Atuleer village in Sichuan province's Liangshan prefecture, also known as "cliff village", drew widespread attention four years ago when a newspaper published photos of students going to class by scaling a patchwork of mountainside rattan ladders stretching 800 meters.
Mu Wenjun, a young village cadre on poverty relief for Dulongjiang township's Kongdang village of Southwest China's Yunnan province, said there were more difficulties than he expected when it came to the work in the village.