Yan'an, iconic revolutionary base, bids adieu to poverty with government assistance
Career launched
Yang Yufan saw no future until he was enrolled in a four-month vocational training course as a sailor at the college. After graduation, he got a job on a cargo ship in Southeast Asia.
Now, his monthly salary is $1,200. He paid off his parents' debts and built a two-story house in his hometown.
"Sailors trained at the college are very popular with employers," said Yang Yancun, department head of the shipping engineering program at the school.
The city government has also cut tuition to attract more people from poor households, Yang said.
Yan'an will continue to help the remaining impoverished people shake off poverty and will strive to achieve a moderately prosperous society in all respects with the rest of the country by 2020, said Xu Xinrong, the city's Party chief.
Xinhua
