(WANG PENG)

Suo Qian, a migrant from a village in the mountainous areas of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to Jinling Village in Lingwu City, works for a textile company in the village and earns over 1,000 yuan ($160.52) a month.

 Since the end of 2010, the region has begun to see the migration of mountainous residents from the central and southern parts of Ningxia. To date, over 121,000 have moved out to start a new life.