Road map to winning battle against poverty in 3 years

(chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2018-11-22

"I am a happy farmer" is written on a banner in a tea garden in Jinhua Village of Meitan County, Southwest China's Guizhou province, July 22, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

---- 30m people to be lifted out of poverty in 3 years

It is an arduous task to lift a further 30 million people out of poverty in the next three years. Among these people are those who are ill or suffer from handicaps.

By 2020, all rural residents below current poverty standards should be lifted out of poverty, and absolute poverty will be eliminated. All poverty-stricken counties will shake off poverty.

The average disposable income per capita of rural residents in poverty-stricken regions should increase faster than the national average. Major indicators of basic public services in poverty-stricken regions should be close to the national average.