December 1, 2020

China's ecological programs lift over 20M out of poverty: Official

More than 20 million people living under China's poverty line shook off poverty through ecological poverty-relief programs, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA).

November 27, 2020

Consumption helps with poverty relief

November 27, 2020

GI helps in poverty alleviation campaign

Geographical indication (GI) utilization in impoverished areas in China have led to billions of yuan of industry output and helped employ 600,000 people, according to an SCIO press briefing Thursday.

November 25, 2020

China Railway helps to lift people out of poverty

China Railway staff shared their poverty alleviation stories at a press conference held by China's State Council Information Office recently.

November 23, 2020

How does employment contribute to China's poverty reduction?

November 21, 2020

Firms step up efforts to shake off poverty

Private companies are stepping up efforts to eradicate poverty in impoverished areas of the country, as China inches closer to its goal of becoming poverty-free by the end of this year.

November 23, 2020

Illness-induced poverty effectively addressed in China

November 21, 2020

Health plans provide aid to poor farmers

The basic health insurance has paid 330 billion yuan (US$50.2 billion) for poor sick farmers since 2018 as part of a broader move to curb absolute poverty, a senior official said.

November 20, 2020

China's health insurance benefit 480 million poor people

Since 2018, China's healthcare financial assistance has benefited 480 million impoverished people, and helped nearly 10 million households that fell into poverty due to illnesses shake off poverty.

November 13, 2020

Chinese Academy of Sciences lifts 4 counties out of poverty

The Chinese Academy of Sciences took charge of the poverty alleviation work of four national-level poverty-stricken counties. Now, all four counties have been lifted out of poverty, according to an SCIO press briefing Friday.

November 11, 2020

NW China's Gansu lifts 5.5M people out of poverty in 7 years

Northwest China's Gansu Province lifted 5.5 million people out of poverty from 2012 to 2019, achieving a decisive victory in poverty eradication, the local government said Tuesday.

November 10, 2020

Gansu clearing last mile of poverty alleviation

Since 2013, 5.5 million people in northwestern China's Gansu province have been lifted out of poverty, according to an SCIO press briefing Tuesday.

November 7, 2020

China advances poverty alleviation through internet-based services

China has basically completed the construction of an information service system for internet-based poverty alleviation, and telemedicine now covers all county-level hospitals in poverty-stricken counties, according to a press conference on Friday.

November 5, 2020

China's poverty-relief relocation programs contribute to global poverty reduction

China's poverty-relief relocation programs have helped more than 9.6 million impoverished people to resettle in places with better natural environments and living conditions, contributing significantly to global poverty reduction.

October 29, 2020

Nearly 10M families lifted out of illness-caused poverty in China

Nearly 10 million families across China who fell into the clutches of poverty due to illness have shaken off their state of destitution, thanks to the country's poverty eradication efforts, a health official said Wednesday.

October 28, 2020

Rural income continues its upward climb, shrinking gap

Rural earnings have been rising steadily in China, and the wealth gap between rural and urban residents is narrowing, Liu Huanxin, vice-minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said on Tuesday.

October 28, 2020

Disposable income of China's rural residents up 1.6% in first three quarters

The per capita disposable income of China's rural residents rose 1.6 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters, an official said on Tuesday.

October 27, 2020

Per capita rural income doubles from 2010 to 2019

The per capita disposable income of rural residents surpassed 16,000 yuan in 2019, doubling the figure in 2010 and marking higher growth rates than those of urban residents for 10 years straight.

October 22, 2020

Science & technology key to China's poverty alleviation

Science and technology have played a key role in China's poverty alleviation, a Chinese official said on Wednesday.

October 20, 2020

China invests massively in energy projects in poor areas

China has invested over 2.7 trillion yuan (about 402.92 billion U.S. dollars) in large energy projects in impoverished areas since 2012, an official said on Monday.

October 15, 2020

China's Tibet declares 'major victory' in poverty alleviation

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has achieved a "major victory" in alleviating poverty, said Wu Yingjie, Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of the region on Thursday.

September 22, 2020

Postal services to help curb rural poverty

China's postal sector pledges to provide the country's rural population with wider service accessibility and contribute to the country's poverty alleviation, the country's postal service regulator said on Monday.

September 9, 2020

Sichuan lifts 1 million people out of poverty each year

From 2013 to 2019, the registered poor population in Sichuan fell from 6.25 million to 200,000, according to an SCIO press briefing Wednesday.

September 9, 2020

Sichuan on target to eliminate poverty by 2020

Sichuan province is on course to clear the "last mile" of poverty alleviation as the 2020 deadline draws near, a senior local official said on Wednesday during a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.

August 31, 2020

Consumers enlisted to beat poverty

Domestic consumer spending, an increasingly strong engine for China's economic growth, is expected to help boost rural income and contribute to the country's historic victory over absolute poverty by the end of the year.

August 28, 2020

China plans pro-consumption campaign to aid poverty alleviation

China will launch nationwide pro-consumption projects in September to boost sales of products from poor areas in an effort to promote poverty alleviation, the country's poverty relief authority said Friday.

August 28, 2020

Consumption-driven poverty alleviation campaign to start in September

Co-organized by 11 ministries and organizations, a nationwide month-long campaign dedicated to consumption-driven poverty alleviation will kick off in September, said Hong Tianyun, deputy director of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, at Friday's SCIO press conference.

August 22, 2020

China tackles drinking water problem

Vice minister of water resources Tian Xuebin said on Friday that they have "comprehensively" tackled the safe drinking water issue facing impoverished communities.

August 21, 2020

China increases funding for building water supply facilities

Nearly 30 billion yuan (US$4.34 billion) of government funding has been allocated to the construction of water supply facilities in rural areas during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to an official of the Ministry of Water Resources.

August 21, 2020

80% of China's rural population have access to tap water

More than 80% of China's rural population had gained access to tap water by the end of this June, said Tian Xuebin, vice minister of water resources, at Friday's SCIO press conference.