The headquarters of China FAW Group Corporation in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

China FAW Group Corporation was named one of the National Advanced Groups for Poverty Alleviation at a commendation ceremony held in Beijing on Feb 25, according to local media reports.

Since 2002, FAW Group has undertaken designated poverty alleviation work in five counties and cities, including Zhenlai county and Helong city in Jilin province, Fengshan county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and Zuogong and Mangkang counties in Tibet autonomous region.

Over the past 19 years, the FAW Group has invested a total of 1.56 billion yuan ($241 million) in poverty alleviation funds and implemented more than 400 characteristic projects, benefiting more than 100,000 people in poverty.

In the process of poverty alleviation, the FAW Group continues to promote infrastructure construction. It launches "FAW town" construction, relocations and other projects, and strives to build beautiful and livable villages.

Since 2016, the company has invested a total of 112 million yuan in the construction of 11 distinctive FAW towns, benefiting more than 8,000 poor people.

Jiaqi village in Zhenlai county, which was assisted by FAW Group, has been successively identified as a demonstration village for new rural construction at the provincial and municipal levels, and as a "national civilized village".

In 2019, Fengshan county in Guangxi was named Guangxi Ecological County.

Since 2016, the company has invested a total of 96.34 million yuan to carry out more than 20 industrial poverty alleviation projects.

As of the end of 2019, the per capita net income of poverty-stricken households in all counties had exceeded 10,000 yuan.

In addition, since the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), FAW Group has invested 31.26 million yuan in education poverty alleviation funds in counterpart assistance areas, launched a number of dream-realizing programs such as FAW Hope Primary School, and helped more than 4,500 poor students.