Locals get rid of poverty by mulberry plantation program in Shaanxi

Workers pick silkworm cocoons at a silk company in Shiquan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2018. Over 10,000 households in Shiquan joined the mulberry plantation program and planted nearly 4,867 hectares of mulberry trees. 2,118 impoverished households shook off poverty through the program. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)