The small village of Sangthak in the Tibet autonomous region has gravitated to a few key industries to take advantage of its local conditions and lift itself out of poverty.

In recent years, 30 households and 147 people of the village have got involved with pomegranate plantations, guesthouses and fungus plantations with the support of the local government.

Located in the lower reaches of the Nujiang River and bordering Yunnan province in the south, Sangthak is mostly populated by the Nu ethnic group.