Villagers chat about daily life at Menggen Village of Jiujing Township in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 4, 2018. Focusing on targeted poverty alleviation and promotion of local economic and social development, Lancang has received and invested 6.532 billion yuan (about 950 million U.S. dollars) to advance agricultural and tourism industries from 2015 to September of 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Ruiqi)