China plans to reduce the number of poor by 10 million people in 2016
Date: 09:32, 25-12-2015.
Almaty. December 25. Silkroadnews - China has set a goal to reduce by 2016 the number of poor by 10 million people, reported china.org.cn.
In 2016 a number of projects will be carried out to eliminate poverty through the development of local resources and economic development in needy areas.
According to the report, during the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015.) The number of poor people in rural China fell from 166 million in 2010 to 60 million at the end of 2015. In five years, this figure has decreased by about 100 million people.
