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From pension to poverty eradication: Government's New Year Resolutions

Updated: 2016-01-07 09:53
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From pension to poverty eradication: Government's New Year Resolutions

Education is part of the local government's efforts to reduce poverty in Xianning county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. This photo is taken on Dec 15, 2015. [Photo/CFP]

Poverty eradication will speed up

A new guideline on poverty eradication will be made in 2016 in a move to build an overall well-off society.

An opinion piece by Xinhua News agency derided local officials for fabricating reports in a way to exaggerate their efforts in poverty reduction, prompting the public to face the true conditions of poor people in China.

Data show that there were more than 70 million poor people living in the rural areas by the end of 2014.

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