China plans to accomplish two poverty reduction targets during
the 11th Five-Year Guidelines period (2006-2010): securing adequate
food and clothing for 23.65 million people and completing poverty
relief programs for 148,000 villages.
Liu Jian, head of the State Council Leading Group Office of
Poverty Alleviation and Development, released the information at
the 2nd session of the fifth China Foundation for Poverty
Alleviation (CFPA) council, April 16 in Beijing.
In 2006 the CFPA would launch a series of poverty cut activities
across China, build stronger volunteer organizations and village
archives, and award those with distinguished poverty reduction
efforts, Liu said.
In 2005, the CFPA totally raised 182 million yuan worth of funds
and materials and put in 165 million yuan in relief programs, which
directly benefited 493,300 poverty-stricken people.
(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2006)