Combo photo shows children walking home on a road after school on May 10, 2019 (upper) and children climbing ladders to go home on a mountain road on July 4, 2012 in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Due to harsh environmental conditions such as the stony desertification and mountainous landform, Dahua County in Guangxi has long been a less developed area. In recent years, local government carried out many measures for the poverty alleviation work. The government helped local people build roads, repair houses and improve education. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)