Yan Binquan (2nd L), 37, secretary of Party branch of Xingsheng Village, visits the poverty-stricken familiers in Xingsheng Village in Xihaigu region, which was declared "uninhabitable" for humans by UN experts in 1982, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Aug. 16, 2016. Yan, a Communist Party of China (CPC) member accredited to the village as the party secretary in 2014, has helped a total of 134 households lift out of poverty. Besides Yan Binquanbin, a good number of cadres were sent to high-poverty villages in Xihaigu to take the lead in poverty alleviation efforts. The CPC has more than 88 million members across the country. The Party members play an important role in the various walks of life. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
