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- Gov't aims for 3 mln Chinese to escape poverty in 2007
Date: 26-Jan-2007 Sources: (Xinhua Online)
The Chinese government has pledged to cut the number of people in absolute poverty in rural areas by three million this year, a senior poverty relief official said here on Thursday.
The number of the poor earning less then 85 U.S. dollars a year, the government poverty line, has fallen by more than 100 million to 23.65 million since the government launched its campaign against rural poverty in 1986.
The government would increase investment and help the creation of more rural businesses, providing new jobs, said Liu Jian, director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.
The work plan for 2007 also included professional training for one million poor farmers and lifting at least 20,000 villages out of poverty.
The government would improve management of the poverty alleviation fund and crack down on misappropriation to ensure it was properly spent, Liu said.
The government channeled 13.4 billion yuan (1.7 billion U.S. dollars) into poverty alleviation last year, and the amount will increase further.
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