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China.org.cn, December 28, 2011
China raises poverty line
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Ten-year-old Jiao Qiang scavenges for a living at a landfill in Guiyang, Guizhou province. The country raised its poverty threshold to 2,300 yuan a year amid rising inflation and living costs. [Photo/China Daily] |
Nearly 100 million more people in China were deemed poor as the country announced a new standard for defining poverty in November.
The central government have decided to raise the poverty threshold to 2,300 yuan (US$362), which brings China's poverty line more in line with international standards of 1.25 dollars a day.
The move will also make 128 million people eligible for government anti-poverty subsidies.
The poverty line applies only to rural areas. [Full story]
• White Paper: New Progress in Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Program for Rural China
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