Located in a small county below the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province, 80% of the people in this county are poor. This county was also affected by the Wenchuan earthquake, and then on August 8, 20 10, natural disasters such as floods and landslides in this county made these people very poor.

Poverty-stricken areas in China refer to places where the per capita consumption in some areas of China has not reached the national average, mainly concentrated in the central region, western mountainous areas, southwest regions and northeast regions.