Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged developed regions in the east help their partner regions in the west better fight poverty.
All Chinese living below the poverty line in rural areas will have access to basic medical care and other health services "close to" the national average by 2020, according to a guideline released by 15 central government departments on Tuesday.
A UN report on Tuesday said that one in three Latin Americans who left poverty since 2003 -- that is 25 to 30 million women and men -- risk sliding back into poverty, but a new generation of public policies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can boost resilience and prevent setbacks.
Left-behind children are the consequence of poverty. For lack of employment opportunities in local areas, men, the family bread winner, can’t earn enough money to maintain the children, so they have to migrate to eastern or southeastern parts of China where they can find a relatively well-paid job in different kinds of factories.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang called for more financial support for poverty reduction on Tuesday.
As the largest contributor to global poverty reduction, China has set an exemplary example for the world with its achievements, strong determination and effective measures.
More than a quarter of New Zealand's children are living in poverty, according to a report from the government's Children's Commissioner on Tuesday.
The release of a five-year plan for ending poverty in China signals the beginning of the largest such endeavors the world has ever seen.
Bashang, about three hours' drive northeast of Beijing, may draw lots of day tripping Beijingers in summer and autumn but that hasn't brought much income to locals.
President Xi Jinping expects China to achieve the 2020 poverty relief target, according to a document issued Tuesday by the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The dramatic fall in global poverty over the past two decades is the best news in the world today. For the first time ever, the percentage of people living in extreme poverty – now defined as living on less than $1.90 a day – is projected to fall below 10 percent this year, to 9.6 percent of the world’s population.
China's hard battle against poverty has not only benefited its own development but has been a major boon globally by reducing the global impoverished population, aiding less developed regions and providing useful experience to other countries.
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world is likely to fall to below the 10 percent of the global population in 2015, according to a forecast released by the World Bank Sunday.
Bolivia welcomes legitimate nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and those working for intelligence agencies would be expelled, President Evo Morales said on Thursday.
Qu Shujie lives in a mountainous area of central China's Henan Province. The three-room adobe house has only one electric light, and the most expensive piece of furniture is a television.
Qu Shujie lives in a mountainous area of central China's Henan Province. The three-room adobe house has only one electric light, and the most expensive piece of furniture is a television.
A majority of Latin American countries have stopped making headway in poverty reduction, a United Nations agency said Monday.
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