck ,you and your govt. is way ahead in crushing poverty.bravo....

Good work on this program and hopefully it will eliminate poverty. It is good for China and it is also good for the world.

Yeah my country good job! Don't afraiding of speaking out our poverty. We will fix it and make it better. ❤

Nadim, the moment when you were in tears, i did too, i feel you. Salute to all the 'soldiers ' fighting for poverty, you are all heroes, you are all 好汉

China is showing how socialism works. We don't have to be afraid of the system, in fact if the west is really democratic as claimed then they should allow more than just one system on this planet. Not just my way or highway hypocrisy. Keep it up China!

I love my motherland, China! China's economic success stems from the relentless efforts of the government and its poverty alleviation heroes. We are not afraid of poverty, but afraid of knowing poverty and not trying to solve it!! I hope everyone in the world can live a happy life and will no longer be distressed for not being able to afford to read book or eat.

For those who say it’s propaganda, would you help the poverty?

I just couldn't think of other words but thanks. If there is God, these officers have earnt the ticket to His havenly home. The Nobel Prize should be given to these many officers. China's poverty alleviation program and the whole policy are definitely worth the world to study and learn.

I am serious crying not just beacuse of the hard life of this people, not just because of the great war on poverty that China is developing, but because of the humanity and empathy of the leading worker Shen Rui. In a lot of Europe countries we have a lot of psychologists, studies, and talkings about how to listen and understand others, about the inability to conect and the need to feel understand...and do NOTHING! Our main policies are the in opposite groud of the findings on how to heel and take care of others to help them be what they can and deserv to be. To hear someone dealing with so extreme conditions and still teaching not to hit the kid, to let him calm down, to want to hear from him what happens, to understand de history of the father... .it is a lesson of humanity! Thank you

Regrettably, BBC/CNN never report this.

I believe Nadim had his eyes opened to not only the level of poverty he encountered , but the serios efforts of his colleagues who HAD to take things seriously and not treat their jobs light heartedly. A muddy shack in rural China may have caused him some consternation, it was clear on his face, but he need only look for the homeless settlements in any city in Europe or America, to see the same destitution. To eradicate poverty anywhere in the world, one has to set one's mind, heart and soul to the task, and to pursue one's goal relentlessly. Bravo China for making the effort.

Very nice and realistic documentary👌.

China u are one great country. Respect

很高心CGTN能拍这样的记录影片，只要我们正视问题，勇于面对，中国人一定会全面脱贫！加油！

every time I feel sad and hopeless, I come to this channel for inspiration and it energize me up.

As an overseas Chinese, would like to thanks the Chinese government, the CCP & all the people involved in the poverty elimination programs. Keep up the good works 👍

The social problems they must work to overcome strongly interest me because of my own background. Children whose parents don't see the value of school except as a place their kids can get food pass on this notion of education being unimportant. Poor attitudes toward education are difficult to overcome for adults, but the children are more pliable. They can learn the true value of education as I had to do as a boy. My father had been an orphan with a younger brother. Both had been taken away into their country's army as boys. He too didn't truly understand how to be a father, although I knew he loved me very much.

I love China ! Governments are basically providing a form of basic income for the poor. That's a wonderful idea !! ♥️♥️

I also live in poverty so I pray for China to be blessed by God.❤️ Whoever is partaking in making this place to get better ,God bless you 🙏

It’s really touching to see young Chinese people working on helping their people to get out of poverty and sickness. Pray that these villagers’ lives will be much better for the future. 🙏

The US can only dream of this.

I used to be almost as poor as this in China. Back then I remember when I was 9 I had to walk 2 hours to school, which didn't feel hard at the time, because most of my other classmates are doing the same thing, so for a long time, I had assumed that the 2 hour walks to school was the norm around the world. Later my village was set to be developed, and my parents got better jobs in China, and I was able to come to Canada for school. When I first came to Canada I was shocked that I only had to walk 5 minutes to school and that almost every major neighborhood had a school, so no one has to walk to school for further than 15minute. The infrastructure also amazed me as we didn't have anything close to that in China. Fast forward 17 years, now everything is in reverse, when I go back to China I am shocked at how fastly superior the infrastructures are there. Everything about China surpassed Canada, except for the air quality of course. China has the best delivery system you will ever find, taking 1 day anywhere around the country. Easiest payment method, which you can actually leave the house with just your cellphone, which is something I still struggle to do in Canada. Now kids in China also does 5-15 minute commute to classes, just like here in the west. I mean as someone who lived in a communist and a democratic society, I can safely say that there is a reason why the CCP is so loved by the Chinese. Just look at India for comparison, similar population, similar starting position in the world, yet China has more than 4 times its GDP. Those who understand anything about politics will know that, you just can not have that level of growth in a democratic society. And the reason for that is because all the parties who try to run for office in a democratic society have their own agenda for how the country should be run, that's why whenever a new party is elected government in the west, fundings for project set by the previous government will most likely be halted because the new government often wants the spend the money elsewhere. This drastically slows down growth.

Truly amazing! Great work

Looking forward to the follow-up! Heartbreaking images and stories but admirable and inspiring at the same time

Well done.👍👍👍

Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary and please do a follow up before the year draw to a close. Much love to everyone regardless of race or religion.

my heart broke when reading that over 770 commissioners died...they are true heroes.

Speechless come on man 200 yuan but Western media will not be interested in such stories of China getting people out of poverty. Pakistan and other countries need to learn a lot from this. Even more respect for the honourable president and the Communist party of China from Lahore Pakistan. I know some may not like this comment but I am only interested in a political system that delivers bottom line results.

So touching... I love to see this type of program, hopeful and full of love. Heroes!

I met a lady from Beijing, she works as a nurse for a governmental flexible medical service for poor villages, they are processing a free heart diseases recovery program, that means all money will be afforded by governments. I asked the reason why she went to there several times, she said the first time, she went to poor village, she saw many children in poverty want to study at school, but their families refused because of lack of money and diseases. She had no way to change the situation, however, once she witnessed a doctor cured an old, the old’s family kneeling. She realized if she can help those in medical need, she can ask them to send their children into school, to receive education. When she doesn’t have enough money, she will go to work in BJ, and then she will return to village. I still don’t have her name, but she is real hidden great in my life.

Very well made documentary which reminded me my voluntary work during summer vacation in Qing Yuan, Guangdong about 17 years ago. It was also a extremely poor town but still a lot better than what we see in this documentary. Respect to all the people working there! 希望多一些这类的纪实片，比秀肌肉和秀经济奇迹的要好得多，也引起大家都共鸣。贫穷不是问题，问题是我们怎么解决它。请多多加油！

That's why we Chinese support CCP.

There was a detail at 28:38, people there are of minority ethnic group YI, and they dont use chopsticks, the government show respect to their habits by teaching them the way to wash hands instead of the use of chopsticks.

Thank you for being so honest and open and so very human.

看哭了，政府真的很好了，对于中国政府我从开始的不满，到现在是完全支持，真的不容易，出国后，有了很多外国朋友，了解到世界的很多事情，才发现祖国真的伟大，回来后，更加珍惜现在的生活，虽然还有很多不足的地方，但我相信，我们国家会度过难关，更加强大！

看个纪录片，居然觉得这个一身黑衣的扶贫专员小哥哥好帅。可能心中笃定有理想和追求还认真做事的男人都很帅吧！

观念问题了，你要是真的到石山区，见过那里的农民搬泥土在山地上垒出一块块适合种植的平台，然后像种花那样一茬一茬的种稻谷，你就会明白扶贫是多伟大的事业

Heartfelt documentary. Much respect to these comrade-in-arms, they are truly a credit to their people.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻salute to the commissioners working hard to help locals alleviate poverty. Salute to The Chinese President and the Government for the love they have towards their own people. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I love China💕💕💕

When the government works to improve villages... Trolls be like: CCP pro-pa-gan-duh

I have so much respect for them. Helping to lift people up from poverty by teaching, sharing and guiding the poor. Hope that the villagers life could be improved and their children have better future ahead.

There should be a follow-up especially on the teenage boy.

This is the power of socialism, were extreme capitalism failed.

Country heroes..respect

The poverty alleviation commissioners are young, passionate, and extremely serious about their work. They take it so seriously that they treat the poor people as their own family members. China is a great nation because majority of us are kind hearted and CCP is a great party that has insight and treats the welfare of every citizen as one of its prioritized goals. I love my country, and the party that is leading the country, CCP. President Xi is doing a great job.

thousands of community workers working in rural areas are the real world superheroes. Salute

Very well presented, interesting documentary. Good to see a foreigner narrating the story.

In my opinion these are the true heroes of our times fighting to eliminate poverty and giving people a chance to improve their life. GOD bless you all. My out most respects to you all. I hope all the world is watching and learning from you.

真实的纪录，扶贫人员真的辛苦了。工作真的很难，有些贫困户是有没有劳动力，有些是没有工作，庄稼收成不好，有些是真的比较懒，各种情况。我朋友就是扶贫干部，还有贫困户找他解决没有老婆的问题，我朋友尴尬的说：我自己还没老婆呢 哈哈

China's effectiveness and rate of speed in lifting people out of poverty is unprecedented. I think American government needs to ask Chinses government for help. American government has been trying to lift out of extreme poverty black people for more than hundreds years. Result is catastrophic failure.

No matter what policy or practices a society decides to follow, removing poverty among the poor is an important factor. Even in democracy, the very poor just cannot participate because of poverty; because when you are Hungary, what is the use of freedom? You can still die of hunger or you would be slowly but steadily rendered incapable to contribute to the society. The minimum requirements to survive especially for the children must be the basis of a caring society.

Right now. I wish I was Chinese. To see that their government cares about their citizens welfare. How they want to be specific on their needs and taking their job very seriously.

This is China, another aspect of China. I am very touched after viewed this video. So glad China can present this side to the world and not just showing how modern of the first tier city. If want to eradicate poverty from the root. It needs to start from education. After one to two generation, makes life getting better. China will be a truly powerful country.

我在四川重庆也参加过精准扶贫，这些经验太有趣了。我同学还去过贵州云南 不过可惜那次我没去

30 years later, is it possible the president of China is someone like Shen rui, the commisioner here. They are grassroot ppl that work their way up, step by step, a life long career with experience. Meritocracy when selected based on the success cases under their care..

In China,thousands of young men devoted to poverty alleviation.They are real heroes.

很高兴祖国的年轻人扎根贫困地区帮助贫困地区的人民，从内心感谢你们，↖(^ω^)↗!

Thx for sharing this. I’m so proud of this folks hard work. Keep it up.

I didn’t know such extreme poverty still exist in China. I myself is Chinese. Thank those people who had been taken responsibility of the entire society for us.

China sure had and still has many "human right issues", but China never stop trying to eliminate poverty at every possible corner of the country. China has been sending thousands of thousands of such poverty commissioners (many were fresh college students) over the years to help the people in the poor regions along with many massive poverty elimination plans. I hope the world would also be willing to acknowledge about that.

Huge respect for these people working there for other people.

Wow. Nothing but my utmost respect to the people doing this job.

A mixed emotion of this story but glad China’s determines to eradicate poverty by the end if this year🙏Just hope these villagers will be get to provide a rain boots for everyone of them🙏A rain boots worn walking on wet & muddy ground, and to protect the wearer from heavy rains & puddles🙏Can’t wait for the 2nd part of their lives, when these villagers got to move out for better homes🙏

I enjoyed this documentary, it was very interesting and positive.

25 years ago when I was a kid, we lived in a poor village where my mom, a 1,55m woman, had to carry water everyday for cooking, washing, cleaning. Every single day. Four of us lived in a room with 10 m2. In 2013, finally we afforded to buy an appartment. Now, our family are having a happy life with sufficient money for house, cars, just like it used to show on TV in Europe or US. I cannot imagin how we have went thru those hard days. My family is just one out of thousands of millions of familes, who have benefit from the Chinas development. Thanks for the good job!

A moving insight into extreme poverty in China. RIP to those commissioners who have passed away during this arduous project. Deep respect to everyone in the Team for the hugely difficult jobs they have... 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

It is really hard work but worth doing.

公知们不会去弄脏他们的鞋子去这种村子写日记

Wow that does seem like it would be a experience. Getting to study first hand poverty alleviation

扶贫专员真的太苦了...

Thank you for that. Jeez we don't know how lucky we are. One has to applaud their Govt for the poverty initiative. .

Powerful. Lots of respect to everyone involved in making this.

Very touching documentary about rural poverty. Also glad to know there are honest young people willing to help. Cant help it when you see city folks rioting,burning public property and vandalising public facilities .

We are all backing the China Government to take these people out of poverty. God bless them and may we pray for them.

Incredible job.... Now I know how Chinese is improving as we speak!

Want to see china as global superpower!!!!