Editor's Note: To celebrate the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of China, we are launching the "100 CPC Stories in 100 Days" series, featuring foreigners who witnessed and participated in the CPC's history and helped the world better understand the CPC. The following is the 96th story of the series.

Deep in the Wuling Mountains in northwestern of Central China's Hunan Province lies many beautiful and unique villages of Tujia and Miao ethnic groups.

Featuring Wuyuan-style rural architecture, terraced farmland and boundless green fields, these villages are truly a feast for the eyes. Shibadong is an epitome of them.

Once poverty-stricken, Shibadong is now known for its success in shaking off poverty.

Guided by the concept of "targeted poverty alleviation" by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, this once impoverished remote village has realized moderate prosperity with a beautiful environment and better-off life for the people.