Premier Li pledges to wage a war against poverty
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China will wage a war against poverty with a stronger determination to prevent it from afflicting future generations, Premier Li Keqiang has said.
China will evacuate people living in inhospitable areas and nurture small towns where relocated villagers can enjoy the same public services as city swellers, Li said during a tour of deprived regions in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.
China will also speed up development of transportation infrastructure, especially railways, in central and western regions, he said.
The country will separate poverty alleviation between central and local governments, with local government carrying the burden of training, ensuring basic living standards and seeking solutions to increase people’s wealth, the premier said.
In Beijing, an official said yesterday that China plans to cut the number of counties eligible for state poverty relief.
There are 832 counties that receive relief and preferential policies, said Wang Guoliang, deputy director of the State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development.
The list was first introduced in 1986, when 331 counties were on it, Wang said.
Rural people with an annual net income per capita of 2,038 yuan (US$337) or less are classified as poor under the poverty standard adopted in 2011, up from the 1,274 yuan used previously.
But China’s poverty line, which is equivalent to less than US$1 a day, is still lower than the World Bank poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
The number of people suffering from poverty in rural areas stood at 98.99 million at the end of 2012, down 23.39 million from 2011, the office said.
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