A villager selects the seeds of Astragalus membranaceus, a traditional Chinese herb, known as  huangqi, in Yongxing village, Meichuan town, Minxian county in Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Minxian county, in Northwest China's Gansu province, known as the "village of medicine for a thousand years", is one of the state-level poverty-stricken counties and one of the key poverty-stricken counties in the Liupanshan mountain area. As one of the eight counties in the province that has not yet been lifted out of poverty, Minxian's battle against poverty is ongoing, and the supporting role of the Chinese medicinal materials industry in boosting poverty alleviation of the whole county is becoming increasingly significant.

A worker selects  huangqi in a farmer's cooperative in Chabu town, Minxian county, in Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

A worker conducts preliminary screening on  huangqi in a farmer's cooperative in Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Workers pack  huangqi products in a farmer's cooperative in Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Qiu Fuwen, village head of Dalong village in Chabu town, Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, is seen on Sept 1, 2020 showing  huangqi products that he brought to the China Import and Export Fair. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

A 70-year-old farmer works in a  huangqi field in Meichuan town, Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. He has been growing traditional Chinese medicine for more than 30 years and now earns 70,000 ($10,269) to 80,000 yuan a year. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Farmers work in a  huangqi field in Meichuan town, Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

A worker is seen tending to the production line of  huangqi honey in a workshop of the Yonghui Agricultural Development Co LTD, an East-West poverty alleviation project in Minxian county, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Sept 1, 2020. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]

Wang Jun, from the Export-Import Bank of China, introduces e-commerce sales of Chinese medicinal products to reporters on Sept 1, 2020. He is working as a temporary deputy head of Minxian county in poverty alleviation work. [Photo by Wu Xiaohui/chinadaily.com.cn]