The sex ratio in the 35-39 and older age groups among the Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia was over 110, while that of the 65 plus age group was as high as 138. In other places, such as the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Xinjiang and the Jingyuan County in Ningxia, the sex ratio of the old people was also high.
Yongning county is only 12.9 percent Hui, a relatively small minority in contrast to neighboring Lingwu county in the southeast, which is 47 percent Hui, and southern Jingyuan county, which is 97 percent Hui (the highest concentration of Hui in one county in China, see Map 2).
A resident of Lizhuang village, Liupanshan town, Jingyuan county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region named Liu Fangying sews handbags at a factory that was established for poverty alleviation purposes in Shizi village known as Quanxiang on March 18, 2020. She commutes to work because she does not live nearby and usually packs a lunch to save time.
