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20:29, 31-May-2018
China vows to lift 30 mln out of poverty in 3 years
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The Communist Party of China (CPC) has vowed to lift the country's remaining 30 million poor residents in rural areas out of poverty within three years, according to a statement by the Political Bureau of the Party's Central Committee.
The Political Bureau held a meeting on Thursday to review a plan on rural vitalization from 2018 to 2022 and a guideline on the battle against poverty over the next three years. The meeting was presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
China has pledged to eradicate poverty and complete the building of a "moderately prosperous society in all respects" by 2020. To achieve this goal, the country has identified "reducing poverty" as one of its "three tough battles," alongside "preventing financial risks" and "tackling pollution."
Children in a mountainous village in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /Xinhua Photo
Children in a mountainous village in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /Xinhua Photo
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China's poverty threshold is about 3,000 yuan (468 US dollars) in terms of annual net income of rural residents. Between the end of 2012 and the end of 2017, China lifted a total of 68.53 million rural people out of poverty, with the poverty rate falling from 10.2 percent to 3.1 percent, data of the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
There were still 30.46 million rural people living below the national poverty line at the end of 2017.
Top CPC leaders agreed at the meeting that more efforts should be made to win the battle against poverty and ensure all poor regions and poor residents enter the "moderately prosperous society in all respects" by 2020, laying a solid foundation for rural vitalization.
The rape flowers in Wuxing Village of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 9, 2018. Rural tourism has been stressed as a crucial part of China's rural vitalization strategy. /Xinhua Photo
The rape flowers in Wuxing Village of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 9, 2018. Rural tourism has been stressed as a crucial part of China's rural vitalization strategy. /Xinhua Photo
The rural vitalization strategy is part of China's efforts to develop a modernized economy amid the economy's transition from a phase of rapid growth to one of high-quality development, according to Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress last October.
China will therefore promote integrated urban-rural development and build rural areas with thriving businesses, pleasant living environments, social etiquette and civility, effective governance and prosperity.
(Top photo: Xi Jinping visits Yangling Village of Dawan Town in Guyuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 18, 2016. /Xinhua Photo)
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