Azheke it's a small village on China's southwestern border.
阿者科村是中国西南边境线上的一个小村庄。
Due to its remote location, until 2018, Azheke was extremely poor: per capita annual income was only 420 US dollars.
由于地处偏远,直到2018年,阿者科村都是深度贫困村:人均年收入只有420美元。
Half of its able-bodied population had moved away.
一半的青壮年都离开了村子。
In 2018, experts from Sun Yat-sen University proposed the Azheke Plan to develop local tourism.
2018年,中山大学的专家提出了发展当地旅游业的“阿者科计划”。
A year after the Azheke Plan's launch, the village was declared out of poverty, but to make its development sustainable, Azheke needed professionals to run its tourism business.
阿者科计划启动一年后,该村宣布脱贫,但为了实现其可持续发展,阿者科需要专业人士来管理其旅游业务。
Ma Youde was the first college graduate to return.
马友德是第一个毕业后回村的大学生。
He now manages a B&B and has also developed a series of folk culture related activities.
他现在经营着一家民宿酒店,还组织了一系列与民俗文化相关的活动。