YINCHUAN, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Xihaigu, one of China's most impoverished areas located in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Monday saw its last impoverished county removed from the national poverty list.
The victory is another landmark in China's campaign to eradicate absolute poverty by the end of 2020, as the area used to be plagued by grinding poverty.
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