URUMQI, June 2 -- Tajinisa looks forward to attending an upcoming family day at her daughter's company.
When her daughter Goharnisa was recruited by a nearby food processing company in 2017, it marked a milestone in the family's struggle to get out of poverty.
"Thanks to her job, we now have a well-decorated house and fresh lamb in our fridge ready to be eaten," said Tajinisa. "I can't wait to see where she works."
The family live in a remote village in Hotan County, a poor area of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Goharnisa works as a team leader, managing workers who sort dates and nuts.
"Our Xinjiang specialty products are sold across the country, including Beijing and Shanghai, which makes me feel connected to those big cities," she said.
Her monthly salary is 4,300 yuan (630 U.S. dollars), 1,300 yuan more than the annual income of the entire family of five before 2017.
China has been intensifying efforts to assist poor rural residents, including those of the country's ethnic minority groups.
According to a white paper issued by the State Council Information Office Thursday, by the end of 2016, less than 10 percent of Xinjiang's population live in poverty.
The number of people registered as living below the poverty line in the region had dropped from 2.61 million in 2013 to 1.22 million by the end of 2016.
The region has vowed to take part in the national effort to lift all Chinese out of poverty by 2020.
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