Southwest China's Sichuan Province will lift the last 200,000 poverty-stricken people in the province out of poverty this year, according to the provincial "two sessions."
The last nine poverty-stricken county-level regions in east China's Anhui Province have been removed from the country's list of impoverished counties, according to an announcement issued by the provincial government Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to overcome the negative impact of the COVID-19 epidemic to ensure the country reaches its goals in poverty alleviation and the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
China's futures companies had invested 382 million yuan (about 54.57 million U.S. dollars) to help with the country's poverty eradication efforts as of March, according to the China Futures Association.
China's top political advisor Wang Yang has called for more efforts to focus on the new challenges brought by the epidemic to the disadvantaged to ensure high-quality completion of the objectives of poverty alleviation.
China has completed the construction of more than 2.66 million houses to relocate 9.47 million people for poverty relief by the end of March, with occupancy rate reaching 99 percent, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Thursday.
China will ramp up financial and insurance assistance to sectors related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers, according to a circular issued by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
Copyright ? 2017 China Internet Information Center (CIIC). All Rights Reserved.
E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 86-10-88828000 Fax: 86-10-88828369 京ICP證 040089號 京公網(wǎng)安備110108006329號