Increase in funds to tackle poverty
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November 17, 2011, Thursday
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AN official in charge of China's poverty reduction efforts said yesterday that the government would be investing more money over the next 10 years in anti-poverty programs.
Fan Xiaojian, head of the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development under the State Council, was speaking after the release of a white paper on poverty reduction.
By 2020, the government will realize its goal of providing adequate food and clothing for poverty-stricken people while ensuring their access to compulsory education, basic medical services and housing, Fan said, without giving specific details regarding the government's goals.
According to a white paper issued by the State Council Information Office, China's poverty-stricken rural population fell from 94.22 million at the end of 2000 to 26.88 million at the end of 2010.
The government considers those who earn less than 1,274 yuan (US$201) a year to be impoverished. The standard applied in 2000 was 865 yuan annual income.
"The Chinese government has always made poverty reduction an important goal and task of national development ... and worked hard to enable all the people to enjoy the fruits of economic and social development," the white paper says.
About two-thirds of China's currently impoverished population previously managed to rise above the national poverty line but sank back down again due to a fragile economic foundation, Fan said.
He said he was particularly worried about widening gaps between urban and rural areas, between different regions and between rich and poor.
The average per capita income of China's urban residents was 3.23 times that of rural residents last year, he said.
The government is aware that deep-seated obstacles hindering the development of China's poverty-stricken areas still exist, particularly in undeveloped regions that are difficult to access, Fan said.
"What we are facing is an arduous task," he added.
The government sees laborers living below the poverty line as its primary target for poverty relief efforts over the next 10 years, Fan said.
In the meantime, the government will focus on poverty reduction in mountainous areas in the western provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as well as the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China's spending on poverty reduction rose from 12.75 billion yuan in 2001 to 34.93 billion yuan in 2010, representing an average annual growth rate of 11.9 percent, with total investment reaching 204.38 billion yuan over the past decade, according to the white paper.
Fan Xiaojian, head of the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development under the State Council, was speaking after the release of a white paper on poverty reduction.
By 2020, the government will realize its goal of providing adequate food and clothing for poverty-stricken people while ensuring their access to compulsory education, basic medical services and housing, Fan said, without giving specific details regarding the government's goals.
According to a white paper issued by the State Council Information Office, China's poverty-stricken rural population fell from 94.22 million at the end of 2000 to 26.88 million at the end of 2010.
The government considers those who earn less than 1,274 yuan (US$201) a year to be impoverished. The standard applied in 2000 was 865 yuan annual income.
"The Chinese government has always made poverty reduction an important goal and task of national development ... and worked hard to enable all the people to enjoy the fruits of economic and social development," the white paper says.
About two-thirds of China's currently impoverished population previously managed to rise above the national poverty line but sank back down again due to a fragile economic foundation, Fan said.
He said he was particularly worried about widening gaps between urban and rural areas, between different regions and between rich and poor.
The average per capita income of China's urban residents was 3.23 times that of rural residents last year, he said.
The government is aware that deep-seated obstacles hindering the development of China's poverty-stricken areas still exist, particularly in undeveloped regions that are difficult to access, Fan said.
"What we are facing is an arduous task," he added.
The government sees laborers living below the poverty line as its primary target for poverty relief efforts over the next 10 years, Fan said.
In the meantime, the government will focus on poverty reduction in mountainous areas in the western provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as well as the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China's spending on poverty reduction rose from 12.75 billion yuan in 2001 to 34.93 billion yuan in 2010, representing an average annual growth rate of 11.9 percent, with total investment reaching 204.38 billion yuan over the past decade, according to the white paper.
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