Sichuan achieves great development over last decade

Sichuan has tried its utmost to win the battle against poverty. Its 11,501 impoverished villages and 88 poor counties have all recovered from poverty. In the past 10 years, more than 65 percent of the provincial finance's expenditure has found its way to improving people's livelihood, and the average life expectancy of Sichuan people increased from 75.2 years in 2012 to 77.9 years in 2021, he said.

Sichuan has attached great importance to the revitalization and development of the old revolutionary areas in the province and those with large ethnic minority populations, according to Sichuan governor Huang Qiang.

The Dadu River Bridge of the Ya'an-Kangding Expressway in Luding County, known as the first bridge between Sichuan and the Tibet autonomous region, was completed in 2018.

The bridge has opened up a major link from the inner region into Tibet's inhabited areas, Huang said.