Scenic spot: Tao Zhengxue has cashed in on the beauty of Shepeng Village by developing resorts, hot springs and other eco-tourism facilities.
FEW school dropouts can say they have changed the lives of over 50,000 people. Businessman Tao Zhengxue, 55, has done exactly that by bringing development to the villages on Niangniang Mountain in the southwestern Guizhou province.
His biggest achievement was to spearhead the rural area’s transformation into an eco-tourism park. He also opened up land for fruit farming, thus leading the villagers out of poverty.
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