Li Jiheng (second from right), secretary of Inner Mongolia Party Committee, inspects a herbal planting base in Siziwang Banner, Ulaanqab (Ulanqab), Inner Mongolia autonomous region on May 15. Li stressed that the local government should put more cohesive efforts in combating poverty, developing industrial development and infrastructure construction, and constantly enhance the ability of poor areas to self-develop so that poverty alleviation becomes more stable and sustainable. [Photo/nmgnews.com.cn]