Qinggang—Ten Years on

On entering Qinggang, a catchy slogan by the road came into sight, saying ‘precise poverty alleviation to initiate motivity; three-year decisive battle for moderate prosperity ahead of schedule’ (精准扶贫, 激发内生动力; 决战三年, 提前奔向小康.). While the first author still could not remove out of the mind the image of Qinggang in 2006, a question came up immediately: is it still the county in poverty as ten years ago?