Craftspeople in rural China contributing their share in rural revitalization

Photo taken on January 9, 2023 shows Gu Guoqiang, a young craftsman from southwest China's Chongqing, putting together "A Phoenix Leading Nine Nestlings", a filigree inlay artwork.(Xinhua)

Photo taken on January 9, 2023 shows a ceramic craftsperson painting on a ceramic work in Dianlu Village, Balidian, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province.(Xinhua)

Photo taken on January 9, 2023 shows Li Tieji, a craftsperson from Luxi County, central China's Hunan Province, presenting his artwork of Miao traditional paper-cutting.(Xinhua)

Photo taken on January 9, 2023 shows villagers at the poverty alleviation relocation site in the Miao Ethnicity Xianghuawu Village of Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Shi Kaixin/Guangming Picture)

At the previously held Central Conference on Rural Work, President Xi Jinping underlined the importance of cultivating local talents in rural areas. Prior to this, China's National Rural Revitalization Administration and its Ministry of Education, along with 6 other departments, jointly published a paper on tapping into the potential of rural craftspeople, thus providing talent to facilitate comprehensive rural revitalization.