Lu Shunmin，was born in 1965 in Hequ， Shanxi Province. Now he works with Shanxi Literature Monthly. He has published prose collections such as The Ancient Ferry at the Yellow River， Seeing 84 Martyrs Home， Farmers in the World， and long biographies Pan Jiazheng and Zhu Bofang in addition to the reportages including Pathway to Prosperity： Poverty Alleviation Stories in Shanxi Province and Zhaojiawa： The Disappearance and Rebirth of a Village. He has won Zhao Shuli Literature Award， Bing Xin Prose Award， and Ordos Literature Award of Chinese Writers， etc.
　　
　　Yang Yao，was born in 1975 in Dai County， Shanxi Province. Now he works with Shanxi Writers Association. He has published novels such as My Second Younger Brother s Blockhouse， The Hardened Knife， The Passing of the Village， The Fleeting Years， The Shining Railway Track， and The So[t Light of Buddha. He has won Zhao Shuli Literature Award， October Literature Award， Shanghai Literature Award， Shanxi Literature Award， Yellow River Novel Award， and Annual Pure Novel Gold Award， etc.
　　
　　Chen Kehai，was born in 1982 in Xuan'en， Hubei Province. Now he works with Shanxi Literature Monthly. He has published a collection of novels， such as Innocent Life， Moral Animal， Almost Spring， and The Footrest Box. He has won Zhao Shuli Literature Award， Mangyuan Literature Award and The First Tujia Literature Award.

　　《掷地有声：从山西看中国脱贫攻坚（英文）》：
　　The old man had a wrinkled face， thick eyebrows， a straight nose， big eyes， a wide mouth， and a strong and muscular body. He's symbolic of the old men who spend their lives along the Yellow River. At the First glance， he's exactly from the paintings of the renowned artist Liu Wenxi. Such men were dubbed "Shaanxi-Gansu Big Fellow" by local people. The man went stfaight toward the party secretary and sat down beside him to talk business. He came to help his fellow villagers to apply for subsistence allowance， but he didn't know which department to go to， so he came directly to the party secretary's office.
　　Secretary Wang smiled helplessly. The man is old enough to be his grandfather. He must help him. He told us that it's common in his daily work.
　　When the party secretary saw us off， he told us that Heiyukou is one of the 20 beautiful villages to be developed in the Xing County. A tourism belt along the Yellow River shall be developed to Fight against poverty. He suggested we should pay a visit to Heiyukou.
　　At the midstream of the Yellow River， the river fall is over 800 meters. The turbulent river made it difficult for ships to dock， and thus unsuitable for navigation. The Yellow River flows into Shanxi Province from Laoniuwan of Pianguan County， admitting 70-plus tributaries from both sides of Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge. In the process， a lot of sands and rocks are carried into the main stream， elevating the riverbed and leading to a relatively gentle water flow in the upstream. Almost all the ancient ferries in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces were located at the intersection of the tributaries and the main stream.
　　Shanxi Province is home to a host of ancient ferries. Among the important ones from south to north are Pianguan County's Laoniuwan
　　Fefry where the Hongshi River converges into the Yellow Rivef， Pianguan County's Guanhekou Ferry in Pianguan County where the Guan River flows into the Yellow River， Hequ County's Xunzhen Ferry where Demashui converges into the Yellow River， Baode County's Dongguan Ferry where Zhujiachuan runs into the Yellow River， Xing County's Peijiachuankou Ferry where Lanyi River flows into the Yellow River， Dexing County's Heiyukou Ferry where the Weifen River converges into the Yellow River， Lin County's Qikou Ferry where the Qiushui River flows into the Yellow River， and Liulin County's Sanjiao Ferry where Quchan River converges into the Yellow River. All the rivers run into the Yellow River for different purposes. There's more to these ancient ferries than ingenious design in geography It's believed that the mountains and the rivefS cooperate to provide another means of life for the people on this barren land.
　　Take Heiyukou Ferry for example. The ferry connecting Shanxi Province with Shaanxi Province served the purpose of warehousing and transshipment. To the west， Heiyukou Ferry links with Shenmu and Yulin in Shaanxi Province， extending all the way to the northwestern China. To the east，it goes over Shaotan （coal-burning） Mountain and Jiehekou Township to connect with Datong and T2uyuan. It's an important distributing center of goods from western and eastern China. The local miscellaneous grains， red dates， and Shanxi merchants' tea， cigarette and silk were shipped from here to the west， while the grain and oil from Suimeng Region （in Inner Mongolia） were shipped along the river to the ferry to be transferred. Therefore， an outpost of the tax office was set up at Heiyukou， guarded by fortifications and turrets stationed with military guards. Shanxi Province's fiscal statistics in 1919 showed that the tax revenue of Heiyukou was higher than that from any other tax office in the province.
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Introduction

Chapter 1 "Precision" as the Key Word
From "Flood irrigation" to "Drip Irrigation"
The Woman Addressed as "Elder Sister" by General Secretary
From "Blood Transfusion" to "Hematopoiesis"
The "Red" Land

Chapter 2 At the Forefront of Anti-Poverty Fight
The Officials Meeting in a Freezing Night
The Official like a "Flying Pigeon"
The Daughter from the Big Mountain
The Symposium Attended by the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee
Liang Bao， "The Luliang Man"
Secretaries of "Honesty" and "Benevolence"

Chapter 3 New "Fields of Hope"
Like a Spray of Pear Blossoms in Spring Rain
Pastoral Song in the Mountain
The Rooftop "Bank"

Chapter 4 Green Waves on the Loess Plateau
Unveil the Mystery of Nangeduo Village
"Jujube Spirit"
Perseverant and Unremitting Efforts

Chapter 5 In and Out of Mountains
"Earn Money to Buy a Laptop for My Daughter"
"The Nursing Industry"
The Return of the Tailor
International Brands from the Mount2uns

Chapter 6 Help the Poor and the Needy，
Poor Households Afflicted by Diseases of the Rich
The Maximum Guarantee
A Hospital on the Motorcycle

Chapter 7 Education Is a Long and Arduous Process
A Different Kind of Poverty
Not-So-Simple Expenses
Great Schools inside the Mountains
Twinning and Support
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Chapter 8 "New Farming Too"
Chapter 9 Send Away Poverty and Welcome Prosperity

Afterword