Jing Fengying, 57, and her husband are parents to four youngsters at a home for orphans (孤儿) and abandoned (被遗弃的) children in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region (内蒙古自治区). "I have worked here for 10 years," Jing said.
In January 2014, when President Xi Jinping visited the "homes", he spoke highly of the "families" for the children.
Jing has been a mother to more than 20 children in total. "Almost 98 percent of the children in this organization are either physically or mentally challenged. So we have to care for them with a lot of attention and patience," she said.
Besides raising the children, the organization takes care of their education and medical treatment. It also helps its children find places to work when they are over 18 years old.
The government has worked hard to improve the livelihood (民生) of its people in recent years. Following Xi's instructions to not rest until the people's problems aresolved, the local government has made a lot of effort on poverty alleviation (扶贫) and medical services. Since 2013, the local government has lifted 1. 41 million people out of poverty. And the region promising to help another 153,000 poor people to shake off poverty by 2020.
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