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Province of China: Only 17 of the 80 million people living in poverty
China has said that he hopes for the eradication of poverty in the year 2020
A Chinese province has said that only 17 people out of a population of More Than 80 million living in poverty.
Jiangsu province, said only a handful of people below the Benchmark of 6,000 yuan Per year ($863; £660) after a successful national campaign.
But the numbers that were questioned, where a person questions: "I don't believe it. There is no unemployment in the province? Not Beggars?"
the eradication of poverty is one of the Chinese government's great ambitions.
South-East of Jiangsu is one of the richest country in the provinces of Guangdong, second only to the economic performance.
The latest data from the end of 2019 shows that in The Past four years, 2. 54 million people, the poverty, as defined by the province.
It is with the province as the goal, in essence, the eradication of poverty by the year 2020.
The 17 are still living below the poverty standard, all are able to work, according to the authorities, although of the four "diseases".
to grow Despite an economic slowdown, the Chinese economy
yet, But with the country getting richer, which was obviously for the incredible success of Jiangsu's anti-poverty campaign of the online query.
"How could you be so sure?" was a typical comment on Weibo, China's Social Media platform.
While the economy in China has skyrocketed in the last few decades, poverty has not Disappeared - and inequality has grown. Shock
stories about individual cases of Extreme Poverty in the country.
In the year 2019, the well-wishers donated nearly one million yuan to ($0. 30, £0. 20) A Day for five years.
The story of echo, the.
As "Small Wang", his story went viral, leading to international donations from people impressed by his resilience and shocked with his poverty.
images of the eight-year-old Wang thousands of timeswas released, tens of There is no standard definition of poverty in the whole of China, how it differs from province to province.
A widely-quoted national standard of 2,300 yuan ($331; £253) net income for the year. Under this standard, there were around 30 million people living in poverty in China in the year 2017.
But many of the provinces, the poverty Benchmark - as in the case of Jiangsu, where there are 6,000 yuan.
The 6,000 yuan figure breaks down to around $2. 40 Per day -about the
Since the opening of the global economy in the 1990s, China has become an image of their poverty, and the government hopes to eradicate Extreme Poverty by the year 2020
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the average disposable income in the year 2018 28,228 yuan ($4,059; £3,106) Per person.
hold breaks to 39,251 yuan in urban and 14,617 yuan in rural house.
China>from "moderately unequal in 1990, one of The World 's most unequal countries," by The International monetary Fund
china economy, china, poverty
Source of news: bbc.com