
Guangxi has an average income of around 44,000 yuan (less than USD7,000) per person – just one quarter of those in Beijing and Shanghai – and yet it is home to an ethnic minority population of more than 20 million, and has a culture that is simply priceless.
Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, and Mulam minorities make up nearly a third of the region’s population and maintain centuries-old traditions that are increasingly at risk as young people leave their village homes behind for career opportunities in big cities.
To support the central government’s policies of poverty alleviation and cultural preservation, CLP China launched The Green Cedar Project in 2019 to safeguard the rich heritage of the rural region in southern China.
The project includes programmes to raise standards of living, improve facilities, and help the Miao and Yao minorities preserve their culture while giving them work skills that ensure sustainable incomes.