This combo photo shows old houses (up, March 18, 2019) and new houses at a resettlement site (March 20, 2019) in Darya Boyi Town of Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

　　Residents chat at their new house in Yecheng County of Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2019. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

　　Aerial photo taken on Aug. 19 shows a resettlement site in Yecheng County in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

　　Ilimnur Eztihumer (L) and brother and sister play a guitar at their new house in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2019. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

　　Aerial photo taken on Aug. 23, 2019 shows a resettlement site in Qiemo County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

　　A student practices dancing at home in Togragaz Township of Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2019. To fulfill the mission of eradicating absolute poverty by 2020, Xinjiang has been helping impoverished farmers and herders move from mountainous regions and desert hinterland to resettle in plains and oases. As of the end of 2018, a total of 140,000 poverty-stricken people in the region were relocated. Another 21,000 people will be relocated in 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)