Aerial photo taken on May 22, 2020 shows the affordable housing at the Kuotandun Village in Shache County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

In a historic feat, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has bidden farewell to absolute poverty.

URUMQI, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The last 10 impoverished counties in Xinjiang have managed to end absolute poverty, the regional government announced Saturday.

The 10 counties, including Shache County, Moyu County and Akto County, are no longer impoverished counties by official standards, the local government said in an online statement.

All the 10 counties are in southern Xinjiang, where the country's largest desert is located. Local people used to have limited access to stable income and public services due to the harsh natural environment and poor infrastructure.

A worker is busy at a garment factory in Boyila Village of Shache County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 23, 2020. The garment factory has provided job opportunities for more than 100 local villagers. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A villager makes nang, a local flatbread, in Akesalayi Township of Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

A villager is busy at the mushroom packaging workshop of a mushroom company in Sayibage Township of Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 23, 2020 shows a donkey breeding center in Mukuila Township of Pishan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A villager rides past his house in Akesalayi Township of Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Villagers make brooms at a broom-making center in Akesalayi Township of Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

A villager from an impoverished household checks the health conditions of pigeons at a pigeon breeding company in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

A volunteer teacher gives a lesson to grade four students at a primary school in Tawakule County of Hotan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Two graduates from local vocational high school pack the dried fruit for delivery sales at an e-business industrial park in Lop County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

A villager feeds donkeys at a donkey breeding base in Pishan County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

A resident visits his new home at a relocation site in Yecheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2019. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Workers make carpets at a plant in Lop County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 2, 2020. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Workers make nang, a local flatbread, at a poverty alleviation base in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2019. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Staff work on the production line at a digital electronic industrial park of Qira Tianjin industrial park in Qira County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 4, 2020. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Students read books at a middle school in Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 25, 2020. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2020 shows a water supply plant in Qira County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In a historic feat, China's Xinjiang has bidden farewell to absolute poverty. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)