ON THE EXPLORATION OF RESETTLEMENTS IN HILLY LIMESTONE AREA OF SOUTHWEST CHINA
我国西南石灰岩山区异地移民开发初探

Inhabited by ethnic groups of Zhuangs,Miaos,Buyis,Dongs and Yis,the four provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan in Southwest China are rich in different varieties of resources and possess great potential for economic development.However,as a result of ext sive distribution of karst landforms exposed to bare rocks,tack of transportation facilities and long-term imhomogeneous human activities,the region's mountain eec-environment has been deteriorated and economic development constrained.It was designated as a key poverty stricken area by Chinese Government in"the eight-seventh" poverty-relief programme and poverty alleviation has become a urgent task to fulfil.The purpose of the task is to solve the problem of the shortage of food and clothing for local people as well as economic development.