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						Disaster Prevention Relief ■ Tibet Innovates to Eradicate Poverty ■ Gov't to Rebuild 2 Mln Houses Destroyed by Disasters ■ E China Province Gripped by Drought ■ Geological Disasters Up 449% in First Nine Months of 2006 ■ China Prepares to Improve Disaster Response and Relief Capability ■ Natural Disasters Kill 2,309 in First Nine Months ■ China Shuts Down 213 Factories for Heavy Pollution ■ Forest Fire in Inner Mongolia Extinguished ■ Experts Say China Must Boost Ability to Combat Disasters ■ New Oceanic Satellite to Be Put Into Orbit ■ Acid Rain Affects Huge Areas of China ■ Songhua Tributary Slick Less Severe Than Feared ■ Drought Hits Grain Harvest ■ China to Launch 3 Satellites for Disaster-monitoring Next Year ■ Typhoon-hit Provinces Recovering ■ Rain Spells Hope of End to Sichuan Drought ■ Struggle for Survival in Parched Chongqing ■ Death Toll of Saomai Rises to 330 in China ■ Water Shortages Faced by 18m ■ China Allocates Disaster Relief Funds ■ Death Toll of Saomai Rises to 325 in China ■ Death Toll of Saomai Rises to 319 ■ Drought Hit China, Leaving One Dead, Millions Thirsty ■ Chemical Plant Explosion Kills 3 in NE China ■ Death Toll from Saomai Rises to 295 ■ Yangtze River Suffers Rare Drought in Flood Season ■ Vice Premier Stresses Importance of Typhoon Rescue-Relief Work ■ Drought Strikes Sichuan, Millions Affected ■ Typhoon Saomai Makes Landfall ■ Premier Wen on Fighting Severe Droughts in Some Areas ■ East China Braces for Typhoon ■ Saomai Likely to Make Landfall, Bopha to Follow ■ Hubei Endures Dual Torments by Floods And Droughts ■ Death Toll from Prapiroon Rises to 80 ■ New Typhoon Heading for SE China ■ Death Toll in Tropical Storm Prapiroon Rises to 77 in China ■ Over 2 Mln in Sichuan Short of Drinking Water ■ Death Toll in Typhoon Prapiroon Rises to 55 in China ■ Typhoon Prapiroon Hits Guangdong ■ Sulfur Dioxide Discharge in 2005 Hits 25.49 Mln Tons ■ Another Typhoon Heading for South China ■ US$19 Bln to Enhance Flood Control on Huaihe River ■ Drought Affecting 5 Mln Across China ■ Yellow River Water Use to Be Regulated ■ Coal Mine Blast Kills 11 Workers ■ 200,000 Yuan Compensation for Chemical Blast Victims ■ Underground Bunker to Accommodate 200,000 People ■ Typhoons Cause Havoc to Inland Farmers ■ China to Set up Natural Catastrophe Insurance System ■ Ceremony Marks Tangshan Earthquake ■ Kaemi Update: Typhoon Leaves 32 Dead, 65 Missing ■ Continuous Rain Eases Beijing's 7-year Drought ■ Tangshan Earthquake -- 30 Years' Sorrow ■ Typhoon Kaemi Leaves 9 Dead, 21 Missing ■ Countryside Houses to Be Reinforced for Quakes ■ 500,000 Evacuated as Kaemi Makes Landfall ■ All Chinese Cities to Have Sewage Treatment Plants by 2010 ■ Drought Affects Thousands in China's Inner Mongolia ■ 3,000 Armed Police Called in for Kaemi Operations ■ New System to Warn of Tsunamis ■ Wen Stresses Reconstruction in Storm-raked Areas ■ Vice Premier Calls for Concerted Efforts in Flood Control ■ Bilis Death Toll Rises to 228 ■ 53 Confirmed Dead in N. China Colliery Blast ■ Death Toll Inflicted by Tropical Storm Keeps Rising in China ■ Earthquake Jolts NW China ■ Thousands of Prisoners Rescued from Bilis Storm ■ Typhoon Bilis China Death Toll Rises to 198 ■ Thousands Evacuated from Flooded Railway ■ Death Toll of Tropical Storm Bilis Rises to 170 in China ■ Typhoon Death Toll Rises to 115 ■ Typhoon Bilis Hits Fujian ■ 10 Miners Rescued, 2 Still Missing in N. China Coal Mine Flooding ■ Health Ministry Urges Timely Report of Emergency Response ■ China Allocates Relief Funds to Flood-hit South ■ 7 killed, 1.4 Mln People Affected in S. China Region Rainstorm ■ China's Forest Shelter Project Dubbed 'Green Great Wall' ■ Harbin Blacklists Top River Polluters ■ Death Toll Rises to 49 in Shanxi Explosion ■ Floods, Landslides Kill 26, Injure Dozens Across China Back Home   Back to China's War on Poverty
			Developing modern agriculture is the Chinese government's top priority in building a new socialist countryside, according to a document jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. Eighteen children pose for a picture at a village in Ziyun Miao and Buyi Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, January 22. Among them, twelve children's parents left the village to work in big cities in coastal areas. Chinese farmers saw their net incomes grow to 3,587 yuan ($460) last year, representing the third consecutive year of 6 percent year-on-year growth.   Global Conference on Reducing Poverty - Shanghai Conference Unveils Agenda for Poverty Reduction - Shanghai Agenda on Poverty Reduction - China Promises Common Prosperity for All People Poverty Reduction Reports China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Annual Report 2001 BBS China's War on Poverty Links China Development Gateway National Bureau of Statistics of China China Charity Federation (CCF) China Youth Development Foundation Planet Finance China Minstry of Civil Affairs (in Chinese) China Poverty Alleviation Network (in Chinese)

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