Pingnan is promoting a microcredit finance scheme to reduce poverty, and its efforts are helping poor farmers increase their average revenues by 3000 yuan ($483), Ningde Net reported on March 6.
Pingnan leaders visited Jitou, a national historical and cultural village in the county, and allocated a total of 4 million yuan ($643,600) to fund the construction of its infrastructure.
The sixth batch of China's Historical and Cultural Counties (Villages) was recently announced by the Housing and Urban-rural Development Department and the National Antiques Bureau.
