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December 25, 2020

Nearly 300,000 Chinese sci-tech experts serve poverty alleviation

China has sent nearly 300,000 sci-tech experts to rural areas in poverty alleviation efforts, a Chinese official said Wednesday.
December 24, 2020

Sci-tech helps China to win the battle against poverty

Technology has played a major role in China's poverty alleviation. The country has invested more than 20 billion yuan and carried out 37,600 sci-tech programs to support impoverished areas in the past eight years.
December 24, 2020

Science and technology assist in poverty alleviation

Science and technology departments across the country have invested more than 20 billion yuan (US$3.06 billion) in impoverished areas since 2012, strongly boosting local industries involved in poverty alleviation, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
December 24, 2020

Rural tourism helps Chinese villages embrace prosperity

Rural tourism in China is becoming an increasingly important industry in the country's fight against poverty, an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Wednesday.
December 23, 2020

Intangible cultural heritage boosts China's poverty relief

Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has been given a great role in China's poverty-relief campaign, said an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.
December 23, 2020

SCIO holds press briefing on poverty alleviation through culture and tourism
December 23, 2020

White paper details transport's role in fight against poverty

As a vital step in battling poverty, China's government has channeled enormous resources into improving the nation's transportation network with the help of the latest technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence, according to a government white paper released on Tuesday.
December 17, 2020

SCIO holds briefing on poverty alleviation through rural business development

The State Council Information Office (SCIO) held a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday on poverty alleviation through rural business development.
December 17, 2020

More support for industry in rural areas

More support will be given to the development of industries to promote the rejuvenation of China's rural areas and shore up the achievements of the country's poverty alleviation campaign, a senior agricultural official said on Wednesday.
December 16, 2020

Per capita net income of poor households nearly triples in 5 years

Policies on poverty alleviation through rural business development have benefited 98% of poor households in China, increasing their income from 3,416 yuan in 2015 to 9,808 yuan in 2019.
December 16, 2020

China reduces poverty through rural business development

China has helped impoverished households to shake off poverty via developing distinctive industries. Over 300,000 industrial bases have been built and every impoverished county has cultivated two to three pillar industries with local features.
December 16, 2020

SCIO holds briefing on natural resource policies for alleviating poverty
December 16, 2020

Geological surveys play significant role in poverty alleviation

Geological surveys have made significant contributions to China's poverty alleviation work with creative measures being taken in recent years, officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday.
December 14, 2020

Targeted poverty alleviation enables the disabled to pursue dreams

China's targeted poverty alleviation efforts have played an effective role in helping its disabled people out of poverty, with supportive measures covering almost all of the 85 million people with disabilities.
December 11, 2020

Representatives of persons with disabilities meet press to speak on poverty reduction

The State Council Information Office invited exemplary persons with disabilities and officials working in the field to meet journalists in Beijing on Friday. The speakers spoke on poverty reduction for disabled people and answered questions.
December 11, 2020

China expected to lift all disabled people in rural areas out of poverty
December 8, 2020

Yunnan eradicates poverty

Southwestern China's Yunnan province has eradicated poverty throughout its rural areas, with its 88 impoverished counties and 8,502 villages taken off the poverty list.
December 8, 2020

China's Yunnan promotes transfer of labor in poverty alleviation

More than 3.18 million laborers have left southwest China's Yunnan province to work in other regions, a poverty-reduction move supported by the government.
December 8, 2020

Yunnan shakes off poverty
December 4, 2020

China resettles 9.6M people in poverty alleviation campaign

China relocated nearly 10 million poor people from inhospitable areas from 2016 to 2020, a feat in both human migration and global poverty reduction efforts, according to an official at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing Thursday.
December 4, 2020

Official touts endeavors to relocate poor

A total of 9.6 million Chinese people were relocated to better homes under the Chinese government's poverty-reduction campaign during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, a senior official said on Thursday.
December 3, 2020

China committed to preventing reoccurrence of poverty

China is committed to unremitting efforts in winning the battle against poverty and preventing the reoccurrence of poverty, an official said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing on Dec. 2.
December 3, 2020

China builds mechanism to prevent people from falling back into poverty

China will step up efforts to consolidate the gains made in the battle against poverty, including building and implementing a monitoring and assistance mechanism nationwide to prevent people from falling back into poverty, according to an SCIO press briefing Wednesday.
December 3, 2020

China looks to prevent return to poverty woes

With China in the final stretch of a nationwide poverty-relief campaign, it has beefed up surveying and assistance measures to guarantee that people who have just got out of poverty stay above the nation's poverty line, a senior official said on Wednesday.
December 3, 2020

Efforts on to sustain win over poverty

China will ensure adequate fiscal funds and sustain supportive measures to boost poverty alleviation achievements in the country before moving onto rural revitalization goals, senior officials said on Wednesday.
December 3, 2020

Preferential tax policies aid China's poverty alleviation efforts

China has implemented preferential tax policies to support poverty alleviation and has achieved fruitful results, the State Taxation Administration said Wednesday.
December 2, 2020

Office steps up efforts to prevent people falling back into poverty

The State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development has vowed to ramp up efforts to monitor people struggling to stay above the country's poverty line as China enters the final stretch of its poverty relief campaign.
December 2, 2020

China hits all ecological poverty relief targets

China has completed all the targets and tasks for ecological poverty relief and lifted over 20 million people out of poverty in this endeavor, officials said at an SCIO press conference on Tuesday.
December 2, 2020

Green industries play role in poverty reduction drive

More than 20 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past five years thanks to environmental protection efforts and the development of green industries, officials from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration revealed on Tuesday.
December 2, 2020

China hires 1.1M impoverished people as forest rangers: Officials

The Chinese forestry authority has hired over 1.1 million poverty-stricken people as forest rangers in its central and western regions, lifting over 3 million people out of poverty since 2016, officials said.

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