Reports of such stories are not rare in the media. Nearly all of them have triggered people's desire to donate to the needy. And local governments often took steps to offer some help in the wake of strong public reaction. However, neither the government nor the donations could solve the problem fundamentally or permanently. The key is to eliminate poverty.
Fighting poverty seems to be an eternal topic for the world. It has been an emphasized slogan of all revolutionaries in China who vowed to liberate the majority of the population from poverty, ever since the early years of the last century when the 1911 Revolution overthrew the feudal Qing Dynasty and when the Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in 1921.
Before 1949, the CPC has fought, and promised, to "win power for the poor people". After the victory of the CPC-led revolution, China became an egalitarian society but still remained poor because of the need to build up the national strength in a not-so friendly, geopolitical environment. To accumulate the country's collective wealth, the Chinese had to adopt a frugal lifestyle, which allowed poverty to linger in most Chinese households. After the launch of the reform and opening-up in 1979, China's national economy grew rapidly with each passing year, but the gap between the rich and the poor also widened dramatically.
In the past decade, China's social wealth has accumulated at an even faster rate with State coffers becoming the fattest ever in history. The livelihood of Chinese people has generally improved. The gap between the rich and poor, however, still widens. There are still many families, especially in rural and remote areas, struggling with poverty.
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